In the continuing quest to define a clear answer to the question "what kind of photographer are you" I seem to get the greatest pleasure when people ask another question: "What IS it?"

This whole challenge of categorizing yourself is a little nuts really, and I can see why musicians are wary of being pigeon-holed. I'm satisfied just being a photographer - not a landscape pro, not a portrait specialist, just a shooter.

That said, I love taking photos of elements of a scene or object that capture the whole. One of my favorite images in this regard is one of the ceiling lights in one of our elevators here. A grid of clear plastic cylinders poke down and diffuse the hidden florescent lights and to me suggest the rods inside a nuclear reactor. Similarly, I love this shot of a light fixture taken earlier this year in a Paris jewelry store where Sylvie bought a gorgeous necklace. The little globes around the light create tiny and unique worlds of their own. I love looking closely at each one to see how it differs from its neighbors. It's not fine art photography by any stretch, but I love it nonetheless. I guess, if pressed, I can just say I'm a photographer that sweats the small stuff.

Canon 40D with a 24-105 f/4 at 92mm, f/8 at 1/320 sec and 400 ISO.