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.