Recieved BA in Photography from University of South Florida in 1977 and MFA in Photography from University of South Florida in 1987. Teaching experience includes: University of South Florida; Hillsbourgh Community College; International Academy of Design and Technology; St.Petersburg College since 1991. Have exhibited throughout the southeast with work in various private and corporate collections. Have work commercially in advertising since 1980. We are familiar with photography as a means for personal and creative expression, as well its use as a tool for collecting and reporting ideas concerning all other human activity. More importantly, however, is its developmental potential both artistically and personally. As an educator, teaching photography both as an art form and technical skill, instruction begins with enthusiasm for the subject and attentiveness towards students maturation in art and the field of photography. Students have the opportunity to become visually literate, utilizing a language processed in the photographic medium. By encouraging students to observe how their experiences influence their perception and directions in life, they begin to understand how to visually incorporate a sense of their own personal identity into their images. Recognizing the aesthetics of technological change and embracing the diversity of art, students have the ability to create images expressing and communicating their experiences in relationship to the scheme of things in life.