Brief History:
I came into the world just like most others, naked, wet and screaming. It was during a blizzard in 1969. I was born with sideburns, and I still keep them today. I grew up in Rehoboth, MA and now live in Seekonk with my wife and daughter, a cat, and a few fish.
Growing up, I had great friends, most of whom I'm still friends with today. Plus things at home were good, which always helps. I did go to school with a lot of bullies, which is never fun.
I graduated from Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School in 1987 with honors and 3 years perfect attendance. I also received the New England Institute of Technologies Book Award for 1987 and CSF scholarship.
After HS, I went to Bristol Community College for Mechanical Engineering Technology. I soon found that engineering was not what I wanted to do. But I stuck with it. I got a job right out of college in 1990 as a draftsman and have been there ever since. My guidance counselor in Junior High told me I should go for art, but he didn't thoroughly explain to me what a graphic artist did, so I chose engineering. One of my English professors in college took me aside and suggested that I reconsider my major. He felt I had a natural ability to be a great journalist. But I stuck with engineering. At this point in my life, I'm considering a career change to something more creative, and have been taking classes to that end.
Music has always
been a major part of my life. As a teenager, I had dreams of being the next big rock star and taught myself how to play the guitar. Obviously, I never became the rock star I dreamt of. In 1990, I got involved in car audio competition. I competed for two years, but kept a system in my car for much longer. In 1992, I started to listen to techno/electronic music. I started to DJ in 1993, and write my own electronic dance music in 1996. I gigged a lot in the mid 90's mainly in southern new england at clubs, house parties, and dance parties. Gradually, I played out less and less. As of 2009, I am retired from DJ'ing and production.
Digital Photography has become a huge part of my life. I've had a thing for visually stimulating images for as long as I can remember. Before I had a digital camera, I used photoshop and images I got off the internet or scanned to create digital art. I started a photography business in 2007 to sell some of my work. I have a passion for using photoshop and try to learn as much as I can about it. Click the "Pro Photography" link above to enter my online photo gallery and store. The "Snapshots" link will take you to my gallery of snapshots, most taken with a point and shoot.
I get a lot of people (pretty much everyone) asking me, "How do you pronounce your last name?" and it's usually prefaced with or followed with "What nationality is that?" It's a polish name, and it's pronounced just as it is spelled bzzz-doo-lah.