I have a passion for photography and digital imaging. While working full-time for a major airline in the Washington DC region, much of my spare time is spent developing my photographic vision. A description of my style might make reference to "a sense of place", and folks sometimes describe my photographs as painterly.

I first became interested in photography as a young boy on Long Island. My first picture was taken with my brother's Kodak Instamatic 44 camera, and I've loved taking pictures ever since. I first picked up my primary tool--a 35mm camera--while sifting through some old boxes that contained my father's old camera gear. I shot a roll of color slide film and was smitten with clear, bright, saturated, sharp color; I was about 10 at the time.

Sports, girls, and other diversions prevented my serious interest in photography from evolving early on, and it wasn't until my brother passed on his Pentax ME Super system that I began shooting in earnest in 1985.

After finishing my undergradutate studies in Geology at the University of Michigan, I moved to Seattle to complete my graduate degree at the University of Washington. Moving east to accept a job at the US Geological Survey in Reston, VA, I yielded to the persistent tug towards something more creative. I dove headlong into the photographic arts, enrolling in a local community college program where I was consistently inspired and where I stretched my artistic muscles. The progressive curriculum included a serious venture into the world of digital imaging in which I have been engaged ever since. I have left the chemical darkroom behind, and feel far more artistically empowered in the digital realm. In 1994, I began a "day job" career in the airline industry where I have been employed ever since. The job allows me opportunity to travel, and the luxury of not taking it home at night.

Recently, my primary interests lie in recording the landscape while travelling with my wife, Chris. I'm particularly interested in relationships between historical objects and the landscape. Chris is a talented photographer herself, but is much more leisurely in her photographic endeavors. She often acts as my all-important second set of eyes, and my greatest fan. Together we make our home in northern Virginia.