Journal Categories: Select Category Close to Home Video and Multimedia Projects On Assignment Sporting Events Favorite Subjects Small Format Carrying a DSLR camera and several lenses around isn't always practical. Over the years, I've experimented with a number of smaller camera systems in hopes of finding a camera that would help me create great images and still fit in my pocket... Read more ... Little Piece of Heaven This is one of my favorite close-to-home spots. One of my dreams is to own a waterfront home on a quiet lake or pond, one that has loons on it, that has a largely undeveloped shoreline, is teeming with wildlife, and visited by few people... Read more ... Wild Love I love the outdoors. There is something about getting out in nature, often away from other people, that soothes my soul. I don't always have a camera on me when I'm spending time outdoors; typically even when I do, I only focus on photography when I'm alone... Read more ... Backyard Blooms 2014-Present My very first macro lens was purchased in an effort to capture photographs of the beautiful flowers my mom planted and grew in her garden every year. Since then, my macro lens tends to emerge mostly in the late spring and early summer months, when flowers in the northeast are most abundant... Read more ... Reconnecting the Rio Grande Valley March 2011 I helped create this short film, Reconnecting the Rio Grande Valley, as part of my participation in the 2011 North American Nature Photography Association College Program in McAllen, Texas. The natural environment of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) has largely been lost due to fifty years of intensive agricultural and urban development... Read more ... Competitive Sports 2004-2008, 2015-2022 Sports were one of my "gateway" photography subjects. I've always been an active person, so I gravitated towards sports and phys ed classes as a tween. In high school, I didn't have a car so I photographed what I was interested in that was also accessible to me, and then in college, sports photography became a way for me to make some money doing something I already enjoyed... Read more ...