I headed west to California in 1966. Attended L. A. City College TV Production and theater history, Columbia School of Broadcasting, photography at the Art Center College of Design, inspired by photojournalist Ken Light in his photojournalism class at the Academy of Art, San Francisco.I worked as photographer and audio visual specialist in the advertising department of The Bank of California in San Francisco. I freelanced for the SF Bay Guardian, including a cover story in 1983 entitled Shooting The Troubles, a photo essay on Northern Ireland I contributed photos to the San Francisco Chronicle.. I have shown my work at the Nanny Goat Hill Gallery and the Eye gallery in San Francisco. Ten years ago I decided to teach myself pinup photography. I rented studios and hired models.