Starting my career in Bowling Green, Ohio, as a photographer and photo editor at the BG News is where I found passion to be a photojournalist. Capturing people and things in their real-life environment is what drew me to this field of photography. While gaining experience at the BG News and Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune, I earned my Bachelor of Science in Technology with a focus in Visual Communication at Bowling Green State University.

In my ten years of professional experience, I have served as the sole photographer for the News Messenger - a Gannett-owned newspaper in Fremont, Ohio and as a photographer for Suburban News Publications in Columbus, Ohio. I am currently the managing photographer for the Issue Media Group website, HiVelocityMedia.com. My work has been published by The New York Times, The Detroit Free Press, The Columbus Dispatch, and The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and has received numerous awards from the Associated Press. Photography has been my lifelong passion, and as the grandson of a professional photographer, I have generations of experience to draw from.