I have been making photographs for about 45 years, but only began to show my work and make it available to the public in 2001.

The advent of the digital darkroom has been partially behind my deepening interest in photography as an art media. The artistic control is far more extensive than in traditional darkrooms—from minor retouching to subtle control of tone, contrast and color saturation, to the more complex techniques that bring the final print much closer to my original vision.

Sometimes I use the digital darkroom to make an image that is closer to what I saw than could be accomplished with a single exposure; sometimes I explore—and hopefully expand—the borderlines between photography and other art forms. See my thoughts on the digital darkroom for more on this topic.

My subjects vary—the natural world, from expansive scenics to extreme close-ups is my most common starting point, yet I would not describe myself as a nature photographer. I also work with found still life subjects, town and cityscapes—and many other subjects.

As my move to show my work was rather recent, I cannot yet offer a long list of shows, awards, publication, etc. The first public showing of my photography was at the 2001 Kitsap County Fair, and the four photos entered garnered a number of ribbons—including one 'People's Choice' award and two 'Best of Category' awards—and my Steamclock photograph was published as the "Final Frame" feature in the January 2002 issue of Popular Photography.

My non-photography life has included two years in Brazil in the early days of the Peace Corps; six years on the staff of a labor union; nearly a quarter of a century teaching economics at Bellevue Community College; and a pioneering role in that college's online education program. I have lived in the Northwest for almost thirty years and in Kingston since 1999.