I was raised in the darkroom, and on the fine art photography of Edward Weston, Diane Arbus, and Ansel Adams. My father took me shooting with him regularly and taught me how to look at light, how to see. He gave me my first camera (Olympus RC); I made my first black & white print at the age of 7. I am passionate about the natural, candid beauty of people and things. I believe street photography is a little window into the heart and soul of a place, a time, and the people in it. The world is beautiful, life is a gorgeous ongoing journey, and I try to capture that with my camera. I still mainly shoot black & white film and it will always be my favorite medium, but I have also (reluctantly) embraced the digital format.