I live in Clarendon, Vermont, with my wife of 34 years.  We have two awesome daughters.*  We have a great house in a beautiful spot and two dogs. 

 

By some crazy miracle, I've been able to make a living with my photography since about 1981, when my first daughter was born.  Of course, there have been years when "making a living" is a matter of definition.

 

I do have two college degrees, but I got them so long ago, I'm pretty sure they've expired.  I can't say I've ever used them for gainful employment anyway.  I guess it's true that I first became interested in photography while working on my degree in journalism, so maybe that counts.

 

My all consuming passion is photography.  That and running a business.   The really nice thing is that when business is off, I still have photography.  In fact, when business is off, I have more time for photography, so there is a bit of a conflict there.  Be broke, shoot more; make money, shoot less.  It seems backwards.

 

In the category of other activities, I'm into skiing (in a big way), biking, and kayaking.  All these activities are not exclusive of photography, as I rarely do any of them without a camera.

me at Burlington waterfront

photo by Jenna Geery 

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*My daughters: Brooke lives in Portland, Oregon.  She's an amazing journalist, photographer, videographer, editor, and web maestro.  Jenna is a student at the University of Vermont.  A leader and great organizer, she has put together some amazing fund raising events over the last few years for charitable causes.  She's an officer on the UVM snowboarding team.  I think her major is snowboarding.