Longleash LLC Pet Photography

I live in Wilbraham, Massachusetts with my family where I have a home studio. I have been doing photography since I got my first 35 mm camera when I was a student in junior high school. I am a certified veteran owned business. 

I hold undergraduate degrees from Rochester Institute of Technology, and  a Masters in Education and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  I am a firm believer in life long education and received my MBA from the Isenberg School of Business in 2008. I continue to take and teach photo workshops to this day.

I also hold a Photographic Master and Craftsman Degree as well as being a certified instructor and certified business instructor from the Professional Photographers of America.

I am disabled veteran that served in the US Marine Corps as a public affairs specialist and Navy Reserves as a photographer. I am retired from the U.S. Navy.

I worked as a photographer for UMass Amherst, Davor Studios in Philadelphia, and 28 years for Fujifilm in a variety of technical, sales, and marketing positions. I had my first photography jobs while I was still a student in High School.

I currently have a Dept of Labor certified Veterans owned small part time pet photography business.

I am the volunteer Director of the 501c3 not for profit Valley Photo Center that runs monthly photography shows in Tower Square in Springfield.

Most of all I have a love for animals, my family has two dogs, a cat, a horse, a pony, and some chickens.