My self-description would be: an old-school (meat and potatoes) kind of a person.

I love photography. A technically correct photograph speaks to my soul and enlivens my consciousness.

My photography life started in high school as a yearbook photographer. Most of the photos I took were of sports. I shot the pictures, developed the film, printed the pictures. 

Later, in a college photography class I had an assignment to make a ten-picture portfolio, mounted on art board, of things in natural light. That eight-week experience changed my life.

Now, as I go through my day, I see things as photos. I see the framing, the lighting, how to set the camera and explore angle options that might be more effective. 

Over the years (shooting mostly sports) I have developed my own way of watching, seeing and photographing sporting events. I’ve come to realize that the real value of photography isn’t the photograph but the life it documents. A photograph, in a flash, archives a moment and collects all the memories that surround it. 

As time passes others follow and, in those photos, see possibilities for themselves. They get to know and understand us. 

I encourage you to get and take lots of pictures of your family. Today, it takes time and money to put them together. Through the years, as they help tie your family together, they become priceless.

My photographic goal is to tell your stories – stories that carry the emotion of your life and the dreams that pulled you forward.