Portrait & Landscape Photography

A potrait from a recent photo shoot in North Hollywood and sunset on Santa Monica Beach

About My Photography

Photography has been a hobby of mine for a while. But recently I've become increasingly taken in. Why? Because people have begun actually praising and paying me for my work, and I guess that's when my ego started telling me to update my website to have it focused on my photography.

I've shot a few promotional events, some portrait photography, had my work used on a couple of different record albums, on websites, blogs, newspapers, and even published in a couple of books. So I guess I'm all over the place, without much definition yet.

Over the last couple of years photography has garnered more emotional importance in my life. There are some people with whom I don't get enough time, so I take a lot of photos and look at them when I can't be with them—preserving the memories.

My philosophy is that once an image is captured it begins a life of its own. The photographer can process the image and create a whole spectrum of art, ranging from ordinary to extraordinary. As I shoot more I see that photography is opportunistic and timing plays a major role. Even a person's facial expression can change hundreds of time a minute. Photography provides voyeurism into ephemeral moments. It can then be studied and appreciated well after the moment has passed. And like all art it can be interpreted by people in different ways.

I recently talked with a "real" professional photographer who told me she doesn't get much time to play around and be artistic. I'm satisfied just keeping this as a hobby, and I'm not good enough to go full time. So I'll keep my day job!