15 minutes of fame…that is what they say…that we all will have 15 minutes of fame within our lifetime.

Well, my 15 minutes came when I was 18 years old. I had entered an International Photography Contest (KINSA – Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Award), and became The Flint Journal’s weekly and grand-prize winner.

My picture went onto the International competition where I was selected as the winner for the black and white category photo entry.

Kodak paid me $5,000 for my negative. My picture was even displayed in the Smithsonian Museum!!

Not bad for a freshman in college!

I have been studying photography for most of my life.

As a teenager in high school, I was involved in the ‘Art Honor Society’ where I studied photography for four years.  I even had my own darkroom in which I would develop my negatives and pictures.

After winning the KINSA contest in 1985, I always had a camera in my hand.  I have been dabbling in photography for the past 30 years or so, and it was not until recently that I decided to pursue my life-long passion in making a career of taking pictures professionally.

I love taking pictures of people,  landscapes, animals, and athletes in sporting events. For me, it is all about capturing ‘the moment’ that is forever locked in time.

However, portrait pictures, senior pictures, and family portraits is where I have found my niche.

As soon as I have taken pictures, I cannot wait to get them into my computer to see what precious moments that I have captured.