The Team

Before I ever picked up a camera professionally, I was sitting in corporate Americaa like most of the executives and professionals I photograph today. I understood the deadlines, the pressure to look put-together for a role you’re not always sure you feel ready for, and the reality that a good photo of yourself is usually the last thing on your to-do list.

What changed things for me was my family. I wanted a career that let me actually be present, home for dinner on weeknights, around on weekends, not tied to someone else’s calendar. Photography had always been something I did on the side, including headshots and portraits for friends and colleagues, and at a certain point the choice became obvious: build a business around the thing I already loved doing, on my own schedule.

But I didn’t want to be a generalist. The photography world is full of people who shoot weddings on Saturday, real estate on Monday, and headshots whenever someone asks. I made the opposite bet: pick one thing and become genuinely excellent at it. For me, that was headshots. Full stop.

To do that right, I trained under Peter Hurley, the photographer most people in this industry consider the gold standard for headshot work and the founder of the Headshot Crew, the largest network of professional headshot photographers in the world. That training reshaped how I think about a session, not just lighting and angles, but how to actually coach someone into an expression that looks like them, not a stiff corporate photo.

Today, I’ve photographed 2,500+ professionals across Scottsdale and the greater Phoenix area: executives, entrepreneurs, healthcare providers, attorneys, and teams at companies like American Express, Republic Services, Rula, and Frontdoor. Every session still comes back to the same goal I had when I started: get someone in front of my camera, and get them out an hour later with an image that actually looks like their most confident self.