I got my first camera — my dad's old Nikon film SLR — in 7th grade, and I never really put it down. That thread ran through a photography degree and years teaching both analog and digital photography as a college professor, and working as a fine artist with an international exhibition record.  Which means I bring close to two decades of knowing how light, film, and attention actually work.

I came back to weddings recently, mainly because I love client work, I love the specific kind of trust it takes for someone to hand you their day, and I am, genuinely and without exaggeration, energized by it. Documenting someone's love, their people, their one unrepeatable afternoon — it's the work I look forward to.

Also . . . I like to be good at what I do.  : )

As an artist

I find weddings full of opportunities to make interesting photographs