He purchased his first camera in 1953 at Jones Photo in Ogden, Utah. He was employed as a traveling salesman for Southwest Distributing Co. in Cedar City, Utah. This job gave him the opportunity to travel Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, always making sure to have his camera, a 35 mm German Reglia, with him, a camera that he still has today. In 1957 he moved to Page, Arizona where they were building the Glen Canyon Dam and he took photos of the completed project.