Biography and Profile Information

Handed my first Kodak Brownie camera at the age of seven, I embarked on a photographic adventure which now spans decades. My special love is nature and birds. I am constantly developing my eye, in order to create new and interesting ideas for flowers and wildlife. I also intersperse my photography with people, architecture and creating artistic slants on various inanimate objects.

I attribute my unique 'eye', to an innate ability to look beyond the camera lens, and into what I describe as the "soul of my photograph" in order to capture unique, thought provoking, and breathtaking images. Each day provides me a new vision to capture. Everything is impermanent; but for just an instant I strive to capture the final moment in eternity for all to see.

I also write and have finished my first feature film. A true story about one aspect of my life. A crime thriller. Looking for producers now. I graduated from the famed Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan.

Competitions

2008:

International Photography Awards (IPA)
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Award: Honorable Mention – Architecture/Buildings: Balconies For Juliet

Al -Thani International Photography Awards
Award: Accepted for publication: Japanese Bride

Studio Altius – St. Louis, Missouri
Juried Competition – Seen 2008 The Best of St. Louis
Jurors: Jay Fram, Ray Kersting, Don Love
Award: First Place – Architecture: Balconies For Juliet

St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Missouri
Juried Competition – Theme: Man Made
Juror: Bea Nettles
Award: Finalist – Seahorse View

Photographer’s Forum Magazine
28th Annual Spring International Competition
Jurors: Steve LaVoie, Linda Lowell, Doug Peck
Published - 2008 Award of Excellence: Disney Concert Hall

The Coastal Arts League of Half Moon Bay
International Juried Photo Competition
Through A Lens: Patterns of People or Patterns of Nature
Juror: Michael Collopy
Award: Honorable Mention: Balconies For Juliet

Commissions

2008 March:

Photographic Illustrations (100+)
Book written by: Ben Peller & Nian Aster (awaiting publication)

2008 January:

Project Nightlight; Photographs for
60 billboards in Los Angeles

Motion Picture Still Photography

2008 May:

The Vertigo Project
Hitchcock Historical Retrospective
Directed by Raber Umphenour
Sequence Location Photography

2008 May:

Body Weapon The Movie – Los Angeles
Producer: Jerry Bell

2007 December:

Onyx Films – Los Angeles
"Saturday Night At Dewayne's"
Director: Marcelo Thedford

Exhibitions

2008:

December – January 15, 2009: Studio Altius, St. Louis, Missouri
December-January 2009: St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Missouri
2008 April-May: The Coastal Arts League of Half Moon Bay, Ca.