I grew up in Alabama and have been an avid amateur photographer since I was a teenager.

In college I majored in Physics and then went to work as an electro-optical engineer.  In 1999 I moved to Colorado, where I live near Colorado Springs in the beautiful Black Forest area with my wife and two children.

One morning in 2003 the sun came up as I drove to work and the countryside was bathed in a beautiful golden light.  At that moment I knew I would rather spend my days doing photography than working as an engineer.

It took another four years, but I left my engineering job and became a full-time professional photographer in 2007.

Howard Barnes
howard @ hbbphoto.com
719.291.7283