What it’s all about?

For many years I thought my dream was to work in film. I began my professional career in Burbank, Ca at Warner Brothers Studios in 1992 as a Production Assistant. I had already passed on my acceptance to a Masters program at CalArts, but still wasn’t sure where the future would guide me.

After studying acting for a few years at The Beverly Hills Playhouse and having landed a number of roles in stage musical productions, I eventually discovered that I wanted to create on my terms.

So I took a role as a Motion Graphics Designer and joined my friend and mentor Dale Herigstad and his team at h.Design in Hollywood.

I found myself designing interfaces and motion graphics for PBS, MTV, Sony, AT&T and FOX Primetime in what was (to that time in my life) my dream job. I loved it, but the economy took a toll on h. Design and that began my long career in marketing - this time self-employed.

The point here isn’t to relish in my highlight reel. It’s this… 

It’s something I think we all heard in a graduation speech by someone in robes and saches. It was this… “You can’t possibly imagine what you’ll be doing 10 years down the road”. And you know something? It’s all true!

And while I now admittedly know less than I thought I knew after college, I have managed to learn one thing - life isn’t about the destination, it’s about the journey. It’s a truism that has become cliche, but its practice requires all the discipline of yoga - which I now practice.

I fought that idea for a number of years, but I’ve learned to embrace it.

The path is ever changing. It takes us to new places, brings with it new experiences, and we’re left with the stories that accompany that journey.

Over time, I found that most of those stories were wrapped up in the images I’d captured along the way. A single frame takes on life because it leaves a space in its wake – a space for us to imagine the time and place, the journey there and back again, and the moments before and after. 

My work here is about those stories. The often untold stories behind a single image.