I was introduced to photography in 1987 by a friend of mine in when I was a senior in high school and fell in love instantly. After playing with his and borrowing my Dad's when he wasn't looking, I decided to just buy my own. I had been saving all my money from jobs and other sources and had enough to buy my own camera and decided on the Nikon F-401 for my first camera. From there, I learned as much as I could form the photography classes in high school as I could. Taking pictures of football games, animals, nature and anything else that drew my interest. After graduation, I continued to use my F-401 for a year or so until I went into the military.

After boot camp, my parents brought me my camera so I continue to shoot and take pictures as I traveled. But to my surprise, they offered my a "graduation" present which consisted of upgrading to a bigger camera. That brought me into my first Professional line of camera the Nikon F4s. Combining my own money, I walked away from the camera store with a few filters, a couple new lenses to go with to original lenses that I already had and a few other odds and ends.

For the next three years I used this camera while over seas and abroad. Until one day when all of my equipment was destroyed via military shipment when I returned home to the United States. Of course the military blamed me for improper packing for the damage even though this same equipment traveled with me 7 different countries and packed the same way every time.

Long story short, I lost all my gear. I was able to re-coop some of the cost by selling it to a local camera shop for scrap.

It was not until 2008 that I began picking the hobby back up, building my gear up and falling in love again with the art.