In having strong support on both sides of his family growing up in photography and drawing, he attended the University of Michigan for his BFA specializing in photography and illustration. With a strong interest in the darkroom process, he further studied at SACI in Florence, Italy studying advanced film and drawing. Naebeck teaches photography courses and private lessons in photography at Photo Manhattan in New York City and owns Spiffy Photos NYC. Partial client list includes: Columbia University, The Smithsonian, The Weather Channel, The University of Michigan, Ala Mode Magazine, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Jordan Matter, Theresa Roemer, GQ, and House of Blues Chicago. In addition to commissioned work, Naebeck has successfully published three bodies of work to date: Resonance (2014), Glimpses (2015), and In Crossing (2015)