My enthusiasm for photography was probably inherited. Much of my family was engaged in the field from its embryonic days, both as photographers and processors. At the age of twelve I signed up for the first of many didactic photography courses, as an after school activity. The course was taught by noted Philadelphia photographer Benjamin Weiner, who in his day was simply the best. From that day forward the dye was cast. During my forty years in photography I owned and worked with just about every camera type, size, manufacturer, etc. I still own many of the film cameras that have long been surpassed technically, but no longer use them professionally. The years of working with film cameras and processing are the best prerequisite for the digital age.

During the last few years, I have had the pleasure, honor really, of learning the techniques of a few of the most notable photographers in the world, including Monte Zucker, Eddie Tapp, Andre Rowe, Michael Swartz, and others. These names may not mean much to the general public, but to give it some perspective, how would you like to cook with Emeril?
Throughout my work life, I mixed the daily grind of my non-photography career, with my love of the lens. Always finding a shooting opportunity, a Wedding or Bar-Mitzvah, a few portraits, and don’t forget the “boomers” new baby sittings. I have an extensive collection of architectural and nature exposures, but my love is people.
My focus (pun intended) is capturing the faces that tell the story. The ability to draw the expression, to get the subject to forget what we’re doing, to bring out the mood. That is my love, my desire, my goal, and my satisfaction.
Photojournalism is my style,and has been long beofre the term was coined, but not at the expense of or in place of the photographers’ ability to capture the facial expression that imparts the message. The talent I’m most proud of, and work the hardest at, is extracting that once in a lifetime expression.