I am a former trade show exhibit designer. I attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for Design. I have always loved photography. My mother was always taking pictures when I was a kid and I would delve into boxes of photographs she took. My dad gave me my first 35mm camera when I was 16 which he had purchased in Germany while in the army. I became fully bitten by the bug and have fancied myself as a photographer ever since. The great thing about photography is that you learn new things everyday. If I can put a smile on somebody's face or invoke a memory of times past then I have done my job. I have a saying. "I work to live, but I live for photography."