I started with my grandfather’s 35mm camera and a darkroom in high school. Processing film, printing in the darkroom — it became a practice I never stopped. That foundation led to a BFA in Photography from CCA, and eventually to this.

My approach is rooted in something I’d call directed candor. I am not a photojournalist. I will move you, arrange the light, reshape the room — because I want the images to be honest and beautiful. Those two things are not in conflict if you know what you’re doing.

I draw from music, film, and fine art. I work in natural light and a strong flash. I’m after the image that stops time — the one that ends up on your wall and still means something in thirty years.

My work has appeared in Vogue, MSW, Brides, The Knot, and California Wedding Day.

I take a select number of weddings each year.

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