After a bit of reflection, I would say I'm more of an amateur photo journalist than anything else. Sure, I 'set up' some shots, but most of my pictures are of immediate things that capture my eye during the course of any given day. Not that I don't try for the "best picture possible", but most shots are made under rather uncontrolled environments and/or hurried because of various factors. Sometimes this works out well (serendipity), other times the results are a mess. I can have the patience of Job, but still really prefer to work as quickly as possible in all aspects of photography. A terrible thing, perhaps; a Quixotic quest for immediate satisfaction...

Still, every shot winds up being a learning and growing experience. Which shots worked and which didn't? Why? What camera was I using and were my settings appropriate for the occasion? What did I forget to do or set? What settings can I generally count on to work well most of the time (especially for those 'once in a lifetime" photo ops"? Does post-processing really add anything or not? What if I tweak this camera setting or that software variable? Things I'm sure many of us go through. But at heart, it's all about have any camera available and capturing (as best as possible) what is at hand no matter what the circumstances.

And for the more mundane background info: semi-retired, amateur photo enthusiast, traveler, bicyclist, beer drinker and brewer, handgun and rifle target shooter, avid reader, lover of most things dealing with visual, written and creative arts.

Born in Ohio, traveled the world while in the US Air Force, living in Colorado and enjoying the great outdoors (fishing and hiking) when not consumed with many of my above mentioned passions.