A few years ago, OK, it was 15 years ago, I helped a friend going through bankruptcy out by purchasing some camera equipment. He needed money, and I needed a new hobby. I made some images that were very very good. I made some that were…, well, not very good. But I really enjoyed finding what made the good good, and the bad not so good. My brother in law married in 1993, and spent what I *thought* was a HUGE amount of money on his photography. I saw some very very good images, and some not really outstanding images in his album, and thought to myself, “I could do that”. Right. I sought out the photographer from Brant’s wedding the next year and told him I was thinking of pursueing photography as at least a sideline business. He gave some great advice about joining the Georgia Professional Photographer’s Association, and I did that. That was 1994. In the time since I have atended 10 years of the Georgia school in Clarkesville, several conventions of the GPPA, as well as the Professional Photographers of America, and the SouthEastern PPA, earning a dozen competition print merits along the way. I have maintained membership in those and other fine organizations that promote the education of photographers. I am a member of the Christians in Photojournalism, the Professional Photographers of America, Georgia Professional Photographers Association, Southeastern Professional Photographers Association,
National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and my local Fayette County Chamber of Commerce. I am a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, and teach 11th grade boys Sunday School there, and serve on the active Deacon board. I love to help charities, and concentrate on local efforts that benefit children especially. I am a photographer for the Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep organization that photographs newborn babies and young children that are close to passing from this world, as well as Operation Love that provides portraits and photography to those families with members serving in our military overseas. If you know of a charity that is local to Fayette County that I can help with photography, please let me know.
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