Tom has recently retired
from a 35 year career as an executive in the securities industry. He
earned a living as a photographer prior to that and has continued
his practice as a second vocation, primarily
raising money for charities. He really feels that he is now "living
the dream."
Tom has donated photos to
the Aid and Comfort auction in Santa Fe, the Audubon Society auction,
the San Francisco Opera Guild auction. His photographs are a major
source of funding for Friends of Pajaro Dunes, an environmental
organization dedicated to preserving an important wetlands area on the
Central California coast. A series of 25 photos from this area, titled
Beach Detritus, hangs in the San Francisco Morgan Stanley office. Additionally, Tom has been engaged by the City of Sausalito
to photograph all of the historical landmarks and buildings of
historical interest in Sausalito. Working with the Historical
Landmarks Board, he is establishing an archival record of Sausalito as
it exists in the early 21st Century. A percentage of the proceeds from
the calla lilly photos on this site go to support the Menri
Orphanage in India.
All of his photos and equipment are now digital. After almost 30 years of
darkroom work, he donated his traditional equipment to a
favorite charity. He said, "It made me feel good and I hadn't used the stuff
for a couple of years anyhow... I'm ALL digital... cameras, software
and printers are the way to go... no more smelly chemicals. Digital
imaging offers the photographer more control today than ever. Color balancing and tonality are
more precise and the results can be more intricate and subtle. My
choice to "go digital" is based on the quality of the
output above all else. The myth that digital is easier is just
that...a myth. The complexity of digital work offers a far greater
number of choices and is often substantially more time consuming than
darkroom work...but worth it. I just hope you agree."
