Paul's interest in photography began in college as an Engineering student.  One of his student jobs involved processing film and making black and white prints for the Engineering Department.  With his new skills and a fully equipped professional darkroom at his disposal, it occurred to Paul that he should have a camera.  Epiphanies like this come to people who spend their lives in the dark.  So, Paul purchased a Nikkormat camera, a case of Plus-X film and began photographing the world around him--enough to visualize his surroundings in B&W.  However, over the years, this ability started to erode as his interests turned to color photography (flower and, lately, bird).

One day, Paul awoke and found himself married with a growing family which left him precious little time, money, and energy for photography.  His camera languished on the shelf for decades being dusted off for vacations, birthdays and Christmas only.  Paul says he has no complaints..."If I had to do it again, I would not change a thing."

Several years ago it dawned on him that his job, as an Engineer, was actually interfering with his picture taking activities so he retired.  As Paul says, "Can you imagine that?"  Today his favorite photographic subjects are his six grandchildren followed closely by flowers and birds - beautiful, colorful, wonderful subjects.

Paul gives many thanks to NVPS members for eleven years of friendship and for the only photographic training he received.  "I must admit, I do occasionally read a book about photography so the blame does not rest solely upon NVPS," says Paul.

Early on in his photographic endeavors, Paul used Nikon film cameras and shot almost anything that was, "foolish enough to get in front of my lens."  After a few years photographing like this, he purchased a 4x5 view camera and shot B&W landscapes exclusively.  For guidance, he studied Ansel Adams' six books on photography.  Today, Paul uses Canon digital cameras and an 800mm lens which he used to collect the images chosen for his presentation.  

His show is titled "Song Birds" and is a collection of images he gathered over the last two years.