My photography journey began in the 3rd grade.  My mom and dad owned and operated a small photo shop in northern New Hampshire and they gave me a small Kodak Brownie 127 for Christmas . I had a ball clicking away at what ever struck my fancy..animals, friends, scenery in the Connecticut River Valley..whatever. In time Mom and Dad had me learn to process the film and print the tiny photos. As I grew older I went through numerous 35mm cameras before moving to digital and finally my current Nikon full frame digital.  Being a career Air Force officer, I was fortunate enough to travel  to many places around the world.  Initially my photos were intended to record memories of those far off places for myself and my family and to show friends some of the sights I had seen in person.  In most cases, I felt many of the photos were not much more than large postcards and fell short of being worthy of mounting and displaying on walls at home.

Today, I am a transplanted New Englander, living a short distance from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a place that blows my mind every time my wife and I go for a ride. Living where we do and having lived in the White Mountains of New Hampshire for a number of years, nature scenes have pretty much become my automatic favorite subject to shoot, but I also truly love wildlife and historical sights, regardless of where in the world they are located.  They all have a story to tell and that’s what I try to capture  with my Nikon.

Uluru, in the Northern Territory of Australia, a massive red sandstone monolith many millions of years old and a sacred location for the Anangu indigenous people of the region.  A mystical place and still a special place for the native peoples. A couple days there learning their stories and soaking in the scenery is well worth the long plane ride.

Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness, built in the 1200s and  a player in the Jacobite Rising as the Scots struggled for independence from England.  It’s easy to imagine a crowd of Highlanders gathered  there plotting their next move. Incredible history!  But…don’t hold your breath waiting to see Nessie !

The covered bridge over the Wild Ammonoosuc River in Swiftwater, NH.  Built in 1840 and still in use today. It’s seen log drives pass under it, generations of families swimming in the chilly mountain water that flows beneath it, a small community grow then fade away at one end of it and literally thousands of people stopping to marvel at it’s construction. A a child we even spent hours trout fishing there. If you ever visit, keep your horses at a trot.

The U.S. nation’s capital, begun during George Washington’s presidency, saw the British attach Washington during the War of 1812, witnessed the horror of the American Civil War  and was the scene of the madness and the insurrection of January 6th. Take the time to speak to the police officers you're bound to run into there and thank them for all they did that horrible day. Impossible to visit there and  not reflect on all of these events.

Wild stallions running across the high dessert near Pilots Butte, Wyoming. Their ancestors have been here long before any of use and to see them still roaming free is a breathtaking experience.

My personal challenge is to  capture the uniqueness of our surroundings, no matter where, and then to tell its story with my Nikon. I consider this  step to be a work in progress so please feel free to contact me with any suggestions how to improve my work.  Hopefully, you will find a few photos pleasing to view.

Several outstanding photographers have inspired me and certainly deserve mention;  Jay Goodrich, a neighbor and terrific multi genre photographer; Nigel Danson, a great woodland and landscape photographer; Mark Denney, a tremendous landscape and nature photographer and Mads Peter Iversen, another very talented fine arts landscape  photographer.