I grew in southern Illinois and moved to California to attend USC’s School of Cinema. I thought I was going to be a filmmaker, but I ended up being an actor, writer and graphic designer. Taking pictures is in my blood. My father was a news photographer. I like to think I inherited all of his passion and some of his talent. I try to capture the beauty in things that are all around us--beauty we usually don’t see because we’re…too busy? It’s there. You just have to look for it. more