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This shot of an F-16 refueling over northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon was taken from a KC-135. The F-16 was based at Luke Air Force Base and was heading to the Air Force's Gunsmoke air-to-surface gunnery competition at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Initially, the camera was a tool I used to create unaltered images to document the real world, first as an Army medical photographer and later as a newspaper photographer. However, I was always fascinated by the Photoshop tools that allow a photographer to alter the real world and create images that represent fantasy rather than reality. Since I became interested in photography, I admired the way some master photographers, most notably Jerry Uelsmann, merged multiple images into photo montages to create alternate realities. Using the inventory of my own photos I’ve amassed over the years, as well as stock images when necessary, I often combine multiple photographic images to create alternate realities from my imagination.