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I've been photographing sports since 1993, and more so on a regular basis since 2001. I took up urban photography on a more creative and photo-journalistic level in 2006.

My first camera was a Konica 110, which I received for my seventh birthday in 1985. I started shooting with 35 mm in the late '90s and bought my first digital camera in 2006. I bought a Sony Alpha200 in May 2008; that's the one I'm using currently.

While in the Army, I served as the unit stringer, taking a simple point-and-shoot 35 mm camera to field exercises and promotion ceremonies with me.

I graduated from San Francisco State University in January 2010, at the ripe old age of 32. I earned a BA in Urban Planning, and covered the SFSU sports scene, specializing in baseball, softball and basketball.

Currently, I work as a Database and Program Assistant with the Neighborhood Parks Council, a non-profit organization in San Francisco, CA.