I have owned and operated my portrait photography studio located in downtown Santa Cruz since 2007. As an artist and photographer, I use camera, lightings, and computer as the tools to create photographic art. From my travels I have also photographed many wild animals, and birds. Raptors are my favorite birds, big cats and elephants are my favorite animals. Some examples are in my Wildlife gallery
. Travel is one of my passions, and I always have my cameras with me when I travel so I can capture some essence of the places I experience. I painted in watercolor before taking up photography professionally. I want my photographs to not just be realistic but also artistic and creative. Some examples are the Polaroid SX-70 manipulated iimages in my Polaroids gallery, they have a painterly look, each is unique. I also have taken up painting digitally on the computer, usually starting from a photograph, which can be a lousy cell phone image, but turn it into a painting. There are examples of them in my Paintings gallery, and in my Dimash gallery. Degrees and credentials:
Master of Photography (M.Photog.) from PPA in January 2017
Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)
Member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) since 2007
Member of American Society of Photographers (ASP) since 2017
