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I took a Kodak Brownie on family trips while I was growing up and my Uncle Lee gave me my first 35 mm camera that he got in Germany while serving in the Air Force.

 

I did not study photography formally in college but I was fortunate to work part time as a 16mm news film editor for Connecticut Public Television. I spent several years working in video production when cable television franchises started local programming efforts.

 

Wanting to see the world and having grown up on Walt Disney's Davey Crockett show, I moved from Connecticut to Austin, Texas, sight unseen, to attend graduate school.

 

Life intervened.

 

I returned to photography after a career in Texas working as a public servant and advocate for improvements in health care for children. 

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I am drawn to photography because it requires paying attention and being present with care. My photographic interests are eclectic, capturing images from travels and birding trips.

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I am still learning and trying to master the craft.  I thank the wonderful teachers at the Santa Fe Workshops including:

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• Jennifer Davidson, for a wonderful introductory class.

• Eddie Soloway, for his playfulness.

• Kathleen Clemons, for looking closely at flowers.

• Tony O'Brien, for deepening my seeing of light and shadows.

• Carlan Tapp, for sharing his mastery of black and white landscapes.

• Tyrone Turner and Lisa Cates for a wonderful week in New Orleans.

• Cotton Miller for supporting the development of my website.

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and other teachers:

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• Allison Shaw, for her beautiful images of Martha's Vineyard.

• Stephen F. Johnson, for his focus on the subtlety of nature's beauty.