I am an Award Winning Photographer who Retired in June 2010. Previously, Director of Facilities Engineering & Construction at hospitals. Was in the US Navy for 10 years.

I am a licensed engineer and have an MBA, also. I was for many years a property manager for large high rise buildings prior to moving into healthcare facilities management.

I am happily married, living in the Richmond, Virginia area. We have 2 cats. We are active in local not-for-profit and community. My wife and I have traveled extensively and do so at least 2 to 3 times a year going different places in the world.

I belong to a writers group and am interested in travel writing and photography. I am active online with Nikonians.org.

I started back in the 80s taking photographs with a Nikon FM2 using film and did so for a few years and drifted away from it. In the last few years have gotten back into photography with P&S Nikons, Olympus, and Sony cameras. Early in 2009, I bought the D90 and now photography has become a full time fun passion. I now own Nikon P7000, A, Df, D500, D800 and Z6 and a converted D90 for Infrared. I also own Fuji X10, X100, X-E1, X-T1, X-Pro2 and X-H1 with an array of supporting gear.

I have taken a couple of photography courses at the community college and through ed2go and now have completed over 35 online course through BetterPhoto.com and other sources as well having obtained a Pro Certification through New York Institute of Photography and at Better Photo. I am or have been active in many camera clubs including the Milwaukee Coalition of Photographic Art.

I continue to develop the skills to do travel writing and photography, blogs, maintain my website and with my wife focus on travel writing and photography for a good many years to come.

I am active in photographic art groups, lead seminars at photo groups as well as University of Richmond and previously at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

I seek to capture the light in the best way and to display detail, tone, and texture to tell a story, I use a variety of photographic tools and techniques.

My approach is guided by a vision that includes experimenting with ways of seeing light such as using, in addition to color, infrared imagery, painterly effects or conversion to black and white.

Photography is my full time passion now that I am retired after a successful career in engineering and management.

If any of my work captures your imagination, do not hesitate to contact me in order to discover the possibilities to learn more.br>
Finally, I hope to learn and meet others through this service to help enhance my skills and life experience.

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