3rd Floor Photography & Digital Media Services

Introduction: Photography has been somewhat of a hobby for me for a long time...but time committed to other interests prevented me from pursuing photography seriously until 2012. Before then, I spent 12 years of my professional life working for NFL Films and the NFL Network followed by seven years with NASCAR Media Group. I spent a lot of that time filtering through and admiring the cinematic skills of people I consider to be the best in the world. Do you think you could follow a ball traveling towards you while adjusting your composition at just the instant 2 or sometimes 3 very large men are hurtling AT you to catch that ball? And you can do it in focus, and staying out of the way so you do not getting trampled? Those guys are the best! What I learned from these men was how to frame a shot just right, allowing the subject, foreground and/or background to blend in such a way it not only provides the the whole picture, but tells the whole story. As much as I love Super Bowl, and would in all likelihood jump at the opportunity to work for the NFL again, the most refreshing thing about my job is meeting new people, and hearing their stories, and trying to capture their story at that particular time. If I'm at a sporting event, do I only feel elation with the victor? No, I also empathize with the loser because I can say without shame, that I have not won every battle that has come my way. Now, I try not to battle, and take every experience for what it is, an opportunity to grow, and that's what I try to communicate through my work. It doesn't matter if it's Digital Video or Digital Images...who or what is this person/place/thing right here, right now? Yes, the past (background) and future (foreground) are part of the story but the subject of the image.