PROFILE

My photographic interests encompass landscape, nature and wildlife photography with occasional forays into architectual subjects. My travels have taken me to all but 2 or 3 States, and all but four Canadian provinces. I have also photographed in Italy, Switzerland, Paris, Ireland, England, Venezuela, New Zealand, and the Carribean Islands.

If some of my web portfolios have a southern bias to them it's because I have just returned from an extensive southern trip where I made significant additions to my portfolio, particularly with birds and the southern landscape. You will see some of that as well as a new portfolio of southern impressions focusing on three unique southern cities, New Orleans, Savannah and Charleston. Although these images offer just a "taste" of the south I am very pleased with the result.

A word about "painterly" images. The images are my original work but created in the computer. Although I don't lay claim to painting them I do previsualize the type of images that I think will work well with the intended process. But, it all starts with a good photographic image that stands on its own; you can't cover up poor execution with a painterly conversion. this treatment was inspired by an interest in the impressionist paintings of the likes of Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and yes, Claude Monet; also the American modernist painting of Georgia O'Keeffe. To say these great artists had an impact on me would be an understatement. The modernistic New Mexico paintings of O'Keeffe, for example, influenced some the images you will see herein from her New Mexico home near Abiquie.

Photography requires interpretation as well. It is much more than just clicking a shutter. Like art it combines technical skill and execution with the artistic skills of "seeing", composition, and finding the right light. I'm still working on putting all that together.

Over the years I've noticed vast change in my work, much of that due to a maturation of my skills and ability to see. Much too is due, I believe, to the digital age where I now have complete control of image creation from the time I depress the shutter release to the time I complete the editing process. I'm still looking for that perfect image; that's what keeps me going.

RESUME

My photographic style and technique developed over many years of practical field experience enhanced by professional seminars where I think there is something to be gained. I do not photograph professionally, however, I do strive for professional results in my work.

I have been chosen as a finalist for many consecutive years in the Best of Photography annual contest sponsored by Photographer's Forum Magazine and have been published in each of those years in their Best of Photography annual. I have self published several books of images, some of which may be purchased online.