Photography

I began photography almost 30 years ago under the guidance of my father. I learned black and white darkroom and lab technique and bought my first Nikon with money I earned mowing lawns. After ten years of the typical vacation images and friends, I became enamoured with impressionistic pictorialism and Cibachrome. I still study that form of photography and feature my work at www.lensart.com, but now use a Nikon D1x digital camera. I am extremely comfortable and confident working with models, both experienced and novice, having photographed people professionally for 20 years.

Music

I taught myself to play the guitar when I was fourteen. That started an appreciation of sound and music that has carried through adulthood. I put myself through a degree in electrical engineering at the University of Texas in Austin by playing in bands, making effects devices for other musicians and running sound re-enforcement systems. After graduation, I used the money I made in engineering to purchase a 24-track recording studio and earned part of my living in sound recording. From the time I picked up a guitar I began to write music, and still do today. Here are a few examples of my music. "We Will Not Forget" was written to earn money for the investigation into the murder of four teenaged girls in Austin, Texas. It featured a very large choir, and was later re-recorded by well known musicians in the area. The culprits have now been brought to justice. "Head On", a pop rock tune, was entered in the 2002 Eurovision song contest. "Hollywood" was written as an demonstration of pop mixed with a hip-hop rap borrowed from Ja Rule. "Island Girl" was written for no particular reason at all, other than boredom one weekend. "Hot and Cold" was a group effort that I produced. It was done for a gospel singer, but aimed at a pop market some ten years ago. Finally, "Dream Lover" was 2003's melody festival failure. I currently do all of my sound and music work using Reason, MOTU Digital Performer, Cubase or Deck on a dual processor Mac G4 with three MOTU 896 processors. If you'd like, please take a few minutes to read some lyrics.

Writing

Early in my teens, I had some of my poetry published in the newspaper and was praised for my fiction. However, I chose to express my writing ability with song lyrics. Recently, I got back to fiction when I was asked to write a coming of age film script for a European photographer of some repute in the 70's, "Water Dance". Although the movie never received the promised financing, it rekindled my interest in writing. Since then, I've written a first draft of a movie based on J. M. Barrie's work entitled "Katrina in Everland". I did a short book as well. I've done a few short screen plays also: "An American in Sweden" was written in Swedish and English.

Electrical Engineering/Programming/Technology

I served as the Chief Technology Officer of Pilotfish Networks AB in Göteborg and now work as a senior consultant at a key client. We build embedded controllers configured for use in distributed autonomous architectures. Our current 'Mark II' product is being used for coordinating public transportation vehicles in Western Sweden. I'm always looking for a new challenge and a way to express my creativity. Please contact me if you you'd like to discuss a project or opportunity. Please include "Solicited Reply" in the subject so that my spam filter isn't triggered.