A little bit about my photography and me:

I grew up in a small town south of Kansas City, Kansas.  Much of my early photography experiments were conducted through the encouragement of my father, a professional photographer. Whether I wanted to or not, I often found myself helping my father with his business. Consequently, phrases containing words such as "aperture", "shutter speed" and "leading lines" made sense to me at a young age.

Despite the encouragement of my father and other family members, I did not begin to dabble in photography until the spring semester of my junior year of college, when I enrolled in the only available Photo 101 class, which met on Saturday mornings at 10AM. Photo 101 was the only class I never missed that semester. In class, I found that the encouragement extended from my family, aligned with the thoughts of other art enthusiasts. Having enjoyed the Photo 101 experience, I used the summer to take and develop photos in the university darkroom. As the fall semester approached, I began to take photography seriously. It was during this time that I became involved with the Emporia State yearbook and newspaper (The Sunflower and The Bulletin, respectively).

Post graduation, I moved to the Kansas City area where my photography was placed on hold for a moment while I completed my master's degree and started a formal career in human resources.

In the winter of 2006 my family and I traveled to Outer Banks, North Carolina where we stayed with family over the holiday. It was on this vacation that I began testing my new Fujifilm camera. Outer Banks proved to be quite inspiring. At the encouragement of family and friends I decided to make my hobby public and created Images Surreal.

Only time will tell where my camera and I will go from here....