Some of the very first photographs I ever took were made in a darkened room with an old camera mounted on a tripod with a flashlight as the only light source. With the shutter set to bulb and locked open with a cable release, I moved around the room with the flashlight. Sometimes behind the camera, and sometimes in front of it, I painted the room, my girlfriend, and myself with light. I had no idea what I was doing, but it was fun, and the results were interesting enough to inspire me to experiment further. I was fascinated with the idea of moving subjects and a moving light source, and how they would be represented in a photograph. From the very beginning, a big part of my interest in photography had to do with the expression of time. That was back in 1986, and to this day, most of my photography is done at night. When I decided to pursue photography as a career, I chose the school I did in large part because it offered the only course in night photography I could find. Moving to San Francisco to study with Steve Harper was a fateful decision, and one that has led me to where I am today, teaching classes and workshops on night photography, and now writing this book.