Though I served in the Navy as a photographer, I am largely "self taught", my formal training being in acting. I started photographing my friend's bands while living in Minneapolis trying to get my own band off the ground. Among these was "Babes in Toyland", whom I photographed for their first 7" on Treehouse Records for the exorbitant sum of $40. Growing tired of bartending to support my art habit, I turned to photography as a profession and moved home to Chicago where I soon found myself shooting for a variety of magazines and record labels. Though I still shoot extensively in Chicago and New York, my family and I now make our home in the sunnier climes of Los Angeles. This move has inadvertently facilitated a return to acting as well.