This is a collection of images captured entirely within the digital spaces of various video games, using in-game photo modes and developer tools that allow for a kind of photographic exploration unique to virtual environments. These images are not screenshots in the traditional sense; they are composed, framed, and timed with care, using the same eye and instinct I bring to real-world photography.
In many of these games, photo mode allows you to pause the world mid-motion and roam freely with a 360-degree camera—hovering like a drone, diving low or rising high, pivoting and adjusting until the scene reveals something new.
The lighting, the depth, the emotion… it’s all here in these spaces, just waiting to be found.
While the rules of composition, light, and shadow still apply, the creative freedom is immense. I can float through walls, reframe a shot from impossible heights, or find angles that reality would never allow. That freedom is what draws me in: the ability to see a world from any perspective, and to shape the image with complete control over space and form.
These digital landscapes, crafted by hundreds upon hundreds of artists and designers, reward the same patient eye required in real-world photography. They respond to framing, to light, to timing. And in exploring them, I’ve found that the skills and instincts honed in these imagined places carry back with me into the physical world. My approach behind a real lens has been shaped by time spent in the imagined, where I’ve trained myself to notice what others might overlook, and to treat even the digitally constructed as worthy of attention and reverence.
I try to treat each of these games as an opportunity to explore a whole new world, capturing their landscapes and moments as if I were a mere traveler passing through. Even though these may be digital spaces, exploring their artistry through a lens can be just as compelling to me as walking through a place built of brick, mortar, and rare woods. I hope, in browsing these images, you find a glimpse of the wonder I felt in making them.
