I was born and raised in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in English Literature, intending to teach college level English. About that time my father built a darkroom in his house and I thought I should learn how to take a decent photograph, since I had the opportunity. But developing and printing that first roll of film turned out to be a life changing experience, and I never went back to graduate school. Ironically, the subject matter of that first roll was buildings -- shots of the beautiful old buildings in Pioneer Square.

That was many years ago now. I have been photographing architecture and interiors, primarily houses but also commercial buildings for more than 25 years professionally. My clients tend to be architects, builders, developers, interior designers, and building products manufacturers.

Recently I have begun to photograph golf courses as well. I have been a passionate golfer my entire life, and shooting golf courses combines my love of golf and my love of landscape photography in a perfect way for me.
Of all the artistic media, I believe that architecture, including landscape architecture, is the one that most directly touches our daily lives. My role is to appreciate and elucidate that architecture.

I feel very fortunate to have found a trade about which I care passionately. The technological improvements in digital cameras, software, printers, and everything else have made possible the improvement of images in ways we could only have dreamed about when I was starting in this business. The creative possibilities are endless.
My favorite quotation about photography is by Cartier-Bresson and expresses pretty well my feelings about the art and craft of picture making: "to take photographs is to find the structure of the world - to revel in the pure pleasure of form, to disclose that in all this chaos, there is order."