I was raised in a small town in Washington called East Wenatchee. My childhood consisted of homeschool, baseball, church, and books about dinosaurs. Growing up, I thought I'd be a business man, drum teacher, or a professional PokeMon Card Player. Somewhere around 19 years old, after dropping out of the University of Washington, finishing a full U.S. tour in a rock band, and thoroughly destroying everyone's expectations of me, I set my focus to photography.