Hello!

I’m Frank. Pleasure to meet you!
Let’s get to know each other a little.

Where Everything Started

Here’s me right at the start of my photography journey, with my Canon Rebel XSi, gifted to me by my parents. I picked up photography as a hobby after my parents signed me up for a class at a summer camp, and since then I have always had a camera by my side.

In this picture I’m probably around 9 years old, at the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. I grew up in northern Virginia (NOVA) until I went to college.

Education

For two years, I attended William & Mary in Virginia studying Computer Science, until the desire to chase my dreams surpassed all logical reason to stay in a lucrative line of work.

I transferred to the University of Southern California (USC), majoring in Film Production at the School of Cinematic Arts. Throughout the rest of my college career, I focused on cinematography, and divulged in every opportunity to learn and experiment with my camerawork, including composition, movement, lighting, editing, and sound design.

Although I studied film production and initially intended to work in the film industry in LA, I realized my deepest desire with my creative work was to touch people’s lives directly. I still work on set here and there, but have been focusing primarily on shooting real life events for people—priceless memories and moments.

Faith

I love Jesus! :) ✞ I attend church at Reality LA every Sunday, serve as a youth leader on Tuesdays, attend community group on Thursdays, and talk to God daily. He has radically changed my life, and He has made me a new person.

I didn’t grow up in the church, nor is anyone else in my family a believer (yet). But I always felt like God was out there. I prayed even though I didn’t believe God was real, and even though nobody ever told me to.

I arrived into my early adulthood carrying a lot of lies that had me deeply believing I wasn’t worthy and that I wasn’t enough. God, in the kindness of His pursuit, met me in my loneliness. I learned that He has a plan for my life, that He has known me since the beginning of creation, and that He loves me more than I could possibly imagine. I received Jesus into my life on February 11th, 2021, and got baptized Easter Sunday, 2022.

Since then, I have been surrounded by a vibrant and faithful community of friends, and seek to grow closer to God and become more like Him every day.