I was a software developer for 40 years, yeah started out on those room filing mainframes. Contemplating retirement my Wife said I needed to find a creative outlet.  Because I always listen to my Wife I discovered photography as relief for all those years of left-brain work.

I tried all sorts of photographic genres but kept returning to anything to do with animals.  Living 20 minutes from the world class Memphis Zoo is a perfect place to create compelling portraits of animals which capture the essence of our fellow creatures with whom we share this planet. My animal portraits have been displayed at local galleries and also in San Francisco, and London. I have also been published in several magazines and my eagle image from the Memphis Zoo can be found in the book “Wonders: Spectacular Moments in Nature Photography” published by the California Academy of Sciences.

I started out with a Canon Rebel and watched untold hours of YouTube and Scott Kelby videos learning the craft of photography and post processing. I now own a Canon 5d Mk IV and an Olympus OMD EM1 Mk II.

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