I make the part most people dread the easy part.

How I got here.

I grew up in Virginia, joined the United States Air Force out of high school, and shipped out to Rhein Main Air Base in Germany. That stretch taught me two things that still show up in every session: how to stay calm when something isn't going the way you planned, and how to read what someone in front of you actually needs versus what they're saying out loud.

After the service I came home, picked up a camera, and started shooting weddings. Wedding photography is a high-pressure, high-stakes craft because the moment doesn't come back. You learn to work fast, light fast, and keep the room loose when nerves get tight. Almost twenty years of that builds an instinct you can't really fake.

Why I focus on headshots now.

A few years ago I started doing more corporate and individual portrait work, and I noticed something: the moment somebody walks into a studio for a headshot, they're already convinced they're going to hate the photos. Doesn't matter if they're a CEO or a college student. Almost everyone shows up apologizing for their face.

That challenge is the part I actually enjoy. Lighting and composition and retouching are mostly solved problems for an experienced photographer. The hard part is what happens between the camera and the person, in the thirty minutes you have to turn a stressed-out human being into a picture they can stand to look at.

How I run a session.

Calm. Specific. A lot of conversation between frames. I'll tell you what's working before I tell you what to change. I'll show you a frame on the back of the camera early so you know we're already in good shape. By minute fifteen you'll have forgotten you're being photographed, which is usually when the best frames come out.

You walk out with a fully retouched, high-resolution digital file the same day, often within the hour of your session. Ready for LinkedIn, your website, press kits, agency rosters, wherever it needs to go.

The studio.

The studio is at 2448 Hermitage Rd in Waynesboro, set up for individual sessions, small team shoots, and full corporate days. Three backdrop options (white, gray, black) plus the option to shoot outdoors in natural light when the weather and the wardrobe agree. For larger team sessions or on-site corporate work, I bring the studio to you.

I'm a disabled veteran, my business is veteran-owned, and I serve clients across Waynesboro, Staunton, Augusta County, Harrisonburg, and Charlottesville.