My mother studied photography and my father studied film. I was raised on slide shows and films set to music in our darkened living room. Through these viewings I received my first education on composition, light and subject matter.

Studying fine arts in college I earned my BFA in painting. During these studies photography was an enormous source of inspiration for my work.

With the birth of my first daughter, my love of photography intensified, I felt a powerful need to capture the fleeting moments happening before my eyes. This led me to unstaged, candid portraiture, which I feel captures the essences of personality.