About

Hi, I'm Mike.

Now where do I begin?

I started in fine art as a kid. My mom is a ceramicist and I have many artists in my family, so I was always making things - furniture, paintings, forts, photographs, home movies. Art led me to the film business with a focus on cinematography, and I was an apprentice for 3 years to Russell Carpenter, the Academy Award winning Cinematographer of Titanic. I worked for a number of years in cinema before my hobby, still photography, became work. Little by little, I did more stills and less motion picture.

I've since worked on a wide range of projects, with a wider range of clients. I've been on 8 consecutive seasons of America's Next Top Model as a guest photographer, also appearing as a guest judge on the judging panel. I've traveled extensively, from floating in the dead sea to running with the bulls.

Through all of it, my cinema background permeates my work bringing a story-based, loaded image. ..or at least that's what I'm going for.

Let's see...

Things I love - travel, Italian food, origami, integrity

Things I hate - sticky fingers, crumbs on my elbows, trans fats, soggy lettuce