- How did you first get started?
I was in bands growing up, so I was always
taking pictures of bands,
usually with a disposable camera…
eventually a local promoter (Scott Lee) saw
I was at almost every show, and asked
me to start taking photos at them. I got a
better camera, and started shooting for the
local shows here, which were, Hatebreed, Lamb Of God, Chimaira , All That Remains, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, etc. Then I started shooting for a bigger company he is a part of, which included The Worcester Palladium and eventually The Webster Theatre in Hartford. I went to Berklee School of music for music production and engineering but ended up hating it. So I would skip homework and shoot shows instead. Eventually after 3 semesters, I wanted to quit Berklee, so I talked to Scott who is a mentor and hero to me. He basically said “well, you don’t like Berklee, what
do you like to do?” – I answered “take pictures”.
So he gave me this look like I was the last one to
understand that I should actually go down that path.
So I essentially put down my guitar for a camera. I
toured a bit, and then went to Hallmark, and within
10 months I graduated and was out shooting.
- Who is your favourite person to photograph?
My favourite people to photograph and work with are
the ones I work with most often, when I first started it
was My Chem, Eighteen Visions/Mick, Walls of Jericho,
Bleeding Through, Throwdown… then it became
Iwrestledabearonce, All That Remains,
lately I would say William Control,
Jeffree, Ash, Motionless (Ghost,
Chris and Ang too), Telle, Cristina,
Alissa. I like working with people who
are very image heavy and can pull off
different looks.I also really like to work
with icons, like Alice Cooper, Robert Englund,
Megadeth, Testament… all those
I’ve looked up to since I was little.