About Me
I'm a photographer living in the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay region). I mainly photograph nature and landscapes here in California, with occasional forays into wildlife photography. I shoot both digital and film, and I'm teetering on the edge of owning too many cameras.
I remember making my first photograph at five years old. I propped up a stuffed animal on my bed, a white once-fluffy cat, and used my point-and-shoot 110 film camera to make photos of her. In my mind, the photo was a sharp closeup of the cat and it entirely filled the frame of the image, like something in a magazine. When the photos were developed from the drugstore, they were blurry and the cat was only a small portion of the image. I couldn’t understand what went wrong, and I’ve been on a mission ever since to improve my photo skills. I’m happy to report that I could now make an excellent portrait of my stuffed cat.
Artist Statement
As a lifelong Californian: I love it here, there's so much to see. My photography is a cheerful adventure into intimate landscapes, lesser-known places, and the joy of the backroads.
My personal mission is to increase the amount of happiness in the world! Through my photography, I try to find and share everyday, accessible beauty. It's delightful to surface the overlooked scenes and wonders hidden close to home, and so easy when home is a place like California.
I wake up early to photograph so you don't have to.
