I never really know what to say when someone asks me to describe myself.

I’m like an open book — assuming the book has a few plot twists, crayon scribbles in the margins, contradictory footnotes, and no useful table of contents.

Somewhere in there you’ll find a husband, father of two, fur-dad to two Australian Shepherds, I.T. guy by day, and photographer whenever life leaves me a little room to breathe.

My wife calls me “Controlled Chaos.” Apparently my thought process looks completely random from the outside, yet somehow tends to arrive where it was supposed to. I’ve decided to embrace that.

Photography works much the same way for me.

I can appreciate a beautiful portrait, but beauty alone doesn’t interest me nearly as much as story, mood, personality, and imperfection.

I want to make photographs that make someone stop scrolling for a second and actually look. Maybe wonder what happened before the frame. Maybe wonder what happens next.

I have a particular weakness for black and white, shadows, texture, darker imagery, and photographs that feel like they belong to a story rather than an advertisement.

I’m also an introverted photographer, which is admittedly a ridiculous career choice. I would genuinely love to photograph you. There is also a fair chance I’d be too shy to walk over and tell you that. Such a creature exists. You’re looking at him. 😉

I started with Canon, going all the way back to old AE-1 film cameras and eventually the 5D Mark II. I switched to Fujifilm in 2014 and now work with both the X Series and GFX systems, using natural light, flash, and studio lighting depending on what the photograph needs.

Gear is fun.

The photograph is what matters.