If someone I know
can create something
that beautiful,
why can’t I?

Photography started for me with a simple thought.

Inspired by a close friend whose photography I saw as true art, I picked up a camera and began Influential.Moments while serving on active duty in Japan. What started as curiosity quickly became a passion that followed me from Japan to California and continued to grow over the next decade.

Today I’m a published photographer specializing in creative portraits, families, weddings, and the moments in between. My goal is bigger than simply taking a good photo. I want to create images that make people feel something, tell a story, and hopefully inspire someone else to create just like I was inspired years ago.

That purpose is exactly where the name comes from: capturing moments that influence, inspire, and stay with you.