Random What-Have-You’s

-First and foremost, I am a Christian and a firm believer. My morals and business ethics would be absolutely out the door without my faith.

-Music is amazing. I love playing bass, drums, and guitar to have another creative outlet…because we really can’t have enough of those.

-I have loads of favored magazines, but of course National Geo will be closest to my heart from my childhood…I have a subscription to Time and Smithsonian just so I can say this whenever I move: “Ah that’s right, I gotta cancel my subscription to Time and Smithsonian.”  Great table covers.

-Martial Arts is something I hope to always have as a part of my life as well.  It is great to keep in shape and have fun at the same time.  And I’m a guy…so..there’s that.

-I am in love with the Chicago Suburbs.  And Chicago itself.  People are awesome, businesses are so awesome {especially when they have that family owned feel}, and the weather is as bonkers as I am.

-Chick flicks.  Enough said.

-Orange stands out to me more than it probably should. Love it. And I will love you for loving it.

-I’m a terrible bowler {but I love doing it often}, and I own shoes with velcro.  Mini golf isn’t fun unless you have the “you must ricochet your shot against three walls before it goes in” rule applied.

-I love a good/fun tie. What a blast. May or may not have too many…

-And for the record, I love having another B on my name.

Coming from a {turbo} loving and caring family, I was the quiet kid all through high school where I just didn’t really talk much.  Then, for whatever reason, I went to college and haven’t stopped talking since.  No sign of slowing down either {sorry}.  I took some basic photography classes {I actually did horrible} at Judson University, but mostly focused on Communication Arts {and I still buy more and more books in Communication theories}.  Then nearing the end of my college career I got my first SLR camera {Canon XTi} and just really went nuts.  Seriously, nuts.  Loved it.  It was really cool for me to be at a school with a very small photography base….so I got to shoot for the school often.

Once I graduated, I wasn’t really sure if I was going to do photography full time.  I just wanted to shoot no matter what career I ended up with.  For the meantime, I took a sweet job at the Wheaton Sport Center, and had a total blast.  After working the fitness floor and facilities, I grew my business into more than just on the weekends here and there.  I was shooting 45 weddings AND fulltime at the gym.  So I made the leap to full time photography in 2010 {and haven’t looked back}.