Currently, he is shooting from Hawaii and Tahiti; he lives on the island of Oahu. He was born in California but has since lived in Tokyo, Japan for five years and the islands of Polynesia(Tahiti, Maui, Oahu) for the past seven years. In 2003, he was the first on both sides of family to graduate from a 4-year university with a BA in Anthropology from CSU, Sacramento. His passion for island life and the ocean are inspirations for his photography.