BEHIND THE LENS

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In 2008, while on rest-and-recuperation leave from a 15-month tour in Iraq, I took two weeks and went to the big island of Hawaii. I had a point-and-shoot camera with me and got some pretty decent snapshots for memories of the trip, but it wasn't capturing what I wanted it to. Shortly thereafter I invested in my first DSLR, a Canon Rebel XSi (really showing my age here), and took more than 20,000 shots over the next few years, learning the art of things like shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. 

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After squeezing every bit of performance out of that camera, I purchased my first full-frame DSLR in 2011, a Canon 5D Mark II. Fast forward to today, and I've found an opportunity to give people a glimpse of how I see the world. This page is a realization of an idea I had years ago, to share the world through my eyes. 

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I have been honored to be a working professional photographer and designer for over two years. I am a licensed Part-107 Small UAS pilot and an Army veteran. 

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My skills include Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, After Effects, and Luminar. Canon is my platform of choice, with my primary body being the R5. I mainly fly a DJI Phantom 4 Pro V.2 for aerial footage.