Bio

I have lived around the seacoast area of New Hampshire all my life, including quite a few years in southern Maine. I was born in New York City, Belleview Hospital to be exact. I'll tell people that's my excuse for the way I am. Actually, both of my parents were commercial artists living and working in the city. At a little under a year of age, they moved to North Hampton New Hampshire. It was here that I got my taste for photography, being given a little Kodak camera, and a bit later, a Polaroid. I would take pictures of everything that caught my eye. My father always had numerous cameras laying around. Also, at this time I fell in love with the bicycle, riding everywhere I could. You will see the bicycle as one of my subjects in the gallery. To this day, cameras and bicycles are a match made in heaven for me. Being on the bike allows me to places that I could not access by automobile. And then when needed, go on by foot. 

It's my quest for those iconic images that keep driving me on. S. Bakula

                    aka Snake Coolio

How did I get the name of Snake Coolio?

The idea for it started when my girlfriend and I were walking around the clothing department of a store commenting on the various styles. She was recently retired and as we talked the subject of what new persona would you take on in retirement, as it would be a whole new life in a way. I immediately knew what mine was to be.

As most of us know you can't give yourself a nickname, because that would be lame. You have to have the name bestowed upon you by your peers. In this case I combined nicknames given to me by two individuals. The name Snake came about one day at work when I was pressure testing some used flexible steam hose. The hose failed the test and blew up with a loud pop, and it danced threateningly around the table like a Cobra. A co-worker who I think was catching some Zs at the nearby sandblast booth, suddenly sprang up exclaiming SNAKE! After that incident Snake was what he called me.

Now Coolio came about from a supervisor would play with my last name; Bakula. Calling out in a lyrical way Coo Coo Coolio. And this became my name going forward. I felt that the names would work together well.

And with a few choice articles of clothing

my new photographer's persona,

Snake Coolio.