Your Photographer
I really am a pretty simple guy.
I do not like coffee, my beard is pretty lame and I have never owned an iPhone … which I guess that means I somehow have missed every box I needed to checkmark to be a photographer.
However I am a person who was lucky enough to find an extraordinary life
Christopher
I am just an ordinary guy who through the years was finally able to find photography and somehow ended up being able to live this EXTRAORDINARY life. Make no mistake though, my life has some stories too it!
Sometimes it is easy to look at others ( *cough* their Instagram *cough* ) and think they have something special or that their lives are polished and perfect. Let’s just set this expectation really quick. My life, and my Instagram, will never never be polished and perfect.
That is how life is meant to lived though, it is meant to be experienced, you are supposed to have some scars, it will always have peaks and valleys and the path to find what or whom makes your heart leap from your chest will never, never be straight line.
The best moments and relationships in my life were almost exclusively found when i wandered off that straight line, when I took the path less traveled and maybe even served someone who could never repay me. Those places are where I found who I truly was.
My Family
I am married to the 2nd best photographer I know, Elizabeth and we have two boys that keep us on our toes. In early 2024 we moved our family from Illinois to Tennessee and have been exploring our new home everyday!
I get around
You are more likely to find me in a United Club with an Old Fashioned than you are a Starbucks and Latte.
Current Stats
13 Countries
38 States
I once went to Chile and ran into some slight travel issues and by slight, it took me 60 hours to get there. I missed flights because of broken planes and crew delays. I spent the night on a cot with a weird stain on it. I spent the afternoon at a bus stop in a foreign country. All the while, making sure my camera bag did not disappear on me. I look back at it now and I so thankful I had that experience and would not trade it for anything 🙂
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I give back
Every year I find myself in the great position of donating my time and photographs to my community. From going to back to my high school for the past 3 years to photographing some of my community’s largest gala’s, I have built some amazing friendships and witnessed how people can truly positively impact their community.
It is my honor and privileged to share what I have been blessed with. If you ever have the chance to take part in giving back to your community, please do! If you are in my community and looking to help, please let me know!