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Photographer of people, places and things for more than 25 years. Started long ago when my Dad bought a Canon AE-1 with a Vivatar lens and a Vivatar flash. Progressed through the ages to what we do now. Still shooting Canon equipment, I didn't know they made anything else.

Paramedic for 20+ years, sorta in my blood I guess. Seen things in this ole world that will make you smile and seen them that make even the most cold hearted cry. I have watched people come into this world and watched them leave just as quick. But to know that you have done something that let's someone see their family for one more time or even year's, is the best feeling in the world.

I can be found in the confessional booth of the Church of Poor Life Choices for 24 hours every third day.



THE OFFICIAL RULES ON MY TRUCK...

1. PAIN SUCKS, BELIEVE ME I KNOW, BUT IT WON'T KILL YOU.

2. IF YOU'VE LIVED A CERTAIN WITH A PAIN FOR 5 DAYS AND NOT SEEN YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT, DON'T GET MAD WHEN IT DOESN'T IMPRESS ME AT 3 AM.

3. VOMITING IS NOT IN ITSELF AN EMERGENCY, IT IS, HOWEVER, A DEFENSE MECHANISM OF THE BODY TO RID ITSELF OF HARMFUL THINGS. COWBOY UP.

4. PAIN IS ALMOST ALWAYS PROPORTIONATE TO STUPIDITY. COWBOY UP.

5. YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG! I'M AN EMT, NOT A MIND-READER.

6. IF YOU TAKE 20 RX MEDS AND TELL ME YOU HAVE NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS, I MAY GET A LITTLE SNIPPY WITH YOU. COWBOY UP.

7. WE ARE NOT A TAXI! THAT IS NOT WHAT AN AMBULANCE IS DESIGNED FOR. IF YOU SIMPLY NEED A RIDE-AND ARE IN NO DANGER OF DYING IN THE NEXT HOUR (YOU'VE WAITED HOWEVER LONG SO FAR), LOOK UP TAXIS IN THE YELLOWPAGES.

8. GOING TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL GET SEEN BY THE DOCOTR ANY FASTER-I MEAN THIS! YOU MAY EVEN BE PUT IN TRIAGE WHEN EXITING MY TRUCK. IT IS NOT TO BE MEAN, IT IS ACTUALLY BASED ON A SYSTEM TO TREAT THE SICKEST FOLKS FIRST. JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.

9. TELL THE DISPATCHER IF YOU ARE 300 LBS AND NOT ABLE TO WALK! ME AND MY PARTNER ALONE CAN NOT CARRY YOU DOWN THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS ALONE!

10. PULL TO THE RIGHT FOLKS-NOT FREAK OUT AND SLAM ON THE BRAKES.

11. IN TRUE FORM WITH NUMBER 10, DON'T ASK ME WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG WHEN I FIRST PULL UP! THIS WILL ONLY PISS ME OFF AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PROBABLY BLOCKED WHILE DRIVING LIGHTS AND SIREN AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE-THATS THE STUFF THAT TAKES US SO LONG.

12. IF YOU ARE BOUNCING OFF THE WALL BECAUSE YOU ARE IN "SO MUCH PAIN", I CAN'T HELP YOU. COWBOY UP, SIT STILL AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

13. YES, THAT IV REALLY IS NECESSARY. I'VE DONE ENOUGH OF THEM THAT I DON'T STICK FOR THE THRILL OF IT AND I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY DO REALLY STING. WANNA GET TO FEELING BETTER, HOLD STILL.

14. WE ARE NOT ROLLING PHARMACIES! THERE IS AN ECKERD OR WALGREENS JUST DOWN THE STREET, STOP ASKING.

15. THIS IS NOT THE MOVIES FOLKS! IF YOU RIDE IN MY TRUCK, WE DO NOT DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH LIGHTS FLASHING AND SIRENS WAILING JUST BECAUSE YOU BUMPED YOUR KNEE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. (SEE 1)

16. USE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE WHEN USING THE 911 SYSTEM FOLKS. YOUR BROKEN FINGER TWO YEARS AGO DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR HEADACHE TODAY.

