the truly beautiful thing about photography is that when it is stripped down to it's purest form all that is left is communication of a moment. for me, their are only certain images that can truly communicate and as a photographer you know it the second you release the shutter. you know it because something in your heart is poured into that image as if it wasn't the mechanics of the camera that made the image, rather it was the fact that you were there to witness and appreciate the moment that allowed the image to exist. i wish i could say that i make this type of image all the time, but it is so elusive that it rarely happens. it happened a couple of nights ago though and i think i can say that of the hundreds of thousands of images i have taken, this is the most beautiful image my heart has made.