About

I’ve been taking photos for many years – since before high school with an early film point and shoot that my grandparents gave me .  Growing up in the mountains around Lake Tahoe, I can remember constantly thinking “that’s a great shot” when I saw skiers in action or cliffs glowing red from the sunset.  I’ve had little formal training but cameras have always been part of my life.  I just love the way a great picture makes you stop for stop what you are doing for a few moments.

I decided to pursue photography as a career when friends and family started displaying my photos in their homes.  I just thought my work was something different then the average portrait.  There were fun, relaxed, showed movement, and depicted something special about the people in them.   And I like the way they looked.

The arrival of my son pushed me towards children and family photography.  I discovered an appreciation for what kids bring to the family – the laughter, the crying fits, the smiles, the joy and the anguish. I am amazed by their curiosity and their ability to go from one mood to the next instantaneously.   And I know that parenthood isn’t always pretty and that sometimes it takes everything you have just to get the kid in the car seat so you can run just one freaking simple errand.

I try to capture all of that in my photography.  Sometimes its a smile and sometimes its a frown.  But it’s always real.

I live in San Francisco with my beautiful wife Sue and my little one – Lucius.