I started photograpy at fifteen years old in an L.A. suburb known as Temple City. A skateboarding accident left me in a full leg cast, but still wanting to be a part of the daily activities. So I grabbed my older brother's camera and started photographing my friends skateboarding. I was fascinated by the images I saw once the film was developed. My leg healed, but my fascination with capturing moments in time never went away. This eventually led to me working at a local portrait studio and going onto college to study photography. I first studied at The Art Center in Pasadena then moved to San Francisco. After four years of intense study, I received a BFA in photography from the Academy of Art. My first big photo job after college was photographing ketchup bottles and cola cans for a grocery store's mailer coupons. Not the most exciting subject matter, but I was working with cutting edge digital photography (pre-dating the digital capture technology we take for granted today) everyday of the week. The experience alone was an invaluable learning lesson, preparing me for the future of photography as well as learning what clients (who are also real people) want and need from a photograph. After a couple years shooting bottles and cans, I rediscovered what is was that truly fascinated me about photography; capturing people in time and documenting the emotional connections that these scenes invoke. Revitalized and refocused on these emotional moments caught in time, I continue to look for the moments of our lives that defines our personal pasts and inspire our futures.
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