Welcome. For visitors to this site who don’t already know me I am a retired business and real estate attorney living in Southern California. While the practice of law was my vocation, photography is my avocation. I have always enjoyed taking pictures but it was the advent of digital imaging that really piqued my interest in photography as an art form in its own right.

Because I don’t have to worry about making a living through photography I am free to pursue what interests me, not what is profitable. Over the years my photographic pursuits have taken me to many spectacular locales - away from the concrete jungle that is Southern California. I relish immersing myself in the beauty of my surroundings as much as I enjoy the process of capturing the moment. My goal is to move beyond simply taking a snapshot of a point in time, hoping instead to create an image that evokes in the viewer a sense of what I felt and experienced when I pressed the shutter.

I hope you enjoy my imagery and please contact me with feedback and comments and follow me on Instagram @tomelenbaasphoto.