About me

Occupation	Television
Location	Sacramento, California, United States
Introduction	I’ve always wanted to capture images in a mirrored box that caught various degrees of light through its lens, but I never saw a good opportunity to purchase – what I thought to be then – an expensive camera. Shortly after my father died in 2011, I felt compelled to finally throw some money down to purchased a DSLR camera. A Canon Rebel T3 to be exact. My father, whom I nicknamed Ewok early on, and I had a great – beyond fantastic – relationship. Our connection was so immense and truly unbelievable; I fear that I will never have that again with anyone else. He was a caring, loving father and an awesome, inspiring mentor. Most of all, he was my best friend.
Interests	With Ewok’s absence, I felt a horrible void. I spent months looking for purpose. Sadly, my sense of self began to fade. I needed something to latch on to, something to keep me from spiraling out of control and something to keep me anchored in reality. When I finally I looked through my view finder for the very first time, I thought, “This is beautiful.” I haven’t been able to find the beauty in anything since my father’s death, and inspiration was something I was definitely lacking at this point in my life. I had set up two books by candlelight, stacking them on one another and when you read the titles of those two books together, they said “One Day Ireland”. Before my dad’s death I always spoke of visiting Ireland. This moment was the catalyst that sent me on a mission to record the glorious beauty that we – the living – all take for granted. I miss my father from the depths of my being. I’ve lost a piece of myself on a dreadful day in September that I don’t think I will ever get back again. Alas, I am wishing that I can find new parts of myself through my viewfinder.