Bio
I was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to a firefighter father and a homemaker mother and have a wonderful brother and sister. After achieving a degree in Geography/Cartography from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee I moved to Phoenix, Arizona where I worked for a large power and water company drafting maps of underground electrical facilities. After two years I moved back to the Midwest to Chicago to work in the Digital Cartography Department of Rand McNally and Co. Where I was part of the team that created the first 100% digitally produced road atlas. After about 8 years in Chicago I got the wanderlust again and moved to the Boulder Colorado area where I work for DigitalGlobe, a purveyor of high-resolution satellite imagery.
In addition to digital photography my other passions are abstract drawing, and endurance athletics. In the last 35 years I have competed in running races ranging from 50 yards to 50 kilometers (and just about everything in between). Recently my knees told me it was time to turn to cycling so I’m currently contemplating my first Century (100 mile) ride.
The seeds of my interest in photography were sown many years ago by my father who was a hobbyist in the field. There were many albums of family photos, and reel upon reel of extremely embarrassing 8mm film from my youth. For me the seed lay dormant for 40 years until I took the plunge and bought a digital camera. I vowed to be studious and learn the camera and all the attendant rules of photography, but it was quite by accident that I discovered that I could achieve a much more unique and aesthetic result by using the camera in it’s most basic way, and by breaking more rules than I followed (the only rule of photography that I steadfastly adhere to is “don’t drop the camera”). I’m not a rogue by any stretch of the imagination, but when I find something I like I just go with it.
I hope you enjoy my work.
