I was born in St. Paul, and I’ve lived here in Minnesota most of my life. I really can’t remember when I decided to be a photographer. It seems like it was almost beyond my control – I was always the guy who brought his camera whenever my friends and I got together. In 2005, I upgraded my film gear to digital and purchased my first digital SLR. Shortly afterwards I was showing a former co-worker my photos, and he urged me to join Flickr to share my work. That lead to one of my first showings at a local hospital in Stillwater, Minnesota. Since then, I’ve shown my photography at various locations around Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. My work has been published in magazines, newspapers, calendars, and online. My images have also been used as permanent displays in several buildings. I love history and exploring. Nothing’s more fun for me than traveling to a new (or old!) location and wandering around with my gear, looking for subjects to photograph. I’m so lucky to call myself a resident of Stillwater, Minnesota, for more than a decade now. This town has a great mix of history (it’s known as the “birthplace of Minnesota”), and the whole town begs to be walked and photographed. One thing you’ll notice about my images is the lack of people in them. Although I do occasionally photograph people, I really enjoy and focus my work on photographing buildings, bridges, sunrises and sunsets.