... so with that said here is more about me.

I discovered photography over a year and half range starting in 2007 exploring the Monahans Sandhills State Park, my free time was spent here and the artistic side of me woke up. We share our work with the world or we don't and I had quite a backlog of images collected until shared with someone to encourage me and open up other places to explore.

What I have found interesting and captivating since that beginning in 2007 was macro photography and the world of insects, spent money on infrared cameras that I used briefly, fell in the deep hole of 3D photography, put my focus on black and white photography ... that is part of the random things but lately I have learned to appreciate everything I see not just natural only. We see the world in color and interpret it by that information; however, in trying to see in black and white the world looks different and more abstract. Beyond black and white it breaks down further and the world wherever I am is reduced to shapes,lines, color, and textures natural or man made it doesn't matter as long as it catches my eye.

What drives me isn't as important as the lessons learned with each project pursued and the one I think that allowed the most growth in photography was the daily photo challenge I imposed on myself on July 25, 2022 that lasted until August 10, 2023. I do not know how I was able to drive myself that long and update the website like I did but from a few select images to my entire output I shared most of it here. I discovered hometown photography and valued the place I live in a new way as the quest to find new places and images to feed the monster called a daily photo challenge continued. The mindset I have because of it can be summed up as "anywhere, anytime, anything in all light conditions" not born from the intention of learning about photography but rather just doing what I enjoyed and learning more as a result. I practiced and from the chaos of what I photographed salvaged the images I took and in doing so my post processing improved as well.

You can contact me at [malcolmm9789@gmail.com] or at [malcolm@malcolmmcelvaney.com]

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