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I have always liked photos and what they mean to people...they're the essence of the moment.never to be the same again..I started using them while working in yellow pages advertising...taking my customer's photos and pictures of their businesses and then I came up with the idea of using them as 'fill' instead of those inane generic ads....The company that I worked for, Central California Directories, used them for years in the Flagler County Directory and Shopping Guide that was published annually...one of my first was of my niece, Erika , running along the beach in her bathing suit as a little girl....Well, she just turned 21, but she's still that little girl to me...and the photography features are definately a changing!!!! So many new ways to create so many new things in a photo..One photo can be made to look a hundred different ways and every scene to be photographed can look so different when seen by different photographers..and I am still learning! I love it!!

When Painting and Photography Collides! "The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much." Annie Leibovitz..That is soo how I feel about my photographs and my photography..I've always loved photos and what they mean to people...they're the essence of the moment..Never to be quite the same again. My grandfather gave me my first camera and that was all it took! After retiring from an Advertising Career of 26 years in Flagler County, I have enjoyed photographing a large variety of things ranging from Rolex & Ferrari Racecars, Horseracing and HorseShows,Pelicans, Flamingos, Daytona Landscapes, Daytona Beach Lifeguard Competitions,Surfers, our infamous Bikeweek and just...