I was born in Virginia but moved to North Carolina within a few months of my birth. Though my mother considers me a Virginian born and bred, I grew up in both Carolinas and attended Clemson University in South Carolina. I worked my way through college as a Fireman/EMT. I have always had an avid interest in photography, which I came by naturally from my father.

After making the decision that I did not want to be an engineer (an honorable and parent endorsed profession) but to follow my passion and be a photographer, I researched and found that East Texas State University (ETSU) had one of the best photography programs in the country. I then set my sights on Texas arriving in Commerce in January 1980.

In 1982, I had the opportunity to travel to the Sinai Desert working at one of the observation camps established as part of the Camp David Accord, (supervising the peace between Egypt and Israel), living there for a year and putting my education on hold but not my camera. At the end of my contract I traveled Greece and Asia for three months, and then returned to ETSU.

After graduating with a BS in photography in 1983, I moved to Dallas and worked as a photographers assistant and learned a great deal working with some of the major photographers in Dallas at that time. But that only lasted so long before I knew I needed to make that transfer and become the person I had been working for.

My first professional assignment was photographing cosmetics. Since then my clients have run the gamut from corporate identity, advertising campaigns and collateral materials to printed and on-line catalogs.

My approach to problem solving is based on a reverse engineering strategy. First, through client input, the end result is established and then a solution is developed based on those criteria. While many workflows are similar, each client and situation require special attention to fine tune the process and acheive the stated goal.

My life and work experience has been centered around photography and as an integral part, problem solving. My answer to the question "What do you do?" is I solve imaging communication problems, I am a photographer.