A lifelong native of the Southwest Missouri Ozarks, I grew up traversing the wooded hills and hollers, developing a love of nature, color and the great outdoors. Seems like I was always interested in art and photography, always drawing and taking photos with instant cameras from a young age, graduating in later years to other media such as pen-and-ink, charcoal, watercolors and oils, along with professional imaging equipment of all kinds. I have worked for many years as a graphic artist, first working by hand and later with software. I currently use Canon professional digital camera equipment and use various types of software for image enhancement.

My current interest is old buildings, churches, schools, country stores, old homes and old vehicles, and especially nature. I love driving the rural roads looking for interesting subjects. I would like to do more macro photography and people photos.

My processing secrets: There are no secrets! Most of the old building images are 5 exposure HDR processed photos. After the HDR processing, the most important adjustment I use is the Curves adjustment in PS. Yes, I do use Photoshop, and I have done so since about version 5, about 15+ years ago. Photoshop is just another tool for photo editing, just like a camera is a tool to take photos, and a paint brush is a tool to make paintings. I often spend hours working on a photo and the processing part is just as much fun for me as getting out with my camera equipment and taking photos.

All images found in my photostream on flickr are copyrighted works created solely by me with all rights reserved. You may not download and use these images without my express permission FIRST. I often allow use to those who ask first. I do pursue those who violate my copyrights.