A serious amateur for 30 years, his home is a photographic gallery of the people, animals, fauna, and structures he has found throughout the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Numerous friends suggested that he share his work. Upon retirement from the telecommunications industry in October of 2002, he embarked on building his display portfolio.

Hiking the altiplano of Bolivia and Peru, the firery furnace of Arches National Park, Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia, the Hooker Trail at the base of Mt. Cook in New Zealand, the highlands and low lands of Costa Rica; and biking Zion and Yosemite National Parks and 250 miles on the South Island of New Zealand, he looks for unique people, animals, structures, patterns, and textures. He gets up early in the morning and stays late in the day to capture the best light.

He has shown at the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northhampton, Massachusetts, the Andover, Massachusetts Art-in-the-Park Exhibit, the Annual Christmas Craft Festival in the World Trade Center, Boston, the Deerfield Christmas Sampler, Denise Morris Curt’s fine arts Meet The Artists & Artisans shows in Mystic and Milford, CT, and the Lawrence Heritage State Park in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

In 2002, he converted from film to digital photography. He originally used a Sony 5.2 mega-pixel camera with additional lenses to give a 24mm to 350mm range. He recently converted to a Nikon D70s SLR digital camera. A user of Adobe Photoshop for many years, he completed a three-level Adobe Photoshop course given by the American Graphics Institute. He prints his photos on Epson Premium Photo Paper with an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer (7 color ultracrome inks). He uses Crescent or Bainbridge acid free mats and acid free foam board for mounting. His standard prints range in size from 12x16 (16x20 matted) to 5x7 (8x10 matted). He also mounts 4x6 prints on Strathmore 5x7 greeting card stock.

He has been married to his college sweetheart for 42 years (a former mathematics teacher and now a potter/sculptor. Their three sons have brought three daughters and four grandchildren into the family. He earned Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (with distinction), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Before retirement, he designed and managed the development of software and hardware systems at Bell Laboratories and had numerous outside publications and conference presentations. He has held high leadership positions in major community volunteer organizations. He is a member of the Andovers Artists Guild.

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