Hello! My name is Philip, and I am a photographer based in Mesa, Arizona, and originally from Montrose, Colorado. I love capturing the beauty and wonder of the great outdoors as well as life’s memories and special moments. My passion is and always will be shooting landscapes; however, I also specialize in portrait, headshot, and event photography. I encourage you to view my various portfolios, or you can contact me to book a consultation for a photoshoot or to order a photo print. Thank you for stopping by my website!
My Story
I have enjoyed capturing photos of my adventures for as long as I can remember. For a while, that never turned into anything more than just taking occasional snapshots of things I found interesting. That all changed the summer of 2014 before my freshman year of high school. An opportunity came up for me to do some volunteer work with my local visitor center, and through it I would also be taught the fundamentals of photography: composition, light, and operating my camera's manual exposure settings.
Soon, I fell in love with all the ways I could express my creativity and change the feel of an image through composition, lighting, and technical settings. Photography quickly became the perfect way for me to merge my my creative personality with my more technical side, since my other passion (and eventually my college degree & career) is tinkering with anything related to computers and technology.
Growing up in a small town in Western Colorado, it was never hard to find beauty in the world around me. Everywhere I went there were endless possibilities to explore and photograph. My family and I went camping just about every weekend each summer, so there was always some amazing view nearby. Landscape and nature photography in particular became my favorite because it is way for me to share the amazing places of the world through my eyes, and being in nature is always exciting and calming at the same time. The exhilaration of chasing after the last few seconds of golden hour light or hiking up to some breathtaking vista never fail to inspire me.
Eventually, I got older, graduated high school, and moved to Arizona. I then started attending Arizona State University to pursue my Bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems. I never could have imagined the desert would be so beautiful; I (incorrectly) thought that Arizona was just a dry, desolate, sandy desert, but it is far from it! It has everything from a lush desert ecosytem to dense forests and snowcapped mountains. Phoenix is also a uniquely positioned city, as it is central to the entire Southwest region and the endless beauty within. (And another plus — I don’t have to shovel snow anymore!)
During my college years I took a step back from running a photography business (and at times photography in general) to focus on my schoolwork. But with my college years behind me now, I look forward to even more travel and nature photography adventures, along with continuing to photograph portraits, weddings, and events.
Anyway, if you have made it this far, I just want to say thank you for reading my story and showing an interest in my photographs. Be sure to check my galleries if you haven’t already, and feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments that you may have.
- Philip
