Introduction to my photography

These days students go off to college, they graduate and then 9 times out of 10 they get a job doing something completely different than what they majored in.

I attended Brooks Institute of Photography and received my Bachelor's Degree in Visual Journalism. However, after graduating, I toiled away a year in a pet shop doing absolutely nothing I had gone to college to learn. I just felt....uninspired. There's only so much you can teach an artist about technique and form, then you need to let their unique sense of creativity bring something new to the table. Brooks was very good at teaching technique and form, however when a student tried to bring something new to the table, often times the own personal taste of a professor would give them a less than admirable grade. I saw many students, frustrated in their own loss of unique style, quit Brooks without that sought after degree. I adapted and graduated but I didn't feel passionate about art anymore for years.

Now I work for a Author/Professor/Nursery Owner who is a self taught photographer himself and I feel extremely lucky to have a job relating to my degree. I photograph plants for the nursery and clients’ purposes. My work consists mostly of close ups of the flora I work around and landscapes, but I branch out into other fields as they present themselves. I’m beginning to build my stock library and my work has appeared in three books and the Sunset magazine.

I’ll share some of my photography on this blog, but be sure to check out My Flickr to see some of my photography. As stated above, most all of it is related to plants and nature. I love the peace and tranquility of being outside with subjects who don't need a model release to feature in your photograph.