Biography

  I have been a professional photographer since 1986. After studying commercial photography at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana for two years, I left to work at a commercial photography studio in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1992, I opened my own studio in Mishawaka, Indiana where I specialized in RV, automotive, and architectural photography. I became interested in underwater photography after becoming certified to dive in 2001. In 2003, I sold my studio and moved to Northern Michigan where I live with my wife, Julie, and my labrador retriever, Cooper.

  I have been fortunate enough to have dove and photographed all around the world. My image catalog contains thousands of photographs from the Great Lakes, North Florida springs and rivers, the Florida Keys, Belize, Bonaire, Fiji, Honduras, Bali, Greece, and North Sulawesi, Indonesia. I've won awards in several photography contests and have been published in numerous publications.

  In addition to my "regular job" as an e-commerce manager, I also teach several classes at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Michigan. They include underwater photography, land photography, and computer skills classes. I also teach the Nautical Archaeology Society's Level III Underwater and Artifact Photography course. I am currently president of the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve.