I've always tried to see things a little differently. Photography has always been my passion and allows me to show people the world that I see. And it allows me to show the world the people that I see.

I am really a portraitist trapped in a world of lens flare, Dutch tilt and shallow depth of field. I want to capture the person that I'm shooting when they not being the person that they think the camera should see. It's in those fleeting moments when I believe the true person is revealed.

Lately I've become more of a film shooter. I went back to film after several years of shooting digital. I felt like I needed to hone some skills I felt were getting dull and under used as a digital shooter. I started shooting medium format and found that I love it! Now I shoot my Mamiyas when I want portraits and 35mm when I shoot on the street.

California born and bred, I moved to Rochester, NY in 1999.

Digital equipment:

Canon EOS 50D

Canon EOS 20D

Sigma EF 17-35mm zoom

Canon EF 50 1.4

Sigma EF 105mm Macro

Canon EF 20-35mm zoom

Canon EF 28-135mm zoom

Canon EF 100-300mm zoom

Canon 430EX flash

and many little gadgets to make them all work together!

Film equipment:

Mamiya RB67 (the Beast)

90mm f3.8 lens

180mm f4.5 lens

Mamiya C330 (referred to as the mistress or my mid-life crisis. Cheaper than a Porsche and easier to deal with than a mistress.)

55mm f3.5 lens

80mm f2.8 lens

105mm f3.5 DS lens

180mm f4.5 lens

Minolta SRT201

Rokkor 28mm f2.8 lens

Rokkor 50mm f1.7 lens

Rokkor 135mm f2.8 lens

Sigma 35-70 f2.8-4 lens

Canon Original F-1

Canon New F-1

Canon FD 50mm f1.4 lens

Canon FD 135mm f2.8 lens

Kiron 28mm f2 lens

Tokina 24mm f2.8 lens

Tokina 35-105mm f3.5 lens

Canon EOS A2 camera body

Canon EOS 10s camera body