My love for photography started back in high school when I took at photography class and filled in for the yearbook staff with sports photography.  I also had a short stint as a photography assistant which means move that heavy equipment up several flights of stairs and back down again!  After graduation I moved on to college, got a full-time job in engineering and moved south for new work opportunities.  I married my artist wife, Von (The Tattooed Weaver), had two great kids (both adults now) and became the human to many, many dogs.

I credit my wife with getting me back into photography by getting me a DSLR for our 20th wedding anniversary.  About the same time, I slowed down on the business travel and was able to practice more with the camera.  It all came together during a disaster preparedness drill when I begged out of being on one of the squad trucks and was able to cover the event with my camera. I was hooked!  Ever since then I work to cover multiple departments and emergency services with the camera.

When not working on photography projects I am the director of product development for a local manufacturing company, a 1st Lieutenant with the Greeneville Emergency and Rescue Squad and Chairman of the Local Emergency Planning Committee for Greeneville/Greene County, TN Office of Emergency Management & HLS.