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Me

Yes, that's me on the sidelines at Lambeau Field for a game between my two favorite teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers in 2003.

So, what's my story how did I get involved in photography? It all starting because of my love for music, my best friend in high school was a musician and through him I became infatuated with live music. Together we and other friends attended live concerts nearly every weekend around the Kansas City area, including many of the shows at the infamous Cowtown Ballroom. Ok Roy thats great but what's this got to do with photography? Well, in the fall of 1974 I was in southern California and ran into a fellow who had a simple 35mm SLR with a single lens but had these amazing, at least amazing is how I remember them, concert photographs in his apartment of Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and other big name artists. I was thrilled, you mean I can attend live concerts AND bring home photographs of them also? So as soon as I could I took what money I had and walk across the street from my apartment to K-Mart, anyone remember when K-Mart used to have full blown camera stores inside them, and walk away with a Miranda 35mm SLR and lens. I then starting to attend concerts around southern California and brought home my own photographs of Elton John, Rod Stewart, and others. I have no idea today whatever happened to that Miranda camera, but after returning to the Kansas City area I eventually got a Minolta XG-7 which I still have to this day. It was at this point that I expanded by interest in photography outside just the live concert area and shortly thereafter started my career in the photography industry.

That Minolta XG-7 served me well for many years but quite frankly has mostly just sat in the closet for the last 15 years when I switched to a point and shoot Olympus digital camera and then upgraded to a Cannon G-6 a few years ago. However, in May of 2010 I was at a family gathering in Kansas City where I spent some time discussing photography with a cousin of mine who says I inspired him all those years ago when he was just a child and I was always taking pictures. Rod grew up and graduated from the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography and is a much better photographer than I. I am honored to have inspired someone close to me and as talented as Rod. Anyway talking with Rod on that sunny spring afternoon inspired me to rekindle my interest and passion for photography so after returning home to Colorado I researched and then purchased a Nikon D90 and assorted lenses and have been capturing images every week since. These are the images displayed throughout this web site and represent only want I consider my best work, complete galleries of a larger selection of images can be found in my albums located at ACDSeeOnline. My intent is to keep the number of displayed on this site relatively small but rotate various images in and out as my mood strikes, so check back often to see if anything new as been posted since your last visit.

San Simeon Church

I have created this site as a place to showcase my best work and maybe on occasion provide my thoughts on photography through articles and other postings. I am not a professional photographer and have no strong desired to become one at this stage of my life. I did however have a very successful career in the photography field for 17 years. I have worked in a camera store selling equipment and services to amateur and professional photographers, spent some time as the assistant to a professional wedding photographer, worked at both custom and professional portrait and wedding labs, and spent 12 of those years installing, training, and working as a engineer on computerized printing equipment for the portrait and wedding photo-finishing industry. For the last 12 years I have had a successful career as a software engineer and project manager. I am just an amateur photographer that enjoys capturing images of my surroundings, but with a very strong technical background in photography, photo-finishing, and software.

Free feel to contact me via the contact page if you have a comment on my images, a question you would like to ask, or anything else about the site. I have elected not to allow real time comments on my site for now to avoid the management and headaches associated with monitoring for spam and the like, sorry for the inconvenience but this overall is better for you and me.

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