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For The Curious
Odessa & Midland, Texas have always been home for me. Home base, if you will. But I’ll go wherever the subject takes me. Anywhere in the great state of Texas, eastern New Mexico, wherever. If there’s a shot to be had, I want to be a part of it. Regardless of the reason for travel, I always have my gear with me: camera body and a couple of lenses at minimum. I can turn a 4-hour drive into a 6-hour trip.
I freeze the moments that actually matter. The first kiss as newlyweds. The last moments before a graduate walks the stage. The clean lines of a priceless Ferrari. An oil & gas location where safety, production and expertise set you apart from others.
Nineteen magazine covers. Twenty-seven magazine features and articles. Just as many aftermarket shoots for the biggest names in the automotive industry. I’ve built a reputation of being a perfectionist. Yes, I will pluck stems of grass from around your shoes if I have to. Every session gets shot like it’s headed to press. If it matters to you, it matters to me. That’s not a tagline. That’s how I work.
My Life
I was born and raised right here in Odessa. Natives are becoming few and far between these days. I’ve watched this area change with the oil & gas industry my whole life. Booms, busts, new faces, new cultures moving through. This place has taught me a lot about resilience, and honestly, it shows up in how I approach my work.
In 2014, I walked away from photography entirely. Life happens and sometimes you lose the thread on the things that used to light you up. It wasn’t until 2025 that the woman who’s now my fiancée pushed me to pick the camera back up and pick up where I left off. So in a very real way, this part of me exists because someone believed in me before I believed in myself again.
We’re a blended family in every sense of the word. I have a 21-year-old daughter who’s recently married and an 18 year old son. She has two younger boys who live with us full time. Seven of us under one roof. Most nights you’ll find us together over dinner, half-watching some travel YouTube videos, just being a family.
When I’m not behind the lens, I’m usually elbow-deep in a project. I’m wrenching on one of my vehicles, my son’s Mustang GT or son-in-law’s Raptor. One of my places of zen is piecing together a Lego Technic set. Its great to watch something come together from a bag of parts to a piece of art. I like to wind down by going down a YouTube rabbit hole of car content, travel videos or music. Cars and trucks have always been more than a subject I shoot; they’re part of how I unwind and how I connect with the people I love. Car people are the best people. We break parts not hearts. (insert ba dum tiss here)
Photography is a release. It’s the place where I get to tinker, experiment, and keep growing by trying new techniques, new editing styles, chasing that feeling of getting a little better at the craft every time I pick up the camera. It’s the antidote to the daily grind.
If there’s one thing that guides how I show up…for a senior standing in front of a lens for the first time, a couple on their wedding day, or a car owner who’s poured years into a build… it’s this: however daunting life feels, you just take it one bite at a time. That’s how you eat an elephant. That’s how you get through anything worth doing.
That’s a little bit about me. I’m not just someone with a camera. I’m someone who walked away, came back and learned that showing up… one bite, one frame, one day at a time…is really what life is about.
