I have been a photographer since I was a young teenager in the 1960's. I fell in love with photo processing in the school darkroom when I was in high school; later, without a home darkroom, I spent years in which I didn't do much photographic work. When I finally made the switch to digital, I re-discovered a magnificently enhanced way of working with images.

I bring much that I have learned from Buddhist principles and practices (attention, compassion, wakefulness, beginner's mind) to my work with camera and software. The practice of photography requires the cultivation and discipline of awareness. My intention is to pay careful, clear, and appreciative attention to the world that appears before my eyes. I pick up a camera and go hunting for images. My goal is to capture pictures and scenes that speak to me, and to work with them until I am satisfied that they are "finished." If you look at the slideshows of my photographs on this gallery, you will get a sense of how I see the world.

My effort is always to bring something of my own vision --something intriguing, perhaps something pleasing, or beautiful, or unsettling -- to the images that my camera records. I am a photo artist, not a photo journalist. I often incorporate texture images into my original images; some are texture images that I have created, and others were originally created by fine digital artists who market their images for this purpose. If you are interested in texture images, and/or working with texture in photo art, take a look at the wonderful images created by some of my favorites: SkeletalMess; Flypaper; Distressed Jewell.