I started in photography as a child learning with my father. These were the days of film, and the art was so different then. While principles are the same, the skills and medium have changed with technology. As with any art the challenge is to master the medium, control it to create a final image as intended.

Some times, we can be lucky. There are photographs I have taken that all I really needed to do was compose and depress the shutter. Perfect straight out of the camera. This, however, is the exception, not the rule.

Every place I go, I am there for that moment. The challenge is to make the most of what is there: light, composition, angle, choice of lens, mood, shutter, depth of field, filter, and ISO. In this the technology is less relevant than those days of film. Those are the constants. How we get there is a different story. Film required working in a darkroom, developing for specific times to achieve the necessary density of the negative for the specific film we chose; more work in printing--dodging and burning. All to get the image to match what we had envisioned. Digital photography builds on much of that, but requires a different knowledge base. Digital photography offers a another set of possible outcomes.

My chosen photographic genre is travel. I have been fortunate to be able to travel as much as I do. So I am offering these images to you to enjoy and appreciate. These are the places I’ve been, often with my family, and each photograph has a story behind it.

If you purchase a photograph, it will not come with a watermark, of course.

Thank you.