Where Art & Engineering Collide

About Terry

ON THE SUBJECT OF ME

Terry was born in North Dakota in 1978 and grew up in Melbourne, Florida just 20 miles south of Kennedy Space Center. His professional career includes five years of service in the United States Marine Corps in various job billets. After leaving the military in 2002, Terry received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology and has been employed as a software engineer since 2005.

Terry developed a love for photography at a young age and began pursuing it more vigorously while serving in the Marine Corps. His initial focus was in aviation photography which complimented his long love for fighter aircraft and also due to being deployed on an aircraft carrier during Operation Enduring Freedom. After the military Terry began exploring other areas of the photography industry to include portraiture and fine art.

In late 2004 he began experimenting with high dynamic range (HDR)  photography using a little known application called Photomatix which was released by a company called MultimediaPhoto who now happens to be HDRSoft. He was instantly hooked since HDR photography appealed to both his engineering side and his artistic side. As HDR became more popular with the public, Terry created a work flow that he calls Hybrid High Dynamic Range Photography (H²DR)™ which incorporates different elements of the entire photography process to create an image. Terry also uses Unified Color’s HDR Expose in his HDR work flow for when he wants the most realistic result possible.

Currently, Terry works full time as a cyber security professional.

Terry’s professional awards include the Navy Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, a Black Belt in American Kenpo Karate (2008), Northrup-Grumman Senior Design Showcase Best of Show in Computer Engineering (2009), and a published paper in the International Conference of Artificial Intelligence proceedings (2010).

Terry is a proud member of N.A.P.P. (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) and has attended multiple Photoshop World events and Kelby Live Training seminars.

MY GEAR

Camera Bodies

• Canon 5D
• Canon 20D

Canon Lens

• EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Canon Flashes

• Speedlight 580EX
• Speedlight 550EX

Digital Film

• Kingston Elite Pro 16GB
• SanDisk Extreme III 4GB
• Lexar Professional 2GB
• SanDisk Ultra II 1GB

Studio Equipment

• (3) AlienBees AB800 Flash Unit
• AlienBees Large Foldable Softbox
• AlienBees 22″ Beauty Dish
• AlienBees Vegabond II Portable Power System
• Photoflex Small Square Softbox
• Westcott 5-in-1 Collapsible Reflector

Camera Bags

• Nikon Digital SLR Laptop Backpack
• Hardigg Storm Case – iM2300

Computers

• MacBook Pro, OSX, 2.4Ghz, 4GB, 17″ Glossy
• Custom PC, Windows 7, Intel Core 2 Duo ~3GHz, 4GB, NVidia GeForce GTX 280, 2×23″ Widescreen LCD

Accessories

• Western Digital MyBook World Edition 1TB
• Wacom Intuos3 6×8 Graphics Tablet

Software

• Adobe Creative Suite CS5
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
• Nik Complete Plugin Suite
• onOne Complete Plugin Suite
• Photomatix Pro
• HDR Expose