For Jeff, photography always seemed to be a very natural extension of his story-telling personality. Jeff comes from a Hispanic and Italian family, and storytelling is a big part of the culture. Jeff is a wordsmith as well as a photographer, and using images to tell or enhance stories has been a part of his life for over 30 years, since childhood. The first time Jeff read a National Geographic, at about age 7, I looked in awe at the incredible photography filling the pages of the magazine and thought that someday I wanted to create beautiful images, just like those." Since that time, Jeff has created images of the world as he sees it with 35mm SLRs, simple toy cameras, medium and large format cameras, and these days, digital cameras of all sorts. "Some of my most amazing images have come from disposable cameras", says Jeff. "The camera is important, but the photographer is the key."

Although Jeff is an avid backpacker and climber, and regularly brings back stunning images from his high altitude adventures, his favorite subject is people. Jeff feels that everyone has something beautiful inside of them, and a good photographer can capture that, and share it with the world through the eye of the camera. Candid portraits are a specialty, and Jeff is always in demand with local modeling agencies for his distinctive Comp card shots and head shots. Jeff prides himself on being technically well rounded, having a very good eye, and being very creative. Jeff is also very popular for his photojournalism-style wedding photography, and books weddings as much as two years in advance.

Jeff enjoys showing people how to get more out of their cameras, and regularly provides instruction, both privately, and through a respected local camera pro shop. Jeff loves seeing people's faces when they create their first stunner, their first fantastic image.