Bryan is a self-taught photographer who has pursued his craft as a part-time professional since 1996.  He specializes in Landscape, Nature, and Panoramic photography from his home state of West Virginia.  Bryan has been a regular contributor to Wonderful West Virginia Magazine, with more than seventy photographs, three covers, and three articles to his credit.   His photographs have also been published in Farm and Ranch Magazine, several regional calendars, and have been used in advertising.  He has contributed more than fifty images to The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia.  He shares photographers credits with fellow West Virginia photographer Steve Shaluta in the book West Virginia Impressions, published by Farcountry Press.  He has exhibited his prints at the Innovation Gallery in Fairmont and The Francis Creative Arts Center in New Martinsville. His prints have been sold through the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Friends of the 500th Book Store, Showcase West Virginia, The Art Emporium in Charleston, and Cafe Cimino and Inn in Sutton, WV.

Bryan confesses to being a camera "hound" and has used several formats to create his images, including a Canon EOS 1ds digital system, a Pentax 67 medium format system, and a Sinar 4x5 camera.  His signature panoramic images are produced using a WWII-era Navy Torpedo Camera filmholder adapted to his large format camera.  This combination produces detailed transparencies 2 1/4 inches high and 7 1/2 inches long.   From time to time he also uses a restored turn-of-the-century Al-Vista Panoramic Camera.   This camera uses a swinging lens to create an image encompassing an angle of view of roughly 150 degrees and was originally used to create panoramic views of towns, landscapes, and large groups.  Bryan tries to find towns and scenes with strong nostalgic elements to create Black & White images that retain the look and feel of photographs that might have been created with this camera a century ago.    

Bryan uses a digital darkroom to process his images.   These images are printed on Epson buffered papers using an Epson 4000 Ultra-Chrome pigmented-ink printer.  The resulting prints are near-archival and, when properly stored or displayed, will remain fade-free for a minimum of 75 years ( http://www.wilhelm-research.com ).

Bryan credits celebrated West Virginia photographer Arnout Hyde for much of his early inspiriation.   Other inspiration has come from such photographers as Ansel Adams, John Sexton, Bruce Barnbaum, Christopher Burkett, and David Muench.    The inspiration from these artists, along with Bryan's love of "rambling" West Virginia's hills and valleys, have combined to fuel a desire to create images that reflect the moods and emotions of the moment as he has experienced them, and to capture the best of West Virginia.   

Bryan resides with his wife, Christina, in Reader, Wetzel County.  They are the parents of three sons - Daniel, a WVU graduate in Mechanical Engineering, Steven, a WVU graduate in Civil Engineering,  and Michael, in his third year at WVU majoring in Electrical/Computer Engineering.