Photo Stories
Striking, story-driven photography built for campaigns, community, and connection across digital, print, and everything in between.
Branded Student Portrait Series
A stylized portrait series featuring real students across a range of academic disciplines. Each shoot was tailored in tone and color to reflect the student’s field and personality while staying aligned with the college’s brand voice. These portraits were used across campus banners, ads, and digital campaigns to serve both as recognition and as aspirational visuals for enrