Thank you for your interest in my photography. Although I have had a life long interest in nature, I had two careers before devoting full time to photography. With a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's degree in performance from Northwestern I spent twelve years as a band director in Streamwood, Illinois. I followed this with a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and became a professor of music education.
During my years at the university I gained computer programming skills and had a long career as a software engineer for the university and then for Pearson Educational Measurement. In 2005 I resigned to devote full time to photography.
Although my photography covers the gamut from large landscapes to birds to macro shots of insects, I particularly like to show unusual wildflowers. My goal is to show realistic images of nature at its most beautiful. My collection includes photographs of twenty species of wild North American orchids and over 1000 species of North American plants. My photos appear on several nature related web sites and have been published in Chicago WILDERNESS Magazine including the Spring 2006 and Fall 2009 covers. Several of my images have been honored with Editor's Pick awards on the Nature Photographer's Online Magazine. My prints are used in homes, offices, and hospitals.
