I was born in Oklahoma City. Thats probably a good place to start. I remember when I was three or four going on a trip with my parents to California and taking a picture of my aunt Mimi underneath an avacado tree. It was an old poloroid camera. The picture spit out of the front, and minutes later, I had my first photo. I still have that photo somewhere.

I always liked working with cameras. In highschool, I transfered to another school out of my district, just because they had a darkroom. I gave myself self-assigned after school detention so that I could stay late and work there. I worked as a stringer for the local newspaper. Nothing special -- shooting dogshows, graduations, etc.. I knew that I had found something that really fulfilled me. The magic of the darkroom and the chance of capturing the moment became an addiction that I would never lose.

My freshmen year of college at the University of Oklahoma, I read the Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemmingway and became fascinated with Spain. I became determined to go live there. At the age of 19, with very little knowledge of the language, I left home to go study at the University of Santiago de Compostela. I found the experience of moving somewhere different, getting to know the people and the customs exhilirating. I photographed every strange and new thing I saw with intensity, knowing that I would never be able to explain my experiences in words to anyone. It was then that I became interested in the media of photography for storytelling more than just art.

Upon returning to the U.S. one year later, I decided that I wanted to put all my efforts into learning photography. I attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. I learned to surf, I ate tacos everyday, I was always in my car, and I never had any money but I learned from some of the best.

Shortly after graduating, the worst thing that could possibly happen happened to one of my favorite cities in the world. New Orleans was devistated by Hurricane Katrina. I had family there and the city was dear to my heart. I made my first return to the Big Easy in December after the storm. It was different as anyone there will tell you, but I felt that my responisbility as a photojournalist was to be there and to document the experiences of anyone who wanted to share.

The people and the music of New Orleans is what has captured me here. The experience of living in New Orleans is like a romance. The city feels like it is alive. It is a friend in many ways. Music is still growing and the musicians are still playing. They have become some of my good friends and the subject of New Orleans music has become the most dramatic, intense, and fun subject that I have ever photographed.

Thanks for visiting my web page and I hope that you will visit New Orleans. If you cannot, please visit my New Orleans music gallery and support the musicians.

From my first concert at the Maple Leaf to seeing Fred Wesley jam with Troy Andrews and Big Sam at Tipitinas, New Orleans Music has been the highlight of life in New Orleans. I have always been a concert goer, but the scene in New Orleans presents a colorful cast of characters like I have never seen. You are never alone if you have a concert to go to. New Orleans musicians are there FOR YOU! Whether your just popping into Dos Jefes to see Joe Krown on the piano or rolling down to D.B.A. to see Wolfman Washington at his weekly show, you've always have the ritual of music to keep you company.

New Orleans musicians have become some of my good friends and it has been my distinct pleasure to be at their shows with my camera in hand to caputre all the drama that is a New Orleans jam.

I believe that New Orleans is coming back and I also believe that New Orleans Music and New Orleans musicians are a strong force for recovery. My mission is to go to every big show, every little gig, and every Mardi Gras Indian practice that I can make it to and document it with as much passion as the musicians who make it happen.

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Photographing a wedding is like shooting no other event. Weddings come in many shapes and sizes but one thing is the same throughout -- you will be too busy to remember a thing.

That is why it is so important to hire an experienced wedding photographer to caputre every moment at your wedding. From the bride getting ready, to the bored groomsmen joking outside the church, I see a photo waiting to happen.

My years of experience as a photographer, and the range of subjects that I have covered give me the ability to see your wedding as a unique event, filled with intimacy, laughter, romance, and the faces of all of your friends and family.

I will work hard at your wedding and engagement shoot to make sure you look your best and that you will not even have to think about organizing your family for a group picture. I will also be discrete and non invasive during your ceremony. Its your day -- its all about you!

Please look through my wedding gallery and be sure to look at the Coffee table book examples, because there is no better way share your photos once all the hard work is done.

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