I started taking pictures when I was 16, about the same time I started climbing, and have been active in the outdoors and photography for my whole life. My career as a photographer began by attempting to get my work displayed in local galleries and after meeting with some success as a photographic artist I decided that I wanted to make a living as a photographer. So in the late 80's I created my own publishing company to expand the market for my work and began distributing my posters and cards to various retail outlets. The success of this venture kept growing and ultimately I ended up owning two of my own retail galleries in Banff, Alberta.
I guess I could have stuck with that, however I was distracted by my interest in climbing and drifted away from full time photography for a few years to open an indoor climbing gym in Canmore. My wife and I ran this for five years before realizing that we would not be feeding our two young children off the income of operating a climbing gym. So what to do next......
Computers had started to make their way into the photography industry and after some very serious reluctance I started to explore the possibilites of their use for my work. Because I had always been a colour photographer I was usually very frustrated with photographic printing. I had done a lot of Cibachrome printing for my gallery prints, however the lack of consistency and frustration with producing decent colour accuracy, not to mention dealing with those harsh chemicals, left me looking for new ways to produce colour prints.
My use of Adobe Photoshop evolved and with it my use of Adobe Illustrator as a design application for my publishing company. One thing led to another and I ended up teaching software applications for a living. In photographic terms I am now more active than ever and am presently working on an ambitious photographic book project about wilderness landscapes that I may one day finish....
I live with my wife and two children in Exshaw, Alberta
