He has photographed numerous advertising campaigns for major corporations, specializing in images of people and products in exotic environments. He has three degrees in Art, a BA from Occidental College, and two masters degrees in Art, a M.A. from Cal State University, Northridge and a M.F.A. from UCLA. His unique perspective as a working photographer and years of creating order out of chaos on location shoots, has lead to his published book, Composition Photo Workshop (Wiley 2007, 252 pages), available wherever books are sold, as an eBook, and in print (translated into Spanish, Czech, Polish, and Mandarin Chinese). Look for his time lapse videos at Vimeo under Blue Fier, and at his website. Leica Cameras, California Sunbounce, Los Mandy Motion Systems, and Lifepixels (infra red digital conversions) sponsor his work. He has taught at Santa Monica College in the Photo Department part-time since 1994.