My professional life began following the completion of my photographic and cinema studies at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California in 1982. Returning to Canada I was fortunate to find work as a contract photographer for a respected Cinema Magazine as well as various other national periodicals. Somewhere around 1984, I began the pursuit of a rather unusual dual career path. While continuing to work as a freelance editorial photographer, I worked my way through the (Motion Picture) Assistant Director ranks...eventually achieving the position of 1st Assistant Director and a senior member of the Directors Guild of Canada. Early in 1994, work on a feature film took me to Prague, Czech Republic. Months later I stood in an observation lounge as I watched my return flight to Canada depart...I have resided in Prague ever since. In 2004 I made the decision to focus entirely on my photographic pursuits both within and outside of the film industry...something I continue to do today.
Education and Professional Timeline:
1979-1982
-Studied Photography and Motion Picture Production at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
1982
-Began freelance and contract photography work
1983
-Studied with National Geographic photographer Bruce Dale.
1984
-Interned with Film Producer Tom Kane in Los Angeles California.
1985
-Workshopped with Writer/Photographer, Priit J. Vesilund.
-Accepted as a member into the Directors Guild of Canada.
1989
-Studied with Portrait Photographer, Arnold Newman.
1990
- Workshopped with Photographer Eugene Richards.
- Became a senior member of the Directors Guild of Canada.
1991
- Studied with National Geographic photographer Steve Raymer.
1993
- Workshopped with Photographer Mary Ellen Mark.
1994
- Relocated to Prague, Czech Republic.
2002
- Studied with Master Printer James Megargee .
2004
- No longer work as an Assistant Director and begin to focus entirely on photographic pursuits.
2011
- Represented in Los Angeles by Barbara Lakin of Lakin Represents.
2016
-Awarded membership into the Society of Motion Picture Stills Photographers