About Me

I started as a photographer, but my path took me deep into the business and technology of the creative world. At Microsoft and later at Corbis, I saw firsthand how powerful platforms could be — and how easily they could turn into gatekeepers that squeezed both value and control away from the very people they depended on.

Later, at Santa Fe, I had the chance to be on the ground with the photographic community — listening to frustrations about falling prices, the weight of stock libraries, and the industry’s drift toward commoditization. That time kept me connected to the human side of the profession, reminding me what’s at stake when the tools fail to serve the people who use them.

Along the way — building websites for friends, teaching myself development, and re-engineering processes — I picked up the technical skills to design better systems. Those experiences convinced me of one thing: photographers deserve better tools. They deserve ways to manage their work, reach their clients, and run their businesses without being forced through SaaS lock-in or massive stock libraries.

That’s why I started PhotoNest. It’s not a corporation or a walled garden — it’s a project. The first of what I hope will be a series of tools created with a simple purpose: to give control back to creators. My goal now is to use everything I’ve learned — from the trenches of both photography and technology — to help professional photographers thrive on their own terms.