Photography has been my passion since childhood, when I excitedly wrapped my hands around my first 110 film camera (remember those?). My family moved often and the photos I shot were usually the best way to remember what my town looked like and who my friends were. I was formally trained in photography at the Journalism School of Northwestern University, as well as Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Add to that my Graphic Design training, both in school and on the job, and you have a person who has got the “eye” for what works in a photograph.

I have been using Adobe Photoshop as an image manipulation and design tool since 1991 (yep, I'm a veteran retoucher), as well as illustration, painting and web design software. I am often shooting live performances and having been a amateur performer myself, I have a special place in my heart to help those folks create images that capture the excitement of their show. After all, if you are performing, you want to be SEEN, a photograph is part of your calling card when you are out there looking for a new audience.

During the rare times I step away from my computer, I often have my nose in a book, preferably outdoors with the sun shining on my back, listening to the sounds of nature and feeling hugely grateful for all the gifts that come to me every single day. This call to nature is also reflected in much of my retouching work, I prefer to keep the people looking their natural best, with minimal illusion, just enhancing enough that you see YOUR natural gifts rather than creating a look that is impossible to believe. You want your friends and family to recognize you in a photograph, but leave them wondering why you photograph so well and they don’t :-) That said, I also want images to reflect their subject's desires so "the sky's the limit" on what I can do for you, I love it all!!