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."