I'm a graduate of Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, where I focused on Archaeology while getting a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology, and double-minored in Sociology and Geology.

I have worked as a field archaeologist on various projects since 2007, including Pleistocene Neanderthal and human sites in Portugal, cultural resource management throughout the southeastern and midwestern United States, and work on the Maya with the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR) project. I live in the beautiful Highlands of Louisville, Kentucky, where I'm also a graduate student at the University of Louisville, pursuing a Masters degree in archaeology.

I also brew beer, work on local food and sustainability projects, and write for a local music blog, Backseat Sandbar. I ride my bicycle as my preferred means of transportation, eat local, buy local, and perpetuate better living. You could say I have my fingers in many pies.

My photography has been published in several venues and media and is currently floating around in a travel guide for Portland, Oregon and a few pieces are on display at businesses in North Carolina, Oregon, and Kentucky.

I don't post-process my photos except to convert from color to monochrome. I could go on a tirade about my opinion of digital manipulation of images but I'll stow it. To each their own. Art is feeling right about expressing what you enjoy, regardless of how you accomplish that.

My equipment:

Camera: Cannon EOS 300D DSLR (w/ IR remote); iPhone 4

Lenses: 18-55mm standard kit lens; 75-300mm long-range telephoto zoom; f/2.8 wide-angle zoom lens

Tripod: Joby gorillapod mini; telescoping standard tripod