It doesn’t matter what you take a photograph of, there’s always the opportunity to make it timeless.

-Benjamin Ginsberg

Having grown up between the southern Connecticut shore and the mountains of Vermont, after graduating from UConn I started my career in Boston. I worked throughout the New England region as a part time photographer, urban planner, and freestyle ski coach. 

My sense of adventure brought me out of the cold New England mountains to the warm shores of Australia. There I spent a year learning to surf, and began taking shots of both surfing and the amazing landscape of Australia. Soon I learned that with little more than my camera and surfboard, I was immensely happy. 

Since my first fine art sale, I have traveled the world combining my passion for adventure, travel, and sports with my love for photography. As part of photographing surf and other action sports I began to shoot the associated lifestyle, capturing moments, portraits, and events. I soon branched into related commercial and editorial works, as well as formal portraits and weddings.

I first founded Driftwood Photography Studios and DriftwoodFoto in 2005. After more than a decade I have since rebranded under my own name. Read more about the decision to rebrand here.

Have Camera, Will Travel!

Clients

Red Bull USA, National Geographic, ESPN, WIRED, Hurley, Vans, Volcom, Billabong, Quiksilver, World Surf League, Red Bull Australia, NatGeo Adventure, Russell Surfboards, Arbor Skateboards, Huntington Surf and Sport, Jack’s Surfboards, Sakal Surfboards, Orange County Register, NBC LA, Surfer Magazine, Surfline, Surfing Magazine, Surfing Life Magazine, Tracks Magazine, Eastern Surf Magazine, Where Orange County, Where Los Angeles, Where San Diego, Surf Portugal Magazine, Later Magazine, Surfin’ Life Japan, The Kite Mag, iKite Surf Mag, Blue Magazine Europe, Alma Surf, Revista Fluir, SolSpot, The Surf Channel, The Inertia

Honors

 2013 Red Bull Illume Image Quest Award Winner; Top 50 overall and Top 5 Category Finalists

2014 Smithsonian Annual Photo Contest Top 60 Overall and Top 10 Category Finalist

Exhibitor 10th annual Festivalma Surf Lifestyle and Culture event in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Based in Orange County, CA

Serving clients locally in Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties

Available nationwide and abroad for commercial photoshoots, editorial assignments, and commissions.

Contact

w: 714.699.4397
c: 617.775.3457
e: hello@bgphotovideo.com

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