I am a semi retired professional photographer who specialized in advertising work.I live in California's central coast, and enjoy our local wine industry and our fine weather. I attended the Art Center School of Photography, served in the navy as a photographer and worked for thirty years in the Los Angeles area in the advertising and graphic design industry.. I like doing still life photography in particular as it allows me to start with what I refer to as a blank canvas. I try to view my images in the way an artist would when creating an image. My pictures take on a...more