PhotoIMAGINED

Photography has been a serious passion for Me for most of my adult life. I am entirely self-taught, with all of my formal higher education in engineering. I hold Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University (1979) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1982) respectively. My move beyond being a strictly serious amateur photographer was sparked by, of all things, an article that appeared in Discover magazine. The article was about a new type of imaging sensor made by Foveon Inc. of Santa Clara Ca., and used in Sigma's SD9 DSLR camera. Having contemplated the move to digital for some time, I bought the camera and a 17-35 lens and was instantly hooked on digital photography. Since 2006, I has been showing and selling his work at art festivals and open studios all over New England, with occasional forays as far south as Virginia. With all 5 of our kids moved out, my wife Jan (the real love of his life) and I are now empty nesters, living in an 1880 farm house in Natick Massachusetts.