My photography is and will always be influenced by the rural environment of the Tri-State area. My roots run deep here. I live only nine miles from the ranch I grew up on. That ranch contains both the homestead of my Grandfather and the homestead of my Great-Grandfather. I see changes happening at an ever increasing tempo; many of those changes are to me- negative changes. Honestly; I just love to shoot, but those times when I am able to photograph in a way that expresses the soul of the land and the people who live here I find great reward.

Photography gives me a way to capture the beauty of a land that many see no beauty in. For many of the travelers along US Highway 212 (The Warrior Trail) southeast Montana is a place to get through on the way to Yellowstone National Park or to the Black Hills. They miss what nature is offering them in the stark landscape, the deer, the antelope, the fox, the abandon house that was someones home.

The oppurtunities are endless for the great shot. I find that the use of both black and white and color capture the soul of the prairie. Most images call out for the use of film. It is hard iin an area where in many ways time has stood still to capture the feel of the land with digital equipment. My heart will always be with film and the darkroom. With film each print is different. There are no two gelatin silver prints that are the same. Unlike digital where after the original manipulation each and every print is the same.

In an area where the view changes with each step sameness is empty.