I have been playing with photography my entire life. When I was 15 I built a darkroom in our Northern California ranch home where I spent some growing up in my teens. I have played with many SLRs, and my first was a pentax SLR, I had several enlarges, printers and the works. It allowed me to enhance my skills until I transitioned to digital in 2009, I first started with mobile photography, and later moved onto the 5d Mark III which I used with many lenses for many years until 2014 when I go out of photography/video. Many years have passed now and I once again out of the furnace was able to pickup a camera with new tech and begin again. I recently retired from the U.S. Military and have several injuries in which I found relief with photography/video and art. I strive to capture every emotion, every act, every action all in attempts to capture the essence of the human condition.