I started shooting still images in the late 1960s with a Nikkormat FTN, an early SLR camera. For the next 50 years I worked in film and video production, equipment sales, advertising, industrial training, public relations, and higher education management; always utilizing audiovisual technology in some form. I worked at the University of Tennessee for 32 years; eighteen of those I was Director of the Video & Photography Center. While at UT, I worked with actor James Earl Jones, author Alex Hailey, Peyton Manning, Pat Summitt, and the FBI profilers featured in the film Silence of the Lambs. I traveled to Ireland , London, Costa Rica, many major US cities and every county in Tennessee. I filmed the Lady Vols at the White House Rose Garden after they won a national championship. While at UT I won many awards including from the New York Festivals, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, and the International Television Association.
