Growing up in Louisville, KY I always thought I would be a musician. I never dreamed I would ever be in a position to make movies for a living.  I've always adored moving images and obsessed over them for as long as I can remember, at home and at the cinema.
I found the art of motion photography later than the usual story. I spent many years living different lives as a musician, selling cigars and books, tending bars, working in warehouses, as a projectionist, and traveling extensively across the United States. I experienced life and humanity, pain and joy, art and the beauty of the natural world. All of those years included my love for photography, but it wasn’t till I was almost 30 years old that I found a job title that would encompass all of those things; cinematography.
Since then I have worked my way up through departments as a company grip, electrician, editor and colorist. I wanted to apprentice my way through the industry so I could experience as many positions as possible before finally landing in the camera department in Portland, OR. There I became part of the ICG as 1st camera assistant which lead me on a journey of keying amazing films, commercials and television shows.

I have always thrived more as an artist collaborating with other artist than being alone. It’s in that collaboration I find a way out of my shyness and into a world where the human experience can be explained. Part of the joy of telling visual stories is imprinting lasting images (a record of our thoughts and feelings) made by a diverse collective which can be deciphered in the future by individuals in a way that is wholly theirs. 
The more cumulative and inclusive the experience of creating images is, the wider it’s reach can be, and the more inventive it can become. This is where film succeeds over all other art forms- because it takes all the other art forms to create it.
I’ve spent my life making images for no other reason than because it brought me immense joy. It is this joy that drives my work as a cinematographer today. To see a great photograph, or a movie is to travel. “To travel is to die and be reborn again in every instance.” - Victor Hugo.