Photography has been in my blood since 1976 when on nothing more than a whim I chose photography as my military vocation from a recruiting pamphlet. Navy Photographer. It had such a nice ring to it.

 

I joined the U.S. Navy after high school in the summer of 1977 and afterward attended and graduated from the United States Naval School of Photography at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Upon graduation I served at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, VA and in Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) out of NAS Norfolk, VA. While serving with HM-14 I was attached to Tactical Air Wing Six on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69.

 

While in the Navy my photographic area of expertise was more in the darkroom than behind the camera. In January, 1980 I was awarded my command's "Sailor of the Month" award and in April, 1980 I was additionally awarded my command's honor as "Sailor of the Quarter". It was while serving my Navy enlistment that I was able to do something most unusual and for which I'm still proud to this day - I was afforded the opportunity to circumnavigate the globe. By the way, it takes about 66 flight hours to fly around the world!

 

Upon completion of my military obligation I dabbled in photography as a hobby and took the odd part-time job here and there working in one hour and mass production labs doing film processing, enlargements and later film to VHS video transfers.

 

These days photography is a hobby to me and a grand one it is too! When things don't go my way or I've had a bad day or week I enjoy picking up my camera and going shoot. Doesn't matter where I shoot just go shoot.

 

Time behind a camera was and remains good medicine for whatever ails me.

 

My other interests include sports, health & fitness, gardening, stamp collecting and history.

 

I'm married to a wonderful bride who enthusiastically allows me to be me. I have six children ranging in age from 35 down to 17 - three sons, three daughters. I also have three shockingly smart grandchildren, a cat and grass that forever seems to need cutting.

 

If you live in south or southeast Louisiana or south or southwest Mississippi add me to your contacts list - I'm an avid photowalker and never mind company on a walk - just be prepared to get dirty, do some trespassing and get some great shots no one else is grabbing!

 

Photo school graduation day; December, 1977

 

What's in my "bag":

 

Bodies

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Nikon D80 w/ Camera Armor

Canon AE-1 Program

Holga 120N

 

Lenses

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Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 (AF) w/ 62mm UV

Nikon 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 (AF) w/ 67mm UV

Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-4.5 (AF) w/ 77mm UV

Quantaray 28-105mm f/3.8-5.4 (AF) w/55mm 1A

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 (AF) w/52mm Skylight

Rokinon 8mm f/3.5

Rokinon 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 (Canon) w/55mm 1A

Kiron 28-210mm f/4-5.6 (Canon) w/72mm 1A

Canon 50mm f/2.0

 

Lens Accessories

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67mm 0.45x Wide Angle Adapter

LensBaby 2.0

Skink Pinhole

 

Macro Accessories

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Extension Tube Set

Macro Extension Bellows

52mm Closeup Kit (+1,+2,+4,+10)

52mm Reverse Adapter

12" Macro Reflector

 

Digital Storage

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SD 8GB

SD 4GB x 2

SD 2GB

SD 1GB x 2

SD 512MB

SD Card Storage Case

Western Digital 1TB External Harddrive x2

 

Maintenance

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Sensor & Camera Cleaning Kit

Nikon LensPen

 

Charging

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NXe CamLife Battery Charger (Base)

NXe CamLife Battery Charger (Mobile)

 

Filters

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55mm Circular Polarizer

55mm Cross Screen II

55mm Center Eye

55mm Soft II

55mm Vivitar 3P

62mm Circular Polarizer

67mm Circular Polarizer

67mm Neutral Density ND2

67mm Neutral Density ND4

67mm Neutral Density ND8

77mm Circular Polarizer (*)

77mm Neutral Density ND2 (*)

77mm Neutral Density ND4 (*)

77mm Neutral Density ND8 (*)

Cokin A005

Cokin A060

Cokin A084

Cokin A086

Cokin A092

Cokin Filter Holder

Cokin 55mm Adapter Ring

Cokin 67mm Adapter Ring

52mm to 55mm Step-up Ring

55mm Stack Caps (*)

 

Flash/Lighting

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Vivitar 2000 Flash

Generic Flash

Flash Bracket, Straight

 

Light Metering

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Gossen Lunasix Light Meter

White Light Cap

 

Controls

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Wireless Remote

Shutter Release Cable

 

Support

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Velbon VE-3 Tripod

Velbon MX2000 Tripod w/ Quick Release

 

Storage

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Tamrac Backpack Case

Equipment Case

Shoulder Bag

Hard Case

Camera Case, Padded (D80)

Photo Vest

 

Digital Post-Processing

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Adobe Photoshop CS3

Photomatix Essentials 4.0.1

Photomatix Pro 2.4

 

PhotoImpact 10

Adobe Bridge CS3

 

Alien Skin Blowup

Alien Skin Exposure

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Impact

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Nature

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: Textures

Alien Skin Image Doctor

Alien Skin Snap Art

Alien Skin Splat

Curvemeister 2.4.9

Depth of Field Generator Pro 3.0.73

DFT 55mm v6.02

DFT 55mm v7.27811

Flaming Pear Aetherize

Flaming Pear Blade Pro

Flaming Pear Creative Pack

Flaming Pear Designer Sextet

Flaming Pear Feather GIF

Flaming Pear Lunar Cell 1.53

Flaming Pear Flexify

Flaming Pear Flexify 2

Flaming Pear Flood

Flaming Pear Glare

Flaming Pear Glitterato

Flaming Pear Hue & Cry

Flaming Pear India Ink

Flaming Pear Lacquer

Flaming Pear Lunar Cell

Flaming Pear Melancholytron

Flaming Pear Mr. Contrast

Flaming Pear Ornament

Flaming Pear Polymerge

Flaming Pear Primus

Flaming Pear Silver

Flaming Pear Solar Cell

Flaming Pear Super Blade Pro

Flaming Pear Swereve

Flaming Pear Tesselation

Flaming Pear Twist

Imagenomic Noiseware Pro 4.1.1

Kodak Digital GEM Airbrush

Kodak Digital GEM Pro

Kodak Digital ROC Pro

Kodak Digital SHO Pro

Locas Software Artistic Effects 1.8

LucisArt 2.0.4

NIK Capture NX 2

NIK Color Efex

NIK Dfine 2

NIK HDR Efex Pro 4

NIK Sharpener Pro 3.0.5

NIK Silver Efex Pro 2

NIK Viveza 2

onOne Focal Point

onOne Fractals Print Pro 5

onOne Intellihance Pro 4.2

onOne MaskPro 4.1

onOne Photo Frame 3.1 Pro

onOne Photo Tools Pro

onOne Photo Tune 2.2

OpticVerve Virtual Photographer

OpticVerve Virtual ToBatch

Picture Code Noise Ninja 2.1.3

The Imaging Factory Creative Imaging Tools

The Imaging Factory Lens Correction Tools

Topaz Adjust 4

Topaz Vivacity

 

Boutwell Studio Totally Rad Action Set

Boutwell Studio Totally Rad Action Set 2

Cover Action Pro 1.2

Itty Bitty Actions

Itty Bitty Actions: The Sweet Set

Kubota Artistic Tools Vol 1,2,3 & 4

 

Education

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U.S. Naval Schools of Photography "A" Block