I was raised in the rural South Central Kentucky town of Scottsville. The scenic beauty of the rural surrounding area was and still is the inspiration for my photography.

I began to pursue nature photography after attending a basic photography class at Asheville-Buncombe Community College in the early 80's. Later in 1993, I had the opportunity to meet Photojournalist Bill Thomas at a weekend photo workshop he was conducting outside of Ocala, FL. I have since attended other workshops given by Bill at his farm in Glendale, KY. I regard Bill as my mentor in Nature Photography for the many little things that I have learned from him over the years and for his kindness to me to answer questions I might have about the photography profession whenever I need a straight answer from someone who has been there.

I have continued to concentrate my photography on the rural, back road landscape of the mid south and many historical landmarks and features thereof. In recent years while working in the computer department of a professional photofinishing lab, I learned the art of digital enhancement, to which I sometimes apply to an already lovely scene and make it unique or even better. I also serve as a volunteer preserve monitor for Brigadoon State Nature Preserve in Barren County, KY, and teach beginning digital photography for Barren County Community Education.

At this point I shoot almost exclusively digital with a Pentax K20D or Pentax K10D SLR with Tokina and Sigma lenses. As most of my early work was 35mm transparencies, I have a Konica/Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400II to scan the slides and then make any adjustments in Photoshop. I print on an Epson R2400.