Capturing the moment when the light is just right in any given situation makes photography a rewarding experience.       - Russ

I love to capture the essence of any given situation, from a family celebrating the union of two people to a candid portrait of a beautiful face.       - Linda

Russ and Linda Garcia have both enjoyed photography for many years. Each with their own unique perspective; Russ has been a successful landscape photographer since the start of Timelight Photography, and now brings that experience to capturing people's special days and events. He always has a camera with him wherever he travels. Linda had been afforded the opportunity to photograph people in their own environment for many years. With the combined talents of Russ and Linda, you will enjoy the ultimate result…your special moment captured for a lifetime of memories. Timelight Photography is based in South Lyon, Michigan and serves all of southeast Michigan. We are also willing to travel to any destination if required.

My career as a photographer began the day I visited an art gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2000. I was particularly moved by photographs depicting scenes of unique lighting in canyons, especially the slot canyons. When I visited these canyons myself, I used slow film (50ASA) and set the aperature at f/16 to allow maximum depth of field. In dark areas, this required exposures of up to 30 seconds with the camera set on a good tripod. These resulted in some very unique photographs revealing abstract scenes of the geological environment. Light rays that were only faintly visible to the human eye created a spiritual sense in the photograph. This use of Time and Light has since become my theme for my photography. Since that time, I try to capture the essence of every scene, whether it be a sunrise, sunset, a wedding photograph or anything else I am viewing through my lens. I've had many wonderful experiences taking photographs, but celestial scenes hold a special attraction. While living in Idaho, I was looking forward to the Leonids meteor shower in late November, but rain was predicted all weekend in the area. I wanted to see this meteor shower, so I drove six hours south to Price, Utah and witnessed the most amazing celestial event I could imagine. So many meteors were visible in that dark, southern Utah sky that night, that I literally saw thousands of them. There was a time between 3am and 4am, that there was at least one in the sky at all times. I took a few rolls of film with me that night and took 5-10 minute exposures of this event. Another time, I drove 600 miles to Monument Valley when I knew the moon was going to rise 45 minutes ahead of the sun. Also, I knew Venus and Jupiter were in close proximity. When I set up my tripod at 4:30am, Jupiter was just rising. Shortly after that was Venus and then followed by the moon. The horizon appeared bright orange against the deep blue-indigo sky, but I captured Jupiter, Venus and the moon in perfect alignment.