At the age of 9, 10, and 13, the boys would be dropped off at primative camping places where they spent weeks running trot lines, catching snakes, and watching and observing  wildlife.

When Paul was 13 he had saved enough money from raking leaves and paper routes to buy his first bow and arrow, an Indian Archery Recurve. Every spare moment he had he was out in the river bottoms of the Ohio  River hunting rabbits.

Around the age of 10 through 16 years old  Paul was learning Martial Atrs from one of the neighborhood kids.

From age 5 to 16 Paul was city champion every year in swimming. At age 14 he made Eagle Scout.

When he was 15, his brother Chris 14, and Bob 18, they were asked to conduct a summer long wilderness survival progam. Each week there would be 3 to 5 new troops coming in to be tought.

When Paul was 16 his family moved to Panama City, Fl. He joined the swim team at Mosley High School in Panama City where Paul and Chris continued in competitive swimming. After graduating, Paul went into law enforcement where  he continued swimming, and Chris went to college on a swimming scholorship.

Paul competed in state law enforcement olympics, where he was undefeated ever year, which qualified him for international competitions.

In 1986, Columbus, Ohio he took a gold, silver, and bronze in swimming and set a world record in the 50 yard free style.

In 1987, Jacksonville, Florida, he took 3 gold and set a world record in the 100 yard free style.

In 1989, Sydney, Australia, he set a world record in the preliminaries and got beat in the finals.

In 1995, Birmingham, Alabama, he took 6 gold in swimming and 1 silver in toughest cop in the world competition. He also set a world record in the swimmimg portion of the competition.

In the 1980′s Panama City started a police athletic league. Paul, following his father’s footsteps, volunteered and worked with inner city kids. He put the kids on workout programs and taught them martial arts. On a challenge, Paul got in the ring and knocked out his opponent and started a boxing career. He did a totoal of 34 gym fights, knocking out 33 of his opponents. At that time he started working undercover in narcotics. He had to make a choice so he gave up boxing. During his career, he was on the swat team, homicide investagations, finger print expert, and conducted many training courses.

Paul’s expertise in the outdoors helped him solve many crimes. One of his cases was featured on Court TV in which the identification of a shoe print, while investigating another crime, ended a month long investigation of a brutal murder.

Paul’s love for the outdoors took him backpacking and archery hunting for month long trips in Colorado for seven years. On one of his trips to Colorado, he watched a 600 lb black bear walk within 10 feet of him, sit down and wrap it’s arms around the tall grass blades and eat the seeds from the tops of the grass. He sat and watched the bear for a good hour so intruged, wishing he had a camera.

In 1998 after Paul retired, needless to say he started his photography career. He purchased his first Nikon camera and lense. Within weeks of practice, Paul put everything in storage, packed up his jeep and headed to Colorado,  Wyoming, and Montana, living in a tent, backpacking into the mountains for nearly 3 months. That started his obsession with photography.

Paul was approached by the owners of Club LaVela, the biggest night club in the United States to work for them. They knew of his photograpy career and his archery hunting trips, so taking this into consideration, he would not work September through January. In 2000 Paul was hired as Director of Security, where he is still employed.

Since then Paul has made television appearences, his work is on display and is used at the Wildlife Education Center at Huguenot Memorial Park, on the cover of magazines, in National Geographic, and his work has been used on numerous websites. He has put together a wildlife photography book of St. Andrew’s State Park in Panama City, Fl. He has been the exclusive photographer for the Audubon birding festival the last two years. He has done photo tours, lectures, and numerous shows donating pictures to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Socirty, Boys and Girls Club, Humane Society, Junior Museum, and Catholc Charities. He works close with Jim Broddus at the Bear Creek Feline Center where Jim takes in endangered Florida Panthers along with many other big cats. Paul has donated photography to the center for use on brochures, wrap for his vehicle, his website, and posters.

He has a gallery in Bridgeton, Maine, and Romo Photo in Panama City also sells Paul’s photography. They are exclusive printers for Paul’s work.

For years, Paul has competed in the Faces and Facettes National Photography competition. His work has taken four 1st place awards in the animal division, one 1st place in the color division, one 2nd place in the color division, and one honorable mention. In 2010, he won Best of Show and 2nd place in the professional division.

Year round you can find Paul chasing photo opportunities, whether it’s Decemeber White Tail Rut in Tennessee or the February White Tail Rut in North West Florida. October fall colors to May breeding season of birds and June and July babies learning to fly. Snowy mountains to summer sunsets. Paul sits patiently for hours waiting for the right moment. He continuously strives to improve the quality of his work.