I am an easy going professional photographer who is self employed and mostly retired. Among many other interests, I relish the outdoors and TRAVELING - which has allowed me to meet and befriend great people just about everywhere I have traveled. I have been to 49 states (lacking only Hawaii) plus 5 Canadian Provinces and one Territory. Furthermore, I am the official "unofficial" photographer for The Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association ( www.ALDHA.org )