Kem is a semi-retired university professor who has had a life-long love of photography. He started taking photos as a young boy with a box camera and has never stopped learning the trade. He has used his photographic skills both in amateur and professional settings for years. Kem is a certified aviation photographer, and has worked with the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force as a Air Photographer on search and rescue missions. Professionally, he has sold art prints, worked in scientific illustration, photomicroscopy and scanning electron microscopy.

He currently uses Sony mirrorless digital cameras, taking photos of birds and wildlife as well as travel and street photography. Kem enjoys working with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. As a professor, he has a passion for teaching and enjoys shared learning with his colleagues and students.