About the Photographer

My relationship with photography started in high school, as a junior editor on the yearbook staff. I had strong opinions even then. I hated the predictable locker backdrop group shot and pushed our team to find something more interesting, somewhere more interesting. By senior year I had full creative direction and a growing sense of what made a photo worth taking.

In college I bought my first DSLR, a Canon Rebel T3i, and started thinking about photography differently through coursework and hours in the photo lab. Canon felt right from the start and still does.

These days, photography is still just a hobby, and I mean that honestly, not as a disclaimer. I'm not a professional, and I have deep admiration for the ones who are. What I am is someone who packs a camera when we travel, who tries to capture a moment without missing it entirely, and who finds that a good photo can pull you back into a memory in a way that just remembering it never quite does.

This gallery is a collection of what I've wanted to hold onto. Travel, everyday life, and the occasional cat. I hope something here catches your eye the way it caught mine.