About myself:

I'm fulltime licensed insured photographer in Beaufort county, Beaufort city, Bluffton and Hilton Head SC, also a Part 107 commercial drone licensed pilot .

My story: Worked 26+ years as electrician for most of my life, but in 2017 my life changed, I suffered a stroke at age 37. Since that day, I knew to the soul we're not promised tomorrow and life is very precious. I decided to start enjoying life, slow down, not grind so hard at life that I forget about myself and those that really matter in life. I bought a drone soon after, I always have loved nature and seeing the world... but that led me to photography and also becoming a commercial drone pilot. I saw the life and beauty in images, how a image and experience can speak energy into yourself, creating lasting memories and photos that tell a story. Spent years from that moment deep diving into photography, learning and found my passion. In 2020, I started my business as part-time, in 2025 I took it fulltime :)

I want help create, capture moments and memories for others! Everything in my life brought me to this moment, a moment where I can do what I absolutely love (helping, creating and inspiring others) as a business, everything I am I put into my work, clients and my relationships. Its all about helping, creating moments/memories, having little fun and captuing it with those that you love! I can blend into every enviroment, I specialize with working with people, but I bounce all over with photography and videography. I lead my life and business by my heart, Im motivated by creating and or a challenge, the desire is always to produce the best but also just make the most of every moment.

I want my clients to have the best in my work! Quality is who I am and its not in me to cut corners! You get my best all the way though the process. Years leading up to going fulltime I upgraded everything to professional mirrorless cameras and professional equipement to acheive the best quality and highest standard to my clients, (professional photography gear is very expensive fyi :) )... but its not entirely the gear, its mostly the artist but a lot of knowledge, creativity and time goes behind this too. This never feel like work, creating and working with people are the biggest joys in my life.

My specialties: I specialize in working with people, weddings, families, individual, businesses, etc. I value communication, organization and desire to create the look/ feel clients want. I work with off camera soft lighting in mostly everything, this will add dimension and make your images stand out, it also gives me the ability to work in any condition. My belief is photography is an Art and is expressed through my eye. A photo is a story and its how to tell it, so many elements come into play from the setting in the camera, to lighting, added effects and post production....my desire is to make you stop and absorb all facets to a image. I also have advanced indepth skills in photo editing/retouching/manipulations.

A little about me: Married to my beautiful wife Katie of 15+ years, she is my rock and my life, she always pushes me to be the best I can be. We have 2 dogs that are children to us, we love them very dearly.

My inspiration: NATURE :) I love to be out in the world, especially away from all the noises and craziness, to just absorb the beauty and breathe the fresh air. Nature to me is my reset button, its drives to step back, to relax and lets my mind expand. I always come out refreshed and ready to go.

Favorite styles: My consistent style is how it looks naturally for clients, but can create any look you desired. I truly love Moody/expressive and really anything uniquely creative, Like to think outside the box, you will find me sometimes doing photography with light, fire, sparks, smoke, etc....I don't believe photographs need to be plain, simple and basic. Photographers are artists and its the tools that you use to create that makes you unique. Ultimately want to create photos you stop to admire and ones you're drawn into.

What you can expect from me: Im more than just a guy with a camera. Professionalism, fashionably I always show up early, fun, caring and just all around a great time. I lead my business with my heart and I try to do everything the right way, Communication and fast responsiveness I hold high. I will always go above and beyond, I'm very dedicated to my clients. You don't just get a photographer, you get a friend and a person that will help you out along the way. I also work with more than just a camera in every shoot, with advanced knowledge in off camera lighting I literally bring part of a studio with me to your location, this give you well balanced photos, adds dimension and doesn't give you the bright washed out look.

My Editing: I use color corrected 4k 10 bit monitors to assure I acheive the best stardard. I always go over the top, I look deep into a photo and remove anything distracting and can repair anything. I do high end retouching on the skin, no need for a makeup artist if you choose, I'll take care of you on the retouched photos. I ultimately want you to look your best! I truly believe photos are individual artistic expressions, that why I will literally go through every photo I took, sort and I personally retouch them, I believe a good base is creating the environment for the photo and when outdoors like to keep the true look, not blown out or muted, remembering just as you experienced it. In the current market, you will find photographers that don't edit their own work anymore or even edit at all while this saves a lot of time and money! Me personally I care about quality and I have to know they are processed to perfection by my own eyes. What you hang on your walls or share with others is a direct reflection of me, I want that to be the best.

You also will receive your photos back lightning fast (but I don't skimp, I spend a lot of time on them, ask my wife lol sometimes I won't even go to sleep :) ), I schedule my edits for your shoot right after, for typical family shoot its 1-2 days after, for weddings usually 1-3 week after.... but you can always stop into to your gallery to see progress, because as I finish a edit, I upload it into your gallery.

Reasons to choose me as your photographer: Im Unique, dedicated, trustworthy, personable, friendly, work well with others and reliable, Im older than I look, but still have the energy of my 20's ;) I understand life and people, also you won't find anyone locally that is like me in photos, business or editing style. I'm always a quick message away, I try to respond fast, just ask any of my past clients. I just overly care about people, I want people to have the best from me and their photos!

Cameras: primary Nikon Z8, secondary Nikon Z6ii

Drones: Dji mini 4 pro, dji mavic

Off camera lighting: Godox, All my shoots I use 1 or a combination of ad400pro and ad600pros

Favorite lenses: primes :50mm 1.2, 20,85mm 1.8, 24-70mm 2.8, 150-600mm