My interest in photography began while I was still in high school. I had a graphic arts class in which I learned to develop black-and-white film. It was then that it became clear to me that photography is an art. It is much more than simply taking pictures.

​When I bought my first camera, the Canon AE-1, I thought i had a new window on the world. I looked for every opportunity to show my pictures to the world. I had a short lived career as a photojournalist, but my camera and I would not be finished. I believe photography is an art. Like a Rembrandt, Picasso, or Renoir, I want to believe my images are works of art. Some may be a masterpiece. I would like to capture the emotion of Degas with the medium of Daguerre.