Behind the Studio
I’ve always been a storyteller. Photography simply gave me a lens.
The expression that happens between the posed photographs. The way a room feels before anyone walks into it. The little details that tell you about a person, a place or a business more than the obvious ones ever could.
Long before I coined myself a Brand Storyteller, I was learning how to capture what I saw.
I studied Graphic Design and Mass Communication in college, where a Nikon camera first became part of the way I explored the world. Photography quickly became more than another creative tool and I was naturally drawn to photojournalism: moments as they were happening, relationships, environments and the stories hiding inside ordinary details.
By 2009, I invested in Canon equipment and was working professionally as a photographer. And over the years, I photographed a little bit of everything.
Adventures. Weddings. Engagements. Restaurants & Catering. Events.
Real Estate. Portraits. Families. Pets. Wildlife. Landscapes.
Each one taught me to look differently.
Equipment
The tools changed.
So did I.
Today, I primarily shoot with an iPhone 16 Pro Max. Not because it’s simple, but because it’s powerful. It allows me to move lightly, stay present, and respond instinctively. To notice the small shifts in relationships and environment. To capture memorable, fleeting moments before they disappear.
Photography, to me, isn’t about the weight of the gear. It’s about respect for my subject. It’s about awareness, timing, and trust.
The ability to move seamlessly between modes and edit on the go. Working intuitively and efficiently, without sacrificing quality.
The Through Line
Turning what I see into a story.
Somewhere along the way, I realized taking pictures had been teaching me something much bigger than how to make a photograph.
Photography taught me to turn what I notice into something I could share.
Before I take the picture, something has already made me stop. A shift in light. A relationship between two people. Movement. Color. A detail that might disappear in another second.
The photograph comes after seeing it.
That same instinct follows me into the rest of my work now. When I look at a website, a brand or a collection of images, I’m looking for what belongs together. What feels true. What’s distracting from it. What someone else might pass right by.
Every story has an essence.
My work is to recognize it.
Monarch Mountain Photo Competition
Winner 2018
“‘Bout to Crush Some Orcs in Mirkwood”
*Framed print hanging in Monarch Lodge.
Behind the Work
My career makes more sense when you look beyond the job titles.
The best part of what I do is getting close enough to a business, a person or a place to understand what makes it special.
That might mean building a website from my studio in Salida, photographing food coming out of an oven, editing footage from Morocco, or heading into the mountains with a snowboard and my iPhone.
Whatever I’m working on, I’m still doing what I’ve always done: following the story, noticing what matters, and finding a way to share it.
And I’m still curious about the next adventure!
Thank you for looking through my lens,
