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Photography has always been a part of my life. As a youngster, I read photographic books but then didn't even have a camera. My first love was a Stereo Realist, which was long after the 3-D craze of the 50's. That camera taught me to work only with a wide-angle lens, which even today I find - when I want real impact - I use a wide-angle lens.

After several years I bought a regular 35mm camera. During this time I started traveling and taking photos of my experiences. When I came home, I would find places to sell the photos. I also joined the Photographic Society of America and exhibited in their contests, winning several awards and honorable mentions. Robert Rufa, the editor of "Travel" magazine, wrote that if I could couple words with my photos then I would really have a product to sell. So with his advice in mind I started adding text to accompany my photos.

My illustrated articles soon found their way into “Travel” (now Conte Nast), “The San Antonio News Express,” “Modern Maturity,” “The Kansas City Star,” “Scholastic Magazine,” “Unity Magazine” and other publications.

Just recently my writing was included in the anthology “Angel Animals – Exploring Our Spiritual Connection with Animals” edited by Allen and Linda Anderson (Plume Penguin Books ISBN 0-452-28072-9). Also a photo of mine won an Honorable Mention award in “Popular Photography and Imaging” magazine (September, 2004 - page 25). One of my photos was chosen for the “Texas 24/7” book (DK Publishing ISBN 0-7566-0084-7) I also have a collection of my portraits on the Zone Zero web magazine. And I have written about Kennebunkport, Maine as well as the Missouri, Ozarks for a travel webzine.

For 18 years I worked as an artist at Hallmark cards. That job taught me to see details that helped to make something different. Certainly, when taking photos I applied what I was learning to my photographic work, too. I have taught photography classes for a local junior college which helped me to share my talent in teaching others the art of photography.

Besides traveling in my own country my journeys have taken me all over Western and Eastern Europe, Iran, Lebanon, and I have made friends in every country I visited. One winter I wrote “Once Upon a Bavarian Winter” (Publish America - ISBN: 1591296412) a book about my visit with a Bavarian wood carver and his family. While living with the German family in the deep snows of an alpine winter, I found that I loved the company of foreign people. In December of 2005, I returned from my first trip to India where I spent three weeks photographing that wonderful culture and people. Since then I have been to India three more times and as long as my health holds I will continue to go each year.

Now, I have totally switched to digital photography and am using a Nikon D-300 camera. I primarily use three lenses. I use the 28mm f2.8 wide angle Nikon lens, 50mm f1.8 Nikon lens for available light and my general lens is the Nikon 24 -85mm f2.8- f4.0 medium zoom. Digital allows me to immediately see what I have shot. This ability somehow has again brought back a special love of photography. It makes it more fun!