My Approach

I've always taken a journalistic approach to photography. I started working professionally within the context of restaurants and bars and my method was to simply jump into the middle of it all and shoot. I spent a decade of my life actually waiting tables and tending bars, so it felt pretty natural to be in and around the pace of a busy restaurant (if you still say "behind you" at the grocery store you'll understand what I mean). It was easy for me to anticipate how an active restaurant kitchen or a crowded bar lives and breathes—and I think that comes through in the work. I do a lot more studio work now, but I still try to bring that natural feel to everything I do. In the end, I find that a great photograph is not capturing a perfect image, but capturing a perfect moment.

Published

My photos have been published in Bon Appétit, GQ, Gray, Travel+Leisure, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Northwest Palate, CNN, Restaurant Hospitality, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Met, Sunset, Vancouver Magazine, Plate, The Wall Street Journal, others…

I’m Social

You can see even more photos and adventure over on Flickr and Instagram.