Photography has always been an interest of mine, but pursuing it on a level higher than leisure or recreation has been difficult. It could be argued that to this day my participation in the world of photography is nothing more than leisurely or recreational, as I am not doing wedding photography, studio portraits or any other form of pre-meditated shootings for the explicit purpose of making a buck. But if you take it beyond leisure and recreation, it becomes work… and nobody likes to do work!

I graduated from James Madison University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Media Arts and Design, with a concentration in Digital Video, and a minor in Film Studies. Spending so much time around video and film I was continually reminded of how much I loved, for lack of a better term, pretty pictures. I can analyze plot structures and character development in any film, but at the end of the day (or many years later) I remember a film by the way it looked on screen; the location of the camera in relation to the subject, the composition of elements in the frame, the use of color, and the action that occurs within the small, confined square that captures what we ultimately see.

I developed Mindless Conception Photography to showcase my favorite photographs and share my passion with the world.