My creative path has moved through the intersection of design, photography, and the built environment. I earned a BA in Media and Photography from Webster University in 1994, where I produced the university’s first solo digital photography exhibition. Immediately after graduating, I spent the latter half of the 1990s working at the Saint Louis Art Museum as a graphic designer under the mentorship of designer and artist Jon Cournoyer, while simultaneously assisting renowned architectural photographer Alise O’Brien. That period grounded me in both visual storytelling and the collaborative realities of working alongside architects, designers, and institutions.
In 2000, I began freelancing under my own studio, Hired Creative Gun. For more than a decade, my work leaned primarily toward graphic design, supporting a wide range of clients while maintaining strong relationships with builders and developers. Photography remained a constant thread throughout those years, informing how I thought about space, light, and intent — even when design was the primary emphasis.
In 2014, I reunited with Alise O’Brien as an associate photographer and formally shifted my focus back to photography. Working both under her flag and in parallel through Hired Creative Gun, this chapter deepened and refined my photographic eye — grounded in a decade of design experience and shaped through mentorship and collaboration. In 2026, I stepped fully into independent practice with Alise’s blessing, moving forward with my own practice.
My work is rooted in clarity, empathy, and collaboration — seeing design through relationships of scale, form, and light, and crafting images that tell the story of a built environment.