I was born on December 4th, 1988, in Stillwater, Oklahoma and would eventually become the first of several artists in the family. I have two sisters; Kylie who is a violin performance major at Oklahoma State University, and Bree Ann who is about to graduate from high school with hopes of going to Boston University for cello performance. I grew up on a 25-acre stretch of farmland just outside of Stillwater where I spent most of my childhood. I got my first camera when I was sixteen and spent most of my time taking pictures of birds, bugs, and anything else that would hold still long enough. I never had an interest in doing portrait photography until I started a 365 project in May of 2009. During that project, I took a picture a day for an entire year. I took a great number of self-portraits during this time and really grew to love portrait photography. Today, I have a passion for all kinds of photography, but my true passion is portrait photography and creating conceptual and surreal photos.