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Today I may be a freelance photographer with over 190 publishing credits, but my photographic journey began in earnest over a decade ago as I was preparing for a trip to Japan. Having been a traveler since I was a baby, I was fed up with the way my photographs of places like the Grand Canyon, Belize, Australia, Tahiti, Hawaii, Mexico, were not as good as the photographs I was seeing in travel magazines. So before leaving Los Angeles for Japan, I bought myself a professional 35mm Canon EOS3 with a Tamron 28-200mm lens, and from that moment I noticed a remarkable improvement in my photographs.

After spending a few years using 35mm Canon EOS3, and still not completely satisfied with my image results, a light bulb came on inside my head and I decided it was time to start learning more about photography. Luckily I didn't have to go far.

My education began with a color photography class at an adult annex of Santa Monica College. After just one class, I realized how much I not only love, but at times am addicted to photography. I enrolled in the photography program at SMC and spent the next few years progressing through all the evening photo classes available (BW, color printing, commercial, portrait, flash, and photoshop). Even today as a professional photographer, I contunue my pursuit of any new information and inspiration available.

My subject matter is as widely varied as my interests, and includes music, landscapes, travel, portraits, children, sports, stills for movie productions, nudes, and commercial. My medium is just as varied, and I often choose to use a particular camera based on my vision of the final print. My primary camera is my digital Canon 20D, supplimented by my 35mm Canon EOS3, a medium format (6x6) Hasselblad 500 c/m, a large format Shin Hao, and my Polaroid Land 330.

My growing client list includes All Access Magazine, Music Connection, Strutter Magazine, San Gabriel Press, Pasadena Star News, Whittier Daily News, the State of Alaska's official tourist website (http://www.travelalaska.com), Sfarzo guitar strings, Peerless Guitars, Mills Acoustic, and the feature film "Sin-Jin Smyth."

My images have been exhibited in three Los Angeles galleries ("View of the Sound" - Kopeikin Gallery on Wilshire; "Fiddle" - LaFoto in Santa Monica; "What's Her Name" - Santa Monica College photo gallery). And in 2007 two of my images ("Malibu Pier at Midnight" and "Great White Shark feeding") achieved finalist awards and were published in the 2007 Photographer's Forum Magazine Annual.

Current projects include: "Catholic symbols" - a photo project involving the 21 California Missions; "Lines" - nature's paintings; "Inspiration" - a project encompassing both my landscape and catholic symbols; and an artistic envoronmental nude project, and "Swimming Pool" - a slightly twisted and disturbing look at a swimming pool. In addition to my photography, I am also writing a book entitled "A Childless Man's Adventures in Parenting."

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Swimming Pool : For months I had been looking out my living room window at my apartment swimming pool thinking there had to be something there to photographically but I couldn't quite figure it out.  Several photos later I found my direction and presentation for this project.  These six image represent that vision - "a psych ward pool"

Swimming Pool

For months I had been looking out my living room window at my apartmen ...

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:20am PDT

My Smug Mug :

My Smug Mug

Updated: Jun 17, 2008 1:31pm PDT

POOL TABLE : My "Pool Table" photo project began back in 2004 with my BW photography class final.  The final project involved creating a five shot story about something, anything.  At the time of the project I lived roughly 90 yards from a dive bar so my choice of a pool table was an easy one.  And being a frequent visitor to the bar access to the pool table wasn't a problem.  On a Saturday afternoon I walked into the bar with my tripod, my cable release, and my 35mm Canon EOS3 and produced a wonderful five shot sequence  that earned me not only an "A" for the final and class but compliments on my editorial sequencing.  To this day I have never scanned or reprinted those original 11x14 BW images, but someday I will.

POOL TABLE

My "Pool Table" photo project began back in 2004 with my BW photograph ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2006 11:19am PDT

Animals : Photographs of the various animals I've encountered along my many excursions.

Animals

Photographs of the various animals I've encountered along my many excu ...

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:27am PDT

Arizona :

Arizona

Updated: May 28, 2008 8:56pm PDT

Sand Dunes : Landscape and abstract photographs from the death valley sand dunes and Point Reyes sand dunes.

Sand Dunes

Landscape and abstract photographs from the death valley sand dunes an ...

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:24am PDT

Road Trip : Landscape, travel, and abstract photo's from my many road trips throughout Arizona, California, and Nogales Mexico.

Road Trip

Landscape, travel, and abstract photo's from my many road trips throug ...

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:22am PDT

Grand Canyon : Images from trips to and into the Grand Canyon from the south rim.

Grand Canyon

Images from trips to and into the Grand Canyon from the south rim.

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:29am PDT

Catholic symbols : I started my Catholic symbols photo project in Arizona in early November 2005 with a single photo - an iron gate with a cross - at San Xavier del Bac.  However, the original photograph turned out too blurry.  Two weeks later I returned to Arizona  to backpack the grand canyon but also to return to San Xavier del Bac to photograph the gate properly with a tripod.  From that one photograph I haven't stopped photographing various catholic symbols within and around the missions in Arizona and the 21 California missions.  As of June 2008 only one mission in California has yet to be visited and photographed - Santa Cruz.  My goal is to complete the primary photography for this project by July 2008.  After completion of the primary photography I will begin the process of selecting images for two yet to be named photo books.

Catholic symbols

I started my Catholic symbols photo project in Arizona in early Novemb ...

Updated: Jun 27, 2008 8:17am PDT

Sunrise / Sunset : Photographs taken during sunrise and sunset from Arizona, California deserts, on a shark boat in the Pacific Ocean, and anywhere along the way.

Sunrise / Sunset

Photographs taken during sunrise and sunset from Arizona, California d ...

Updated: Nov 07, 2007 8:58am PDT

Saguaro cactus : Saguaro cactus, Arizona, 2006

Saguaro cactus

Saguaro cactus, Arizona, 2006

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:26am PDT

GREAT WHITE SHARK : GREAT WHITE SHARK, Isla Guadelupe 2006

GREAT WHITE SHARK

GREAT WHITE SHARK, Isla Guadelupe 2006

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:33am PDT

OZZFEST 2006 (San Bernadino) : OZZFEST 2006 (San Bernadino)

OZZFEST 2006 (San Bernadino)

OZZFEST 2006 (San Bernadino)

Updated: Jul 20, 2006 12:22pm PDT

Alaska : Alaska salmon fishing, Alaskan grizzly bears, bald eagles

Alaska

Alaska salmon fishing, Alaskan grizzly bears, bald eagles

Updated: Mar 26, 2008 6:42pm PDT

Malibu Pier : Malibu Pier at midnight

Malibu Pier

Malibu Pier at midnight

Updated: Apr 24, 2006 8:39am PDT

glass : As a music photographer and journalist I often find myself in a club with a drink waiting for a band to hit the stage, sometimes late.  These are photographs of my tequila glasses, taken to keep the creativity flowing and the boredom at a minimum.

glass

As a music photographer and journalist I often find myself in a club w ...

Updated: May 12, 2008 8:32am PDT

Chairs :

Chairs

Updated: Mar 08, 2006 11:09am PDT

Fiddle : fiddle

Fiddle

fiddle

Updated: Jan 11, 2006 8:18am PDT

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