I was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada and in 1985 moved one province to the west where I have been living in Calgary, Alberta for the past 35 years. For 22 of those years I have been teaching at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) as a member of the Journalism and Graphic Communications and Print Technology faculties.
My interest in black and white film photography began in 2009 when I enrolled in my first traditional darkroom class at SAIT. My rationale for taking this class was to make me a better photographer by forcing me to slow down and really understand the technical (and creative) decisions I would have to make with my analogue camera.