There are two things that I want to be doing professionally: photography and teaching. I’ve done many other jobs revolving around this idea, but it wasn’t until my wife and I adopted our dog, Toby, that a real focus and clarity came to my professional life where I really knew what I wanted to do.

I applyed my fine art photography skills and started taking photos of Toby and other dogs around the neighborhood and local area dog parks, which lit a spark that gave me clarity of what I wanted to shoot. I’ve always enjoyed photographing people in a candid, casual way. I’ve never applied that idea to animals before Toby but discovered that this was something I really loved. This lead me down a path of seeing all kinds of other great photographers who focus on pets as their subject matter.