I have been interested in Photography for over 50 years, beginning my journey as a young teen with a Yashica SLR. Taking courses in art, design, and photography my abilities improved. I greatly expanded my abilities by learning under the guidance of the accomplished landscape photographer, Alain Briot during a one week field experience in Arizona. I developed a particular fascination with the play of light and shadow, including the use of chiaroscuro technique in imaging the stark land forms of the American Southwest. I also like photographing in the city (I live in...more