I grew up in a creative household environment as I was raised by an award winning journalist and an artist. My interest in photography and art began at an early age. I had a special interest in Decoupage (cave man's version of layers and photo montage) and later with photography when I inherited a plastic Kodak camera. Today I shoot primarily in full frame digital SLR, occasionally in medium format film using an old rangefinder camera. I see the camera as a tool to express creativity, convey a message or story, record history and create artistic images which are pleasing to the eye yet have some story or depth. With a degree in Advertising Art, I continue to be involved in higher education having served on advisory and portfolio review boards as both a Graphics and Photographer panelist. I have managed photography studios, wet and digital photo labs as well as serving apprenticeships under fashion and commercial photographers. My work has been published in magazines, received awards in juried competitions and has been exhibited in several museums, galleries, FotoFest, as well as collected/archived to several private and museum collections.