"An Evening in the Park."  This is a tintype image that is part of a series by the same name.   This series is about my longing for a childhood upbringing that I never had.  In using the tintype process with these photographs, I want to create an antique, dated look to the images of memories I never had.

Car Show.  In this photograph the cars are actually four-inch Matchbox cars. My fabulous model, Rachel, was photographed three different times in three outfits with three different poses that would match her ultimate position with the cars.

Clif.  "Senior LGBT" series.  This is an on-going project that I am working on relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people who are over the age of 55.  Being 56 myself, I am facing the emotional hurdles of getting older.  I am meeting with other 55+ LGBT people and doing portraits and connecting with them at the same time.  Clif is a very interesting guy.  He just retired from a long career as an English professor at the university level and currently writes books, short stories and poems.  In talking to him, I discovered we had a similar upbringing:  we both started playing the violin at a very early age and studied until college.  We also both studied piano also.  This made for a very fun shoot with Clif bringing out his "fiddle" and performing for me as I shot.  Thanks, Clif.

Spider.  This big guy had built himself a web out in my front yard, and he just screamed to be photographed.

"50 Million People Go Hungry Every Day."  In 2001 Andreas Gursky created a diptych photograph called "99 cent" which depicted an overhead view of a 99-cent store (depicted below).   This image speaks about the overwhelming passion Americans have for consumerism while there are so many people around the world who do not have food to eat.  This image became the most expensive photograph in the world when it sold in 2007 for $3.34 million.   One day Joe came home after shopping; and after I put away some of the groceries in one of the cupboards, I was taken back by how full and almost obscene the cupboard looked compared to the abject poverty in which so many Americans live.  Being reminded of Gursky's "99 cent" image, I created this shot to make my own statement discussing consumerism.

Photogram.  This combined image is made up of four 16x20 sheets of regular black/white paper.  The paper is normally never to be taken out in the light; but in this case, I took the paper out of the container and put it directly into the sunlight.  Then I took freshly cut plant leaves, palm fronds and other material on top of the paper which was laid out in the square as viewed.  I also took a large digital negative of my head and hand and laid them on top of the paper also.  Then I layered large pieces of glass on top of everything to keep things from blowing away.  The exposure was 45 minutes in the sun.  Then I put the paper directly into a fixer, then washed and let it dry.

Longing.  When I saw this styrofoam head, it seemed to be gazing out the window with such a feeling of longing and loneliness.

Food shot.

"Fortune and Men's Eyes."  This film noir photograph was inspired by the movie "Fortune and Men's Eyes."  If you haven't seen this movie, I won't go into specifics.  However, I did want to create a sexually charged image that relied entirely on suggestion.

Judy.

Robbery.  This image was created based upon a life-changing event in my life.  I went through this experience that left me with a continuing case of PTSD.  I am still affected by that event and have been able to use photography as a means of healing.  This photograph was shot in the studio in such a way as to recreate the feeling of being out on the street.

Dan.

Ray.

Suureal.

Rachel.

Self Portrait.  In this image I was exploring the concept of how it is easy to live behind a mask and how terrible it would be if we never shed that mask to see who we really are.

Lea.  Part of my "Senior LGBT" series.

A portrait of Joe.  With this image I wanted to explore lighting to accentuate the beauty and richness of a face as it ages.

Phillip.  Part of my "Senior LGBT" series.

My father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and is slowly slipping into his own world.

A photograph of my father sleeping.  He sleeps more than he is awake these days.

Boxes.  This is an exercise in Photoshop.  In order to create this image, I took five different shots of the propping and of my model.  Then in Photoshop I took the parts of each photo that I wanted and brought them into one final image.

A sunset image in Malibu overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

My version of the dish Peking Duck.  I call it Peeking Duck.

Part of my Toy Camera images for the series "Lost Summers."  I spent alot of my teen years and the next 20-some years at the beach every summer.  Though I have paid for all that sun damage in the way of sun spots on my face and several cases of skin cancer, I still look back at those times with nostalgia.  I see a warm day and smell the sea, and I immediately want to break out a towel and play in the ocean.

This was one of my most favorite shots to put together.  I used Joe as my model, and took six different photographs in order to incorporate them into the final image.

This photograph was a matter of creating an image that would be using in advertising or editorial work which allowed for print copy to be placed within the image.

Boxes.  This photo is an exercise in lighting.  It was created in the style of the cubist period.

Dad.