Raised in the pine barrens of New Jersey and now residing in Newark to study Architecture Dave Rittinger's love for the visual arts has blossomed into a whole hearted effort toward digital photography. 'Captivating modern compositions" is how Dave Rittinger describes his work over the past 2 years with a broad and growing subject matter including traditional nature to details of army and navy air planes (KC-10A(#3)) to mystical compositions of scrap reinforcement bar (galaxy #5). Dave admits people look at him strange when he is trying to capture what his eye sees as an interesting detail when the rest of the million dollar aircraft is left cropped out. Many of the subjects He likes to shoot are things people will walk right by. Dave values the small intimate gestures in life and they speak to him and through his photography the most.