I'm a second-generation photographer. I live in the shadow of the Matterhorn. Every one on the cul-de-sac knows when it’s 9:35. The booms of Disney’s fireworks are the heartbeat of our summer evenings. You can still see the bombs bursting in the air if you’re young enough to climb the fifty-year-old tree in my front yard. I’ve attended the local schools, but most of my training in photography came from my family’s photography business, which was started the day that I was born. I’ve been an artist exhibiting my work around the world since 1986 and a photography teacher at a local college since 1996. Photography is my life.