about me...

 Growing up on the coast of South Carolina was an idyllic setting for a budding photographer. But getting to study documentary photography in New York City at the International Center of Photography in 1998 was when it all came together.   NYC was an arresting backdrop and an amazing place to live for 18+ years.  Highlights include running printing exhibition color prints for David LaChapelle, shooting Kenzo Digital’s wedding, andNine years ago, I returned to my hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, where I enjoy the lush natural greens and blues of our landscape.

I frequently exhibit images from my Waves portfolio at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park for Piccolo Spoleto. My water series has always been very close to my heart. In fact I’ve been shooting these pinhole medium format images for the last 20 years. I go swimming off the beaches of my childhood with my film camera and while I dodge the waves, I compose these shots, coaxing out light leaks and numbers and over exposures. The most exciting part is making it back to shore without getting my camera soaked and film ruined.

Weddings and portraits used to be the primary focus of my studio. My style of documentary photography is documentary and classical, using both black and white and color to capture the emotional range of each moment.  My approach to wedding and portrait photography emphasized working with reality, rather than attempting to manipulate the moment something contrived or artificial. I was fortunate to work with fantastic planners such as Tara Guerard of Soiree, Calder Clark, Doris Hutto King, among many others.

Photography is a wonderful medium to work with many interesting people.  Fine art clients include the NYC Sheraton Hotel in Times Square and the NYC Crown Plaza where my Cityscapes are featured.  Working with interior designer Marla Henderson (marlahenderson.com) involved several stylish apartments in the city including Alec Baldwin's beautiful home in the Hamptons.  Wedding clients were Kenzo Digital of One Vanderbilt, Henry Samelson, Zach Baylin of King Richard, and many more creative artists and entrepreneurs. My work has been published in the New York Times, The Daily News, The Boston Herald, Travelgirl and Charleston Magazine.

Every summer I offer summer photography camps for children ages 8-14 in Charleston at Porter Gaud School.  In the five day program, we will study portraits, landscapes, documentary photographs, and editing in photoshop.  Send me an email for more information.

Please feel free to reach out to me for any kind of project or assignment, be it commercial, editiorial, personal or creative.   I also enjoy volunteering with my camera for causes I believe in.  Thanks for looking!