After working as a photojournalist for over twenty years (the last eight at the Monitor), I have decided to pursue my dream of teaching. I have left the Monitor, and starting this fall, will be an instructor at The Hallmark Institute of Photography in western Massachusetts.

Authoring this blog for the last two years has been a joy. Big thanks to my cyber readers for their support and encouragement.

Just days after leaving the Monitor and days before moving, I took pictures with a throwaway camera at my kids' gymnastics show. (As a dad, I rarely pull out my big pro gear, unless it's to let my kids take some pictures.)

A mom was watching her kid work the beams and parallel bars. Knowing of my career change, she noted the camera I was using and quipped something like:  "That's the technology you are going to be teaching?"

"A camera is just a box," I answered. And pointing at my head, I said, "It's all about vision."

I hope to blog again in the future. To be in the loop, shoot me an e-mail.