My first experience photographing without parental supervision was on a school trip in 5th grade. I was allowed to take the family's Kodak Instamatic. I was so excited by everything I saw that I used a dozen rolls of film. My parents were aghast and my pictures were terrible. In response to that trip I began taking every photography class I could find. Although after college I pursued a career in Biology, my extensive use of microscopy required that I continue to work on photography skills, especially digital imaging.

I was trained in the tradition of the f64 club, but I am an experimentalist by nature and incorporate the use of shallow depth of field and slow shutter speeds at times to convey my impression of the moment. In terms of artistic inspiration and expression I am more influenced by late 18th Century American Landscape painters who branched out from the Hudson River School, such as Frederick Edwin Church, Thomas Moran, Martin Johnson Heade, and Louis Remy Mignot.

Recently I have returned to an exploration I began years ago regarding expectations about relationships of shadows and objects.

Sometimes nature doesn't follow my script and I never snap the shutter. Other times I'm so enraptured by the beauty that I might prefer to just sit and enjoy it, but it's too beautiful to keep to myself. That's when I have created my best work.

My goal is to share my experience of the beauty and wonders of nature. I work predominately near my home in Central Oregon because I find the familiarity provides a deeper connection to the landscape that expresses itself in my work. I do, however, find creating photographs in new areas to be very stimulating and provides me with a much better feel for the area than if I hadn't brought my camera.

I sincerely hope you enjoy my photographs.

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