A Very Short History

Matthew is an award-winning photographer who has been teaching and mentoring for the past decade. He also holds a Photographic Craftsman degree from the Professional Photographers of America, which was awarded in recognition of his service to the photographic profession as an orator, author and mentor.

He is an active member of Professional Photographers of America, American Society of Media Photographers, American Society of Photographers and American Photographic Artists. He currently works providing still and moving images to businesses to help tell their story to customers and prospects more effectively. He shoots sports photography as a hobby.

He is a 25 year veteran of the graphic arts industry, working as a printer, marketer, photographer, videographer, editor, graphic designer and teacher. He has extensive experience working with businesses of all sizes from one-person operations to Fortune 500 companies. Since 1988 he has been helping businesses use images to achieve their goals.

He was originally born in New York. He started taking photos at the age of 6 and developing his own film by the age of 10.  He dabbled with photography and graphic design through high school. At the age of 20 he had his own graphic design and print brokering company.

He moved to Colorado in 2008 with his wife and they now have two wonderful children and live in Erie.