01.

Method

I dare to be different and embrace the unconventional. Growing up, my mom always said I march to my own drum beat and I’ve always been drawn to things out of the ordinary. My approach to creating "fine art wedding photography" is to strip away the traditions of typical wedding photography in order to slow down and capture the essence of who you are. Life is an illusion so let's make beautiful art together.

I’ve always felt a distinct connection and passionate draw towards black and white photography. It narrows the focus and draws out the essence of the subject. In this way, you can sense emotional connection through contrast without the distraction of color. Just be your weird - odd - spooky - unusual - goofy - stylish - funny - sensitive - emotional - self and I'll capture it.

FYI: I'll probably bring a million different film cameras and that's ok.

02.

Background

In high school art class, one of my assignments was photography so I borrowed my sister’s SLR and I took a whole roll of underexposed images of an orange. From that point on I was hooked. A friend of mine went off to college and came back with black and white darkroom prints and I remember being mesmerized by the way they looked. Off I went to college and found myself spending entire days (and sometimes nights) in a darkroom developing my own negatives and prints. I can still smell the chemicals. The first few weddings I ever photographed were captured on black and white film which I developed and printed in a darkroom. Over the years, I’ve leaned into digital photography but I never gave up on good old black and white film. It’s my passion and I feel excitement when I see an image created in black and white. A few of my influences are David Bailey, Henry Cartier-Bresson, SHOTS magazine, and countless 90’s punk band photos.