Well. Hi there! If you're looking here, then I guess you'd like to know a little more about me? Um... How do I sum myself up succinctly and then concurrently tell you what you would like to know?
Well, it all began on a snowy night in Denver, CO when I was born...
Wait! What's that, you say? That's a little TOO far back? Okay... let me try again. ;-)
I've always been active in artistic endeavors... dance classes for over 20 years (ballet, tap, jazz, modern, musical theatre), theatre, art classes of all kinds, makeup artistry classes...After ditching Theatre as a major at UCLA (I was afraid of waiting tables all my life!), I ended up with my BA in Communications Advertising, emphasis in Creative Graphics from Cal State Fullerton (go Titans!). I've been a professional graphic artist since 1996 and now I add professional photographer to the dossier. I always had a camera in hand since I was a child, and my first film SLR came from my mom at age 13. It's a Pentax. I used it for college photography classes, and I still have it and I will NEVER give it up.
What drives me to make a beautiful image? I am a social butterfly through and through. I absolutely love getting to know people (whether a new acquaintance or a familiar friend), and I love learning what drives them, I love the human condition, the complex emotions that weave together to create minute fluctuations in expression... and I love capturing portraiture in fun and fabulous settings that bring out the best in people and make them feel amazing! Simply put, I shoot completely and totally from the heart.
Oh... and during a photo session, I love trying to make people laugh. I once took a stand-up comedy class. No joke! So if my humor falls flat, I will resort to pratfalls and physical humor. I'm not kidding! So when I say that I hope you laugh when we meet, I hope that you're laughing AT me, not just WITH me.
photo courtesy of the talented and lovely Alice Hu (thanks, Alice!!).
