Growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, I have seemingly always had an affinity for capturing my surroundings on film. It must stem from an interest in always trying to freeze time in the moment. I started with the old Kodak 126 camera and moved on to the amazing (at the time) disc film cameras. I continued to play in photography with point and shoot cameras throughout High School. Feeling that I needed some discipline, I choose to enroll in studies at The Citadel where photography played a back seat to my interest in psychology and "enjoying the Citadel experience." After graduating from The Citadel, I began working in addictions research in Psychiatry at The Medical University of South Carolina. It was during this time that I again had the time to pursue my interest in photography. I found that my point-and-shoot cameras were starting to hinder my ability to create what my mind's eye was seeing so I decided to invest in a more advanced camera and a photography class. Little did I know this decision would forever change the way I looked at the world and spent my free time. My first class at The Gibb's Museum taught by J.D. Cummings only served to light a fire and made me yearn for more knowledge. One of the most important things that J.D. taught me was the best way to learn is shoot, shoot, shoot. So I did. And I started to really understand what addictions are really all about. I was eating, drinking, and sleeping photography. It was that point that I knew that I was addicted and I would be for life. There have been many shutter clicks since my first class and I still love and am addicted to photography. My work tends to focus on architecture and landscape with special attention to form and texture. Selected black and white images are hand colored to bring out a certain detail or object in the image.

For the inquisitive folk:
One of the most popular questions asked at exhibits is "What type of camera do you use?" To me, this question is like asking a writer what type of pen he uses to write his novel, but for those really interested, here are the goods:

Cameras: Canon EOS Elan 7E and Bronica ETR 6x4.5, Fuji GW690III 6x9cm.
Lenses: From 28mm - 300mm.
Film: I love Ilford Delta in black and white and Velvia or Kodak 100VS in color.
Enlarger: Omega D5 with color diffusion head and Schneider lenses.
Papers: Ilford or Luminos .