Architectural Photographer & Filmmaker Serving Miami & Los Angeles
No: This is NOT Ai. 100% shot on location in Joshua Tree, California where the park rangers observed with amusement from a distance. A coyote approached me as I was packing and stared me down before deciding I was too much of a weirdo to bother with.
A little Intel About Me…
Sometimes, we have to improvise to get the shot. Shout out to my assistant for getting this great candid capture while shooting some Travel and Hospitality photography for NCL
Why be an Architectural Photographer?
I often get this question, and I get it: architectural photography isn’t as sexy as the latest swimwear trends, nor does it feed our hunger for thrills like sports or wildlife photography. But here's the thing—humans are enigmas. We smash through limits imposed by nature. But we’re among the slowest, and squishiest creatures on Earth. Architecture is our secret superpower; it defies our mortality. Buildings stand as monuments that demonstrate just how far our potential stretches. They’ll stick around long after our bones turn to dust. Consumed by time, they’ll remain as fossils of our triumphs. Good design doesn’t just fill space; it profoundly shapes and influences our lives in ways most people wouldn’t even dream of. And I want to capture that magic in a way that does justice to its grandeur.
What is Architectural Photography?
How long is a piece of string? It’s a genre of photography containing specialists within specialties. It’s a ladder that narrows as you ascend.
Architectural photographers can shoot anything from residences, retail spaces, hotels, museums, office buildings, skyscrapers, cruise ships, etc. They can focus on interiors exteriors or both. But our clients all require different things. An interior designer who is looking for more commissions is looking for something completely different than a cruise line hoping to sell rooms on a ship that can go for as much as a downpayment on a house.
We’re a mixed bag of nuts. You think its a niche, a special flower, only to find it’s a network of roots branching in countless directions.
I'm an architectural photographer who ping-pongs between Miami, FL, and Los Angeles, CA.
I snagged a cinematography class in high school thinking I'd coast to an "easy A" by just slacking off and watching films. All props to that class for shoving a camera into my hands and showing me the power images have to stir our emotions and influence our actions. Mrs. Farnsworth changed my life.
I majored in English at university and had nothing but a six-month stint as a miserable copywriter to show for it. Cue a classic existential crisis montage of working soul-sucking retail and call center jobs, wandering through life until I fell right back into my heart’s true bliss: Visuals
I freelanced as a camera operator and editor then slipped on a banana peel and woke up shooting architectural photography right when the housing market nosedived in 2008. Not long after, I was all in—full-time architectural photographer.
Since then, I've been tirelessly polishing my craft, blending the poppy colors of flash photography with the shape and integrity of ambient light in a space. I've even branched out into environmental portraiture and film production as market demands have shaped the needs of my clients.
This job has blessed me with unforgettable experiences with incredible clients who trust me to capture their life’s work. I couldn't be more thankful.
My free time is mostly spent photographing my travels and documenting buildings and landscapes domestically and abroad. Otherwise, I am a total homebody trying to keep my garden alive, looking for new peaty scotch to savor, or coaching the Miami Heat from my sofa as if I could play better at 5’8 with tight hamstrings.
I am also into sci-fi and cosplay—just in case the cover image didn’t tip you off!