Photography has been my life. I was always curious about what went on inside the camera and in the darkroom. Photography was something mysterious—a little bit of magic plus a little bit of science. It was alchemy. I ventured forth to turn silver halide crystals into gold.
My passion turned a hobby into a profession. My formal photographic education was from Hawkeye Institute of Technology in Waterloo, Iowa. There I received my associate of applied arts degree in photography. I am an alumnus of the Winona School of Professional Photography. I have attended various photographic seminars, college art classes, a graduate of the Christian Writers Guild, and I have a sales & marketing certificate from the Minnesota School of Business. I have also assisted many professional photographers and worked in various labs and studios.
When I freelanced as a commercial photographer I was a distributor for Koppel Color and McGrew Color Graphics a manufacturer of postcards & brochures. I have published postcards and brochures for the hospitality trade and other businesses and also licensed Twin City scenic photography to postcard publishers. As a self-publisher I was owner of PHOTO-ED, an on-demand publisher of photographic booklets. These booklets sold to other photographers for photographic instruction.
My interest in photography started in 1969. I put together a twelve part autobiography of my photographic life. I have twelve pdf files that display with photos my life as a photographer. You can click on any of the one pdf files to view my photographic history.
Click Here for IN THE BEGINNING PART 1
Click Here for COLLEGE YEARS PART 2
Click Here for PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL PART 3
Click Here for EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY PART 4
Click Here for A NEW LIFE PART 5
Click Here for BACK TO SCHOOL PART 6
Click Here for PHOTO-ED PART 7
Click Here for DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY PART 8
Click Here for ROAD TRIPS PART 9
Click Here for EBAY & FILM PHOTOGRAPHY PART 10
Click Here for MOVING TO ARIZONA PART 11
Click Here for NEW LIFE IN ARIZONA PART 12
