My current interests lie mainly in nature photography although I do like landscape secondly. After numerous years of abandoning my photography due to making a living I recently have returned. and realized how much I have missed it. Graduating to digital has been a great experience. Having come from a 35mm slide background, digital allows more freedom at a much smaller cost excluding the initial equipment purchase of course. Also there’s the instant gratification or frustration if that be the case. No more $12 processing costs and waiting. If the shutter doesn’t capture what you see then you hit the delete button and can reshoot till the cows come home. Or use the bulb setting and shoot after they get there. This I think is why there are so many amateur photographers like me that are shooting better photos. At least my worst critic ( ME ) think they have improved. With slides you had to contemplate the results prior to making the settings, and pressing the shutter button or waste money on processing. Same process but thanks to digital with it’s histogram, and blinkies the process is easier and results greatly improved. Reshooting is not always possible in nature but with experience should come results.

All this really started this past April 2008 with my photo workshop to Wolf Park Indiana. I have always been intrigued by the wolves, and their mystic. All photos on my site are from this point in time forward except for my slide archives of course. Having taken a number of photographic workshops has not only increased my photographic knowledge but put me on the road to improved results. Workshops are definitely a great way to get feedback on your techniques, and help improve your photos. There are many organization to join such as the North American Nature Photography Association that provides great information and workshops to help you in your area of interest. Also thanks to the internet there is an abundance of photographic information available via the pro photographers making it possible, and easier for the amateur photographer to improve, and create some great images.

As I take more photographs the latest go to my main page, and I route the existing shots to my photo gallery. So my site is dynamic, and changes regularly. I do try to get out as often as possible, and have found many new interesting spots to shoot thanks to the internet.

I will also add that I am not impartial to critiques or suggestion on how to improve my photography or my web site so please feel free to drop an email. Just remember I am an amateur “A person who engages in an art as a pastime rather than as a profession” so be gentle in spirit but constructive.