I primarily photograph iconic landscapes of the American West, the Smoky Mountains and the hills of West Virginia.  My goal is to have you feel like you are standing where I stood when I made the frame.

How I started: I began photographing professionally in 2008 with a trip to Utah and West Texas. I have been a Canon shooter from the film days and the Canon EOS 5D Mk II was a major reason I headed west: I wanted to test its capability and new features of the new DSLR. That first trip covered Bryce Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bureau of Land Management backroads such as Cottonwood Canyon Road. I started with one wide-angle lens. My technique was shaped by photographers such as Moose Peterson and educator Scott Kelly.

What I shoot: The iconic Utah national parks and back roads come first. I also work the desert country of West Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and the eastern Appalachia. I look for early morning and late golden-hour light, and I will use whatever light is there when a place has something unique to show.

How I work: Using my off road capable, Toyota FJ Cruiser, I plan trips with my iPhone, Google Earth and onX Offroad. My FJ Cruiser takes me to places and trailheads that other vehicles cannot reach, in any conditions. I would rather camp in the wilderness than stay in a hotel, and that time on location shapes how I see each scene.

My approach to editing: Many of my images take advantage of HDR software, but my ultimate goal is to capture a single frame in my camera. In any case, I edit to show the scene the way my eyes saw it, not to exaggerate it.