My journey in photography has been exciting, challenging, gratifying and educational! Beginning in my early teens with my first film camera and quickly progressed into a passion. I never enrolled in any formal photography classes. However, I did read and study everything I could get my hands on, asked questions and studied the work of photographers I admired. This approach to my development in photography continues to this day with daily emails on subject matter, following work of others and practice!

Flowers and Hummingbirds present an excellent source for near daily practice. Experimenting with exposure and various rules in photography such as Composition, Rule of Thirds, Rule of odds and others. Then breaking those rules to see the results. Practice with exposure, creating blur and black backgrounds. Focus on near and far subjects, shadows and natural lighting as well as macro with pistil’s deep in a flower.

Another passion of mine is Scuba Diving which presented more photo opportunities. This quickly evolved into my main subject matter. Underwater photography presented a whole new set of challenges. My approach was the same, read, ask questions and study the work of others. Starting with my first underwater film camera, a Nikonos III and progressing to the Canon 5DMKIV I use today. The digital age brought many improvements and excitement to photography.

Photography is very rewarding and exciting! Hope you enjoy viewing the results of my journey that continues to evolve to this day!