Originally from New Jersey, I first visited Arizona in 1975 on an extended vacation and fell in love with the mountains and desert landscape. I went back to New Jersey with an intense desire to return to Arizona and make my home there. That happened in 1978 and I've lived here in Cochise County ever since. I love exploring and photographing the beautiful high desert of southern Arizona. From 1999 to 2004, I was involved in various ways with the digital photography contest website, DigitalPhotoContest (DPC). I was a regular judge of contest entries as well as...more