I live 2miles north of the Gulf of Mexico in Ocean Springs, MS.  By day, I am the Chief Flight Meteorologist with the AirForce Reserve "Hurricane Hunters" located at Keesler AFB MS.  My job certainly quells my thirst for excitment.  I  have flown through more than 150 Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones during the last 25yrs providing crucial data to the National Hurricane Center in Miami FL. 

I'm married to my lovely wife Janice and have two beautiful daughters.  My interest in astronomy began in 1999, when I bought a Meade 4" reflector which I enjoyed using for more than a year.

After seeing all the great pictures published in Sky and Telescope each month, I got the urge to start taking pictures.  I upgraded my scope to a Meade 8"LX200 in 2001, built an observatory for it and purchased a Star Light Express MX7C in Jan 2002.  I throughly enjoyed the one-shot camera.  In 2003 I decided I wanted to increase the quality and resolution of my images so in Oct 2003, I sold my MX7C and upgraded to a SX SXV-H9 monochrome camra with Astronomik type2 color filters. I have continued to update scopes and equipment and now own a Mountain Instruments MI-250 mount, Several Stellarvue refractors and a custom made carbon fiber newtonian astrograph.  Here I am today, able to share the images I only dreamed about a few years ago.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my images!