I was always into art growing up, but no particular medium captured my attention. I worked with fimo clay doing relief sculpture in my teens, but tired of it fairly quickly. I got my first SLR (Nikon FM2) in 1998, and haven't looked back.

I've taken photography classes at the College of DuPage, Goucher College, and the Maryland Institute College of Art. I graduated with a degree in art and psychology in 2003 from Goucher.

My current photography idols include George Hurrell, Diane Arbus, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Richard Avedon.