Where did you grow up? Manhattan Beach, CA.

Did you go to school for photography? No. Pretty much self taught.

First camera: Graduation gift. A Nikon FM2. Film days.

Current gear: All Canon

College? Local JC to Otis Parsons Art School and then evening classes at UCLA. Focus on design.

Previous career(s)? Grocery store, busboy, bartender, model and art director/photographer.

Favorite food? Two. Italian and Mexican.

Favorite dessert? Chocolate anything.

Sports? Surfing and pretty much anything ocean & nature related.

Travel? Never enough.

Favorite foreign place you’ve traveled to? Probably Tokyo. If you ever have a chance, go.

Favorite car you’ve owned: 1966 Volvo 122S. Look it up. It was a piece of crap though.

Favorite photographer: Too many to name.

Pick one: Currently Miller Mobley. All time though… Peter Lindbergh, Anton Corbijn & Brian Bowen Smith. I guess that’s four.

Family? Wife Angela, son Nic and 1 dog named Pizza. Because everybody likes pizza...