Best Of Show

"Glory Of The Trees", taken near Cathedral State Forest, was the highest scoring print in the Fall Professional Photographers Of West Virginia print competition held on Oct. 24-25th. It was named best of show by the PPWV.

The Carnegie Free Library in Pittsburgh, PA

I found this photo that I had taken at the Triangle Photography Institute and had forgotten about. I "jazzed " it up a little and thought it was cool enough to share.....

Reception for the Nature Conservancy exhibit

A photo of me and my Wife at the Nature Conservancy's national traveling exhibit " In Response To place" held at the Clay Center in Charleston, WV.

Special thanks to Linda Weekley for taking this photo of us!

Exhibit coming up...

The Nature Conservancy is having a nationally traveling exhibit showing at the Charleston Clay Center starting Sept. 16th, 2006 with works from 12 renowned photographers including Annie Leibovitz and William Wegman capturing the rich and complex splendor of some of the "Last Great Places."
Starting Oct.1st, in conjunction with this exhibit, Myself and several other well known photographers from WV will be putting our work on exhibit with local Charleston galleries.
I am not "slighting" any other photographers by not mentioning them here; I was not given a list of names as I was just invited to show.
4 peices from my "Glimpse Of Appalachia" exhibit will be hung at the Art Emporium- located downtown Charleston on the corner of Hale and Virginia Streets.
This is for a great organization and a great cause - you can find out more about the nature conservancy by click on www.nature.org

Still a Fujifilm Talent Team Member

I am pleased to announce that Fujifilm has renewed my status as a "Fujifilm Talent Team Member" for the 2007 year!
There are specific professional requirements that have to be met as well as a certain level of professionalism to be considered for the team -of which I have been a member for several years.
But with the changing photography industry, requirements were even tighter this year than in previous years. I am happy to say that after a brief interview - I am still a part of the team!
Here's to a great year!

PPWV Speaker News

Thought I'd share some exciting news. I have been asked to be a speaker at the Professional Photographers of West Virginia Spring Convention for 2007.
I will be discussing equipment considerations for the field, compositional technique, and insights into how I get the images I do.
Should be a lot of fun!
I don't have the actual dates yet - That is supposed to all be in "the packet" I'll get when all this is finalized.

Wonderful West Virginia Magazine Covershot

The mail just arrived and the October issue of the Wonderful WV Magazine was there. I have the "cover shot" for the magazine and a "Gallery" centerfold this issue, so be sure and pick up a copy, check it out, and let them know at the magazine how much YOU LOVE the photos! ( shameless self promotion here....) :)

Put da lime and de coconut and mix it all up....

...A 20 gal fish tank, strobes, softboxes and 200 drops later....
I actually got 5 "keeper" images out of this, so I felt the shoot was a success!