I began my career in photography as a freelance photojournalist in 1983, then in the fall of 1984 I landed a full-time staff position with a local paper where I work as a staff photographer, then chief photographer and finally as photo editor. I left the paper in the late 1990's and became a stringer for the Associated Press in Los Angeles. I began a part-time photo business in 2002, and went to work full time at AT&T where I will retire in 2019 and go bring my photography business full-time.