About

My Photographic background

I live in British Columbia, Canada. On my 12th birthday, I was given a Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash camera and I have been taking photographs ever since. My first SLR was a Pentax K1000. 

Over the years my interest in taking photos continued to grow and I enjoyed the challenge of slide photography. All my photography was done in “manual” and there was no room for errors with slides.

I joined the local Camera Club in the early 1980’s as well as NAPA (National Association Photographic Arts - Canada) and years later was renamed to CAPA (Canadian Association Photographic Arts). I have participated in numerous local, Provincial, National and International competitions. I also became a judge/evaluator in Canada.

In 1991, I was invited to participate in the development of a standardized photo judging and evaluating course by the British Columbia NAPA Branch so judging/evaluating standards could be established within Camera Clubs that were members of NAPA. The goal was to start provincially and then make it available nationally.

This new photo judging and evaluating course project lasted from December 1991 to June 1992, was well received and very successful. Many existing and new judges/evaluators took this new training program as soon as it became available. This course continues to be offered to this day throughout Canada via CAPA with continuous modifications to reflect the numerous changes in photographic equipment, systems, digital processing programs, etc...

In smaller communities, it is difficult to have presenters come and teach evaluating and judging skills. From my past experience of participating in the development of a standardized photo judging and evaluating course, I developed a course so local photographers could learn the skills to judge/evaluate photographs at local Photography Clubs or elsewhere.

Over the years I have judged/evaluated for numerous camera clubs and various competitions. This has made it possible for me develop  a judging/evaluating system which looks at the presented image as a whole rather than from just a technical aspect. My style of judging/evaluating images is based on guiding principles which I follow to this day. The way I judge/evaluate has undergone name changes over the years in the photographic community. Presently, it is referred to as “Intuitive Judging/Evaluating”.