Biography -  I currently reside in Boynton Beach Florida. I retired from the Government (yes, ours) in 1998 after a long career in Probation and Parole work. I started my Community Corrections career as a County Adult Probation Officer in Michigan. I was then appointed as a Federal Probation and Parole Officer in Detroit (which has turned into a great place to be from!) where I specialized in narcotics cases. I was promoted to the headquarters for Federal Probation and the US Court in Washington DC where I remained until I retired in 1998 as an Administrator of the Federal Probation System. 

    I went to work the next day as a full time Juvenile Justice Specialist for a large Maryland consulting firm that was eventually acquired by Lockheed Martin. I moved to Florida seven years ago but I still do some consulting for the Department of Justice through my part time relationship with Lockheed.      

    When I moved to Florida, I wanted to do something that was different from what I did for a living since 1967. My two great loves were cooking and photography. I chose photography over going to culinary school. I think culinary school would have been cheaper, but my 65 year old legs would never have held up. I belong to the Boynton Beach Camera Club which is made up of some of the best photographers and digital editors that I have ever met. I have a small business where I do slide shows, restorations and some video work and photography for small parties. I am working for a local interior designer shooting his promo shots of each of his projects, slide shows and his web site.

     I am shooting with a Nikon D90 with Nikon 18-55, 55-200, 70-300 lenses and a Sigma 10-20 wide angle lens. I use Photoshop Elements 8 and the CS programs. I find I can do almost all of what I need to do with Elements. A couple of years ago, I was in EID Group 13 but I felt that I was too much a novice.  I've gotten a lot of experience and training in the last couple of years and I think I am ready to tackle another EID group. I look forward to working with all of you.