Hi there! I (Mark) have certainly have had my own photography style that embraces the emotions of the images for quite some time now. (My wife Sherri also mirrors this style) I like to "feel" an image before I finish it, using an editing style I have honed over many decades. It is crazy to think that my photo editing goes back to the early 80s, when I briefly worked at a home studio where we used dyes to paint on actual prints, removing blemishes, distractions, and glare from glasses.
My beginnings in photography, of course, were with film cameras. I loved the tonality of all the different films, becoming sort of a film "snob". Funny how that has translated into my editing style, which brings back all those different looks I so keep in my mind. Just like when one hears the first notes of a song, I feel that when I envision how I specifically want an image to be viewed in its final form.

Have fun visiting these images and all these wonderful people. Their stories are all incredible. A picture truly is worth a Thousand Words!

-Mark Amelse, Photographer