Profile

I run photo studios. That means schedules that hold up when samples run late, teams that know what's expected of them, and a floor that stays organized from prep through wrap.

20+ years in creative operations and studio management, most recently as Senior Director of Photography and Studio Operations at Harry & David, and for over a decade before that as Director of Studio Services there. Across both, the work was the same at its core: build the shoot schedule, keep it realistic when priorities shift, coordinate photographers, stylists, and sample teams, and remove whatever's blocking production that day.

Skillset:

• Director of Photography and lead photographer
• Build and adjust photography schedules around sample readiness, set availability, and shifting creative priorities
• Train, coach, and give daily direction to studio coordinators, photographers, and freelance support
• Track shoot volume, delays, and rework, and use it to improve how a studio plans and communicates
• Run studio systems end-to-end: studio production platforms, Capture One, Widen DAM, Adobe Workfront
• Shoot and light commercial work myself, with strobe and continuous lighting, when the job calls for it
• Decades of architectural photography experience with AEC firms across the Pacific Northwest

I've also managed larger budgets and headcount at the director level, and I know that work well. But the floor is where I do my best work and where I want to be: close to the shoots, solving problems in real time, keeping schedules and samples moving instead of managing them from a distance.

B.A. in Photography, Brooks Institute of Photography.

Currently looking at studio operations and production leadership roles in the Portland area.