There is no place where I feel more alive, more connected to what is important, than in nature. Whether a misty forest, a rugged coastline, or an arid desert, the wild places of the world feel like home to me. While my love for the outdoors precedes my passion for photography, I now could not imagine having one without the other. Add my Land Cruiser and the open road to the equation, and the result for me is the feeling of absolute freedom, where the possibilities are limited only by my imagination and willpower.

The roots of my passion for photography took hold while I was in college, and the memories of messing around with my first point-and-shoot camera are as strong as if those moments happened but last week. Back then, I knew next to nothing about photography, but the thrill of exploring lonely lands and trying to capture the beauty of the landscape and the emotions that it stirred up in me made me feel alive like never before. Since those early days of escaping campus at Syracuse University to explore the nearby Morgan Hill State Forest, photography has taken me on a journey that my 20-year-old self could have only dreamed of. From multiple cross country road trips – including a year-long solo odyssey through the American West and British Columbia after finishing my PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins - to countless trips and treasured moments with my dad, to chasing rainbows and fall foliage with my wife and dog, exploring and photographing nature has been the driving force of my life.

Each time I press the shutter and capture a singular moment in nature, my soul awakens, and I unequivocally realize that there is nothing else that I’d rather be doing. I hope that as you view my photography, you'll feel the same sense of awe and wonder that the natural world instills in me, and that you'll be inspired to set forth into the great outdoors in search of ephemeral moments that will awaken your own soul and stay with you forever.