A moment captured. An image worth keeping.

While visiting St. Augustine, my wife, Jo, and I climbed the stairs of the old lighthouse. Somewhere along the way, this view caught my eye and asked me to stop. Some photographs begin that simply: you notice something, pause, and capture it.

I transformed the photograph into a pencil-style drawing using Mediachance’s Dynamic Auto Painter, a tool I’ve used alongside my photography. The finished piece is a 16-megapixel image with a paper texture that lends itself beautifully to an 11 × 17 print.

A moment captured. An image worth keeping.

There’s something special about giving a photograph a physical place in our lives. On a screen, an image can pass by in a moment. Hanging on a wall, it becomes familiar—a reminder of a place, a shared experience, or something we might otherwise forget.

That’s part of what Preserve means to me. We save the photograph, but we also keep the memory close.

If you take photographs, choose a favorite and print it. Give it a place where you can enjoy it every day.