I’ve been making photographs for four decades. For me, it began as is did for so many others—the magic of creating a print in the dim red light of a darkroom. While the technology continually changes and styles evolve, the thrill of making your photographic vision into reality remains.

My focus has always been on capturing the imperfect, real beauty in the world, and after decades of technological progress in photography, I found that for me, the challenges of traditional film and darkroom printing bring out my best work.

Film is both simpler and more complex: Just film, shutter, and aperture, with no looking back once you expose a frame. Then, in the darkroom, a meditative place, shrouded in the dim glow of a safelight, another kind of magic happens as negatives become art. And the resulting final print, made after time passes to give me the distance required to understand how an image works without the feelings I had while making it, is the secret sauce to better work.

I’ve photographed nearly every genre—news, documentary, real estate & architecture, weddings, portraits, boudoir, glamour, pets, headshots & branding, and fine art. I hold the Certified Professional Photographer degree from Professional Photographers of America and have won local, national, and international awards for my work.

I also have been a passionate teacher for 20 years. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing and taught English, composition, and creative writing at the college level. I’ve also taught ESL in Ukraine and photography workshops in Florida and Wisconsin, and I am an instructor at the Camera Company in Madison.

I am available for film commissions, one-on-one tutoring in the craft of analog photography, and I also offer individual and group lessons in my well-equipped darkroom.