I was supposed to be an engineer.

I was supposed to take over the family business selling machine tools in a now rusty small town in Michigan. Fortunately, I was saved by a camera, given to me in my teens by my father. I immediately fell in love. I stopped cleaning those machine tools and began photographing them for summer work. In time, my father, with a hand-written letter, ‘released’ me from what had been his unfortunate trajectory of not following his own artistic instincts, and I raced off to California to study photography at Art Center.

The love affair has continued for my entire career as a photographer and director, which has been shaped by my values of optimism, compassion and collaboration. I strive to create authentic, aspirational visual stories, to strike an emotional chord and influence change with every image, every video, and every campaign I produce.

I live in Woodstock NY, in the Catskill Mountains near New York City and above my desk hangs that letter from Dad — a daily reminder to follow my heart.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Emotionally-driven lifestyle and portrait campaigns and image libraries, produced by a crew that is experienced, professional — and likes to have fun!

VIDEO DIRECTION

Collaboration with your team as a director, or coordination with production companies for complete creative solutions worldwide.

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Carefully crafted narratives and visual aesthetic for print, motion & broadcast campaigns.