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Many believe the panoramic view is the way humans see naturally.
I’m not sure if all people see this way but I know I do.
And there awaits a wide world to be seen.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Some scenes I wander across are too breathtaking to be captured in a fraction of a second. These special places often require my eye and camera to be fixated for minutes at a time. I often allow the image to record the natural movement within the environment. Whether my vision is chasing the motion of a walking man or calming the crashing of ocean waves, I see a panoramic world of infinite land, water, sky, and light waiting to be discovered. I do so with eyes wide open in an endeavor not to miss the next natural wonder through the trees or over the hill.

So that others may share these moments with me I capture panoramic photographs using a Hasselblad XPan camera. I expose Fuji transparency film which I then scan into a high resolution digital file. After making subtle contrast and color balance adjustments each image is professionally printed using state of the art equipment. Specific attention to detail is given to each image to ensure the natural beauty of each scene is truly represented.

Education

Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA
Bachelors of Arts, 2003
Concentration: Visual Journalism

Community Colleges of Baltimore County, Dundalk, MD
Associates of Arts, 2000
Concentration: Commercial Photography

Work Experience

Photographer - Continually photograph for stock and assignment work including landscape, documentary, and travel.

Wet Labs Assistant Manager - Helped maintain and operate Brooks Institute of Photography wet labs on staff of 5 working 40 hours per week. Maintained lab equipment ranging from Kreonite R/T machine for printing BW and color to plumbing for water and chemistry. Also assisted students in completion of assignments and while educating about lab safety.

Wet Labs Assistant - Helped maintain and operate Community Colleges of Baltimore County – Dundalk Campus wet labs with lab manager working 30 hours per week. Maintained lab equipment ranging from Kreonite R/T machine for printing BW and color to enlarger maintenanceand alignment.

Photographic Internship - Worked for 20 hours per week as the photographic intern for The Dundalk Eagle, weekly paper with circulation under 25,000. Worked along side staff photographer while completing assignments. Completed assignments for paper including Photoshop work and paper design.

Skills

Maintenance and repair of traditional darkroom equipment (all format enlargers, R/T Kreonite processors B+W and Color, silver recovery units, print and film washers, mount presses, print trimmers, etc.), preparation of darkroom chemistry B+W and Color, basic knowledge of darkroom plumbing and advanced darkroom layout experience.

All format digital and film still cameras, studio and location lighting equipment and setup, advanced PC and Apple computer knowledge. Basic web page design and graphic design.

MAC hardware and software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Dreamweaver, Freehand, Illustrator, Apple QuickTime, Acrobat Professional, and Photobiz.

Team management skills with faculty, student technicians, and photographic retail vendors.

Accomplishments

Brooks Institute of Photography Student Competition Winner, 3rd year, 2003

Mickey McGuire Scholarship Winner, 2003

Brooks Institute of Photography Fujifilm Portfolio Competition Runner-Up, 2003