Former member of APA for 10 years 1986 to 1996
Former member/officer of MacValley User's Group 1988 to 2005
Former member of ASMP ( 1 year assistant)

Certificate of Proficienty 2006
Tri-Community School of Photography
Additional Classes 2007 to 2010

I attended  L. A. C. C. Classes in Photography (Black and White , Dye Transfer), Business, Earth Sciences, General Education.
I received my A.A. in Business Management from L.A. Valley College in Valley Village, CA.


As an assistant (partial List)
Client - - Photographer
New World Pictures "Heathers" Christain Slater and Winona Rider - - Michael Paris
Honda - - Gil Smith & Co Inc.
Contadina Foods Inc. / Raphs - - Teri Sandison
I.T.C Television Dist. - - Timm Thimmes
L'ERMITAGE HOTELS - - Tony Garcia
Bexel Corp - - Dutch Myers
Broadway Dept Stores - - James Atiee
Eveready Batteries - - John Lawlor
Airtel Plazza Hotel - - Jack Freed
Pinnacle Motor Homes - - Frank Bates
Teri Copley - - Lennon
Neutrogena - - Jordan Miller
Shari Belafonte -- Mario Casilli
Fredericks of Hollywood -- Bret Lopez
PEPSI -- Mark Laita
A & J Cases - - Sam Epstein

Equipment I have experience with or own.
Strobes - Calumet, Balcar, Norman, Dyna-lite, Speedotron, Photogenic
Cameras- Mamiya, Hasselblad , Nikon, Canon, Minolta/Sony
Computers - Mac's G3 and G4 ibooks - iMacs G4 Mac Book Pro 17 inch Intel
Film Scanners Nikon, Minolta and Imacon
Flatbed scanners Epson and Canon
Photoshop Lightroom Versions 1 and 3
Photoshop  Version 4 to CS  5, Photoshop Elements 8 ,Raw Converter,  Raw/DGN and JPEG files
Plug ins Nik multimedia color Efex Pro 1 & 2, Sharpener Pro 2, Visual Infinity (grain surgery)
Alien Skin Exposure 2
Printers - Epson, HP Laser