A consulting automotive engineer by day, I first
learned about landscape photography by taking a workshop in the Fall of 1999 with the late Galen Rowell. Even though I was greatly inspired, I unfortunately didn't do too much with it until after I switched to digital in Autumn 2001. It was then that I started
taking numerous additional photography and Photoshop workshops,
seminars, and classes with some of the most respected names in the business.
They include, in alphabetical order:
- Bill Atkinson
- John Paul Caponigro
- Willard Clay
- Charlie Cramer
- Bruce Dale
- Jack Dykinga
- Thom Hogan
- Bill Lea
- Moose Peterson
- Michael Reichmann
- John Shaw
- Vincent Versace
- Charlie Waite
Twice a year, I teach photography and Photoshop in workshops in the Smokies with
Willard Clay (Fall) and Bill Lea (Spring). In addition to those, I again taught with Lori Kincaid in a Spring workshop in the Max Patch area of the Appalachians. I have also judged photography competitions, and have given many photography and Photoshop talks, workshops, and classes for various clubs and groups around the country. I was President of the Roswell Photographic Society (RPS) in Roswell, GA, for two years, and on the RPS Board for four years, I am a founding member of the North Georgia Camera Club Council (NGCCC), where I am currently on the Board as Director of Education. I am also on the Board of the Georgia Nature Photography Association (GNPA), where I am Chairman of Education & Workshops. In 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010, I helped British landscape photography master Charlie Waite put
on his Master Class workshops in the US. We are currently working on a fifth Master Class for 2011.
I have been fortunate enough to win numerous awards, and have sold images in a number of shows and galleries. For several years, White Sands National Monument has been selling my images in their museum store.