Education:  UVSU, A.S. Degree

Weber State University “71-74”

School of Photographic Hard Knocks

Major: General

Experience as a pro:  45 yrs.

Favorite Subject: People

Favorite Book: Mathew

Influences:

My parents Paul and Betty Williams – with her Kodak 620 Brownie, and his Revere Double Eight movie camera.

Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Kerteze’, Julia Margaret Cameron, Atget, John Singer Sargent, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Georgia O’Keeffe, Imogene Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, Annie Leibovitz, Snowdon, Richard Avedon, Galen Rowell, Tom Frost, Allen Gibby, Mark  Hains, Zachary Williams.

Values

Guiding Principle One:

“I’ll photograph anything as long as it’s legal and moral.”

Guiding Principle Two: “I am absolutely crazy about the subject of photography

but  – I know that photography is not the purpose of life.”

Guiding Principle Three: “You better  stand for something or you’re going to fall for anything.”

Guiding Principle Four: “If you say nothing and do nothing - you will be nothing.”

Guiding Principle Five: “Freely share your knowledge of photography with others.”

Guiding Principle Six: “It’s nice to be important ... but it’s more important to be nice.”

Contact

1. • Studio Address     4741 S. 1900 E. Ogden, UT 84403
   

2. • Studio and Cell Phone  (801) 391-5152 
   

3. •  email    mttopfilms@comcast.net
   

                     Professional Photographer

Favorite Camera:  “Which ever one

I’m holding at the moment.”  I have

a love for classic era cameras.

Favorite Quote: “To live a visual life is an enormous  undertaking ... practically unattainable. I have only just touched the surface”  Dorothea Lange

Favorite location: At my home, my studio, Cooke City MT, or somewhere in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park. I love being in the field with my associate photographers.