Jim graduated from the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography with degrees in Industrial and Scientific Photography. Jim has polished his skills with many years of continuing education. His professional memberships include Professional Photographers of America. Jim is also listed in Who’s Who in Professional Imaging.

Eastman Kodak Inc. selected one of Jim’s prints for display at EPCOT Center “Journey into Imagination” Pavilion, Professional Photographers showcase. In 1991, Professional Photographers of America selected one of his prints to be on the cover of the program for their national convention. Several of his images are in the Traveling Loan Collection and the Permanent Loan Collection of PPofA.

While working for the National Scientific Laboratory System, Jim was involved in numerous high-tech projects such as Star Wars (United States Strategic Defense Initiative), Inertial Confinement Fusion (Nova Laser), and the Laser Isotope Separation Program (AVLIS Project). He has photographed the Linear Accelerator at Stanford University. His most recent work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was to photograph the National Ignition Facility (NIF). A project so large and complex, Jim was brought out of “early retirement” to create the type of photography the project director demanded and was not receiving from the staff photographers. The NIF project has laser bays that are approximately a football field in length, with a target chamber that is over one hundred feet in diameter, and the target is about the size of the head of a match. Jim had to combine his photomicrography skills with his industrial and technical photography skills to create dramatic images that were demanded by the project director.

After retiring from the lab, some of his client's have included: Jacobs Engineering, J. Rigby, The Cardinal Club, Duplin Winery, Chatham Hill Winery, Rabbit Ridge Winery, Baker Guitar, S.J. Deferville Construction, Inc., Mafi-Trench Corporation, Arrow Industries, Thin Film Technologies,Nextel and Zurn Industries.

Jim is a published writer, lecturer, and educator. His articles have appeared in Storytellers and ProPhoto West.

Jim is the owner of Product Corporate and Industrial Images, a company that specializes in corporate, industrial, scientific, and technical photography and graphics. Other services include short run printing, microscopic imaging, digital or film capture, layout and design.