I was born in 1956, in Staunton, Virginia. Two years later my parents moved our family to Tallahassee, Florida, where I lived most of my life, except for times spent in Germany and Maryland. So, after having spent roughly 56 years in Florida, I guess I qualify for what people nowadays call a native Floridian. It was in Florida where I earned a bachelor's degree in German with a minor in Chemistry from Florida State University. I later earned a Certificate of German as a second language from the Goethe Institute in Munich, Germany after which I returned to the states to join the work force. In 1987, I earned a law degree at the University of Maryland, School of Law. In between those years I met my wife Kay, and we moved to Baltimore, Maryland where we began raising our family until we moved back to Tallahassee. We lived there until we retired and moved to Blue Grass, Virginia in late 2023.

My professional life has included work in insurance and the law. My legal work included working on behalf of death row inmates, something which prompted me to write “Systemics,” a novel loosely based upon Florida’s hopelessly flawed and cruel efforts to kill inmates whether or not they are guilty—all done while selling the public on the notion that the state’s work is righteous and lessens crime (it’s not and it doesn’t). After a stint in that field I turned to environmental law where I worked for the State of Florida as an enforcement attorney, and then moved on to work for a non-profit organization, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, where our efforts were devoted to assisting government employees who were being punished for trying to protect the environment. After 19 years at PEER it was time to retire. So here I am. 

So, how does photography fit into my life? Well, my love of the art of photography began when I was a teenager in Tallahassee. While I don’t remember exactly how old I was, I’ll never forget taking a photograph of Buck Lake in Tallahassee one evening when the sky had really put on a show. In those days there was no digital photography, so I had to wait until the film I’d shot was developed. But when I got the results, the photograph I shot at Buck Lake sold me on an artform that has stayed with me my entire life. What I didn’t realize as a kid was just how much I would turn to photography throughout my life. As an only child, my camera became a close friend, and as an adult it was a coping mechanism to deal with the many injustices I saw in the criminal justice system, as well as in environmental law. The camera became a tool to focus on the positive things in life—even if only for a moment.

The images that I have included on this site are of the natural world, be it landscapes, flowers, wildlife, and to a certain degree abstracts derived in the process. At the end of the day, they are, as I came to realize when culling through my library, a recording of the places I’ve been and experiences I’ve had in almost 70 years of living on this planet. A photographic journal, if you will.

Sadly, we live in a world in which artificial intelligence is prevalent. However, on this site there is no AI. I don’t believe in using it, for example, to create glorious sunsets where none existed, even though an image could be “enhanced” through its use. Nature is wondrous enough and, in my opinion, photography should be used to convey that message, both for the artform itself, and to facilitate the worthwhile fight against unfortunate efforts to facilitate greed at nature’s expense.

With few exceptions, my wife, Kay, has been with me when each of the images was taken. She’s been there tolerating my incessant need to have too much camera gear around, while spending time that could be spent doing other things. I’m eternally grateful for her enduring support.

I hope that you enjoy the images I’ve included here and derive pleasure from viewing them. If so, then this endeavor has been worthwhile.