rojo foto // design

Sometimes I look around and wonder how I got here. Am I really old enough to have three kids, a beautiful wife and a great job? I don’t really act my age, but so that I don’t embarrass anyone, I keep my inner goof off hidden pretty well. I grew up saying “yes, sir” and yes, ma’am”, so this crazy kid did learn to be polite.

Shiloh-Grace is our beautiful and wanna-be-super-independent 10-year-old daughter. When I see a dad walk his daughter down the aisle I have a flash-forward to what I am going to go through…I don’t think I will ever be ready for that day. Huck is our 6-year-old cowboy-loving-Ninjago whirlwind of a boy who loves to tackle his sister and fulfill the role of the "little brother". And on July 2, 2013 we welcomed another little girl, Weslee, into our family! Cheyenne is my amazing wife (who was at one time a voice student of mine…but that is a whole different love story) is my wedding photography sidekick and the most amazing mother in the world! If you can’t tell, I'm crazy about my family.

When I am not shooting weddings or portraits, I work as the creative director and photographer for TEAM. I have the wonderful privilege to photograph the stories of missionaries around the world for a quarterly magazine TEAMHorizons.

Even before I was a photojournalist for TEAM, my life took me to a lot of beautiful places. When I was 12 my family moved to Kenya, and since then I have been struggling to put down roots. We love living in Aurora, Illinois and have hit our “family record” for being in one place the longest. But I guess this is where I get my love for adventure.

I love to bring that adventure and curiosity into my work. I always make an effort to try new things, add a little touch of the unexpected to everything that I do, so that the finished product is truly “music to your eyes, good for your soul”.