For more than fifteen years, Mike has practiced professional portrait and wedding photography in Jacksonville Florida. Highly respected in the professional community and a leader in the field, Mike's skill level is truly second to none, not only in photography but Adobe Photoshop as well. Photography is now all digital but long before most photographers where even thinking about digital photography Mike founded The North Florida PhotoShop User's Group back in September of 1998 and holds the as President. When not photographing, Mike shares his talent by teaching studio and location portraiture workshops, as well as various levels of PhotoShop training. Hundreds photographers have come to him for his easy to understand ability to teach. Since 1991 he has been a member of the Professional Photographers Society of North Florida (PPSNF) and spent three years on the board of directors. He’s also an active member of Florida Professional Photographers (FPP), Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and the National Association of PhotoShop Professionals (NAPP). Anyone can claim to be a Professional Photographer, but Mike is one of the less than 3% who is an accredited Certified Professional Photographer.