Hard work, persistence, and having passion for what I do has taken me a long way. Through trial and error, I taught myself and began to develop a style. For the first part of my career I slept in my car a lot, so nothing happens quickly. I would say it was about four years until I really started making an income. During my Transworld internship I commuted five plus hours every week and lived in my car. I really look back fondly at those more challenging times though because it makes you appreciate having to work for what you have and giving something of yourself for your career.

I mostly shoot landscape, adventure and commercial photography. I love combining my love for wild places with people or athletes or some sort of subject.

I am inspired by my mom who raised me by herself. I am also inspired by all forms of artists, musicians, painters, and videographers. Nowadays I find more inspiration from places outside photography, although I am inspired by Ansel Adams, Michael Fatali and Ragnar Axelsson. These are  three masters who I really look up to. But there are a lot of modern day photographers whom I really love as well. I’ve never wanted to take a photo that someone else has already taken.

We got back around the fjords with the biggest storm in 25 years chasing right behind us. If it was not for Siggi’s sea knowledge and in-tune decisions with mother nature we might have been stuck out at sea for good. To me, a good photo is always a mixture of collaboration with athlete and nature itself.

Surfing under the northern lights was always just a dream of mine. After 27 trips to Iceland we finally made it come true. Justin Quintal pictured here after his first surf under the northern lights. I think the unique part was seeing something that years prior wasn’t even possible due to the technology, and now it’s something that anyone can do if they dream big enough.

This photo is from northern Iceland – a wave that was hard to photograph and surf. No other wave broke like this one in the photo, and it’s these one time photos that really start to pull together the story. The strong current was pushing the boat around which made it difficult to line up a shot with this ocean slab. I really can’t explain how hard it can be to sit in a small dingy with large swell and try to photograph a moving wave and subject. The surfer is Timmy Reyes.

This photo was from the final scene in my film Under an Arctic Sky. Late in the night I saw that the northern lights were starting to show some early signs of exposure. I called up the boys on my radio since they were still back at the cabin, and told them it was time to suit up. We lit the backside of the wave with a flood light flashlight to elevate the shot. This photo sums up the entire Under An Arctic Sky film for me. The feeling that completes a project. This photo felt in many ways like a total improbability. To see it all come to life was surreal, beautiful, and challenging. I dreamt of this shot before i took it. Again the surfer is Timmy Reyes.