Photographer

My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing.

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else.

I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel.

As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera.

If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.

I don't think at that time I realized how important it was and how important it was for me to be here and carry on that legacy in our family of being a photographer.

That's not to say that some day I won't go outside again, but I'm having a great time working on this process.

We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves.

You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak.

A lot of my work comes from my life experiences.

I was always confident in my art and in myself as an artist.