As a computer science major at the University of Texas at Dallas (whoosh!), it was suggested that we get involved in an extra curricular activity on campus. I thought the newspaper would be the place for me – I had always been commended for my writing skills and I had just left my post as head of our rogue high school newspaper.

The conversation with the editor did not go as planned; she was insistent upon needing a photographer and I just wanted to write. I guess I wore her down, she let me submit a story – a humorous detail about the parking situation at school. It had the laughs, tears, and pizzazz of an award-winning article. It would change the world! But it never got published. Instead, she handed me a camera and ushered me out the door for my first assignment.

And that’s how I became a wedding photographer. I don’t have a great story about growing up with a camera in my hand. My life on the newspaper was an anything but glamorous array of rolled film (yes, I said the f word), developer and deadlines.

Here I am 20 [eek] years later and I can say that this is exactly where I want to be. I shoot fabulous people.™