I started in film photography about 40 years ago, after taking a couple of courses in acrylic painting at a local community college. The courses were in the winter and so we had to take pictures of our subjects so as to be able to paint indoors. I quickly fell in love with the camera and took some courses in basic photography and joined a local photography club. With monthly club contests I became very competitive, winning a number of monthly contests. When digital cameras came out with a better resolution I joined the “digital age” without hesitation. In the spring of 2004 I held my first (and only) one man show at Bistro 309, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which has since changed its name. I believe that photographers and artists have an obligation to not only capture the beauty that God surrounds us with but to share those images with those too busy to smell the roses.