17. LETS TAKE A MINUTE TO EXAMINE THE WORD EMERGENCY, SHALL WE? IT MEANS LIFE OR LIMB THREATENING. AMBULANCE WERE DESIGNED FOR THESE TYPES OF SCENARIOS. A TOOTH ACHE, BROKEN TOE, AND VOMITING ONCE DO NOT FIT INTO THIS CATEGORY.

18. IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUMBER 12, WHEN YOU GET IN, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I HAVE TO DO BEFORE WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL, LIKE VITAL SIGNS, BANDAGING, ETC. IF THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO DO, MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED A CAB. THATS JUST HOW IT WORKS.

19. IF YOU ARE HAVING AN EMERGENCY AND I ENTER YOUR HOME TO HELP AND AM SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY YOUR DOG, I WILL RENDER IT SAFE! IF YOU TELL ME I SHOULDN'T HAVE KICKED IT, WAS THIS TRULY AN EMERGENCY?

20. ALWAYS, ALWAYS REMEMBER! YOU CALLED ME-NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT IS NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION TO TAKE SHIT FROM YOU OR TO KISS YOUR ASS AND MAKE EVERYTHING ALL PRETTY. I WILL BE NICE IF YOU ARE. BE WARNED, I CAN BE A REAL MOTHERFUCKER SHOULD THE NEED ARISE!

21. ROADS ARE BUMPY AND SUSPENSION IN MY TRUCK WERE PROBABLY MADE BY THE LOWEST BIDDER. COWBOY UP.

22. I AM NOT IN BILLING, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE TREATMENT I PROVIDE WILL COST. IF YOU ARE STABLE ENOUGH TO ASK, DON'T BE OFFENDED IF I TELL YOU THAT IT IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN A TAXI FARE.

23. DON'T STAND OVER MY SHOULDER TELLING ME HOW TO TREAT SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT. I HAVE TRAINED TO DO IT. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WANTING TO HELP, DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ANYTHING I DO AT THE SCENE, APPLY FOR A JOB AND TELL THEM YOU WANT TO BE MY SUPERVISOR.

24. DON'T CALL AND TELL THE DISPATCHER TO SEND US WITH "NO LIGHTS AND SIRENS". IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM, CALL A CAB.

25. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD NUMBERS ON YOUR MAILBOX IN TEN YEARS, DON'T GET MAD WHEN I DRIVE PAST YOUR HOUSE. TELLING THE DISPATCHER "THE WHITE HOUSE WITH GREEN SHUTTERS" JUST DON'T CUT IT.

26. IF IT DOES TAKE ME A WHILE TO GET TO YOU, JUST REMEMBER THE TIME YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PULLING OVER, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE NUMBERS ON YOUR MAILBOX, AND THINK OF THE FACT THAT THE AMBULANCE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO YOU MAY BE HELPING SOMEONE ELSE SO WE HAD TO COME FROM FARTHER AWAY.

27. IF YOU TELL ME THE PAIN MED THAT "WORKS THE BEST" AND INCLUDE THE DOSAGE, DON'T SURPRISED IF I DON'T OFFER IT TO YOU.

28. I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE A DENTAL HYGEINIST WHO IS HELPING OUT AT THE SCENE OF A HORRIBLE CAR WRECK. PLEASE STEP BACK, WE'VE GOT IT. (ACTUAL CALL)

29. YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE MEDS YOU WERE PRESCRIBED FOR TWO YEARS NOW? I WONDER WHY YOU'RE HAVING THIS PROBLEM? HHHMMMM????

30. THAT TINGLING IN YOUR HANDS AND FEET, YOU'RE NOT DYING! YOU'RE BREATHING TOO FAST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALLOWED DRAMA TO BITE YOU IN THE ASS. RELAX AND I PROMISE YOU WILL START TO FEEL BETTER WITH OUT ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM ME.

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The world is my playground...

When and Where?
Who knows yet...

Every Women Is Beautiful...

My job, as an artist and photographer, is to
release that special beauty and capture it in
an image that she will treasure for a lifetime.

John G. Blair


Any photographer who says he's not a voyeur
is either stupid or a liar.

Helmut Newton, 1995

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