My interest in photography started early. In 1968 my brother David asked me to photograph him as he stood on a pipe that had been hammered into the trunk of a large maple tree in front of our home in Malone New York. I used a Kodak Instamatic camera and it was my first "trick photography" photo. It made David look like he was suspended in air. A camera junkie was born.

Over the years, I took photos wherever I could and finally found a home in Rochester New York as my future wife (Cindy) was attending Rochester Dental Assistant school and I wanted to be close to her. Working as a cook at Jay's Diner for about 7 yrs to support my small family, I continued to love photography. In 1978 Cindy and I enrolled in a B&W photography class sponsored by Rush Henrietta high school where we learned how to manipulate black and white photos using an enlarger.

After updating my application for 10 straight years for my "dream job".... Eastman Kodak finally hired me in March of 1982. In 1987 I discovered that Kodak had a Camera Club, so it didn't take long to join and start "blowing up" photographs using the many enlargers at the club as well as the Kreonite processors. This was my REAL start with photography. I spent countless hours in those darkrooms studying the science of color, light and silver halide photography.

I now work in Acetate Film Base Manufacturing at Kodak and still buy and use Kodak film since it is the BEST! I know this because I see every day how much film is discarded by Kodak for what most people would consider MINOR defects. Quality RULES at Kodak. Trust me I KNOW!!!!!

The digital age has come suddenly. I have followed my companies lead and started to explore digital photography. While I can say my Nikon film camera is FAR from dead, and NOTHING can equal medium or large format film, digital has been my recent focus. Stones Digital is NOT named for digital photography since many of my most cherished photos were taken on film. Stones Digital specializes in four different areas of photography. Sports, Weddings, 360° Panoramas and Elevated Photography.