Taken literally, photo-graphy means light-writing. A photo is an attempt to tell a story with light. The story could be so many things: a fishing eagle, a sleepy bear, the break of sunrise through morning mist. And the photographer's art is to capture that story in a paragraph of perfect light, at the critical dramatic moment, in a carefully composed phrase of frame.

Michael James Murray is a photographer and attorney living in Portland, Maine. You can contact Michael at micmurr@gmail.com

Michael's photos have been sold in galleries and used in advertising campaigns but are now available exclusively through this website.