I’ve always loved taking photographs. Not for the gear or the technical stuff, but for the people: the real emotions, the in-between moments, the small details that make one family’s story different from every other family’s story.

I grew up racing as a competitive speed skater, and I still lace up and race with the masters crowd today, just for the love of it now rather than the podium. If you’ve ever competed at that level, you know how fast a moment can disappear. A race is over in seconds. That feeling has stuck with me, and it’s a huge part of why I do this now. I never want anyone else to have that same “I wish someone had caught it” regret.

I studied Graphic Design, Multimedia, and Marketing in college, which sounds unrelated until you realize it’s basically a crash course in how to tell a story visually: composition, branding, color, emotion. It’s the technical backbone behind the creative side, and it’s why I can move comfortably between events, sports, headshots, branding sessions, family portraits, and video, in studio or out in the world.

But honestly, the biggest reason I take this seriously is that I’m a dad. I’ve got two daughters, one an athlete and the other an athlete and a serious ballet dancer, so I’ve been on the other side of the camera plenty of times. I know exactly how much trust you’re placing in the person you hire, because I’ve felt that same trust with the people who’ve photographed my own girls. That’s the energy I bring to every session: patient, present, and treating your family like it’s mine.

At the end of the day, I’m not just trying to capture what a moment looked like. I want to capture how it felt. Those photos become part of your story, and getting to help tell it is genuinely an honor.