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| "Gadget Guy" by Rhoda Brooks and Sharon Wright 2010 |
Francois’ company, Cleroux.com Technologies Inc., does consulting for several large companies in the Lower Mainland and includes Intracorp, Aquilini Group, Nikkie, Community Home Support Services Association and several law firms and accounting companies.
Francois returned to the Photography world in November 2007 after a 17 year absence just before leaving for a trip to Australia. Since then he has immersed himself in Photography. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA) and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and President of the Delta Photo Club. He is also a Certified CAPA Photography Judge and teaches classes and workshops.
Francois loves bird and wildlife photography and loves learning new techniques and technologies to improve his work. Francois supports many wildlife groups and organizations through donations of equipment and financial contributions made from sales of his work.
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| "My Little Planet" Self Portrait, Westham Island, BC, Canada |
Statement
"It is not difficult to wonder about the things around us; cicadas, chameleons, the sea dragon and even the lowly dandelion. All have a place in our world. These Flora and Fauna are just four of millions of varieties; our world is filled with them, with wonder. These ‘wonders’ are what I try to capture with my photography. I try to capture the light, the details, the colors and I try to bring you that same wonder that I see when I am taking or rather ‘capturing’ the images.
Merely snapping a shutter with a camera is usually not enough to capture the beauty as it is meant to be seen. Lighting, weather conditions and other obstacles can hamper the quality and composition of images. The human eye, our heart and the mind where our creative abilities or artistic abilities come from can be stale, or skewed by the world around us. Through hard work, the study of nature and the study of art, we can tune our minds to the creative process, to better capture and present our world as we, photographers, see it.
I hope that my images can inspire you as much as the original scenes inspired me when I captured them. I hope also that you enjoy these images and that their beauty can touch your heart or that their content can provoke thoughts and emotions. And, if in any way, however small I have accomplished this, then I have done my job."
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| Curious Pheasant, Saint Bride's, NL, Canada |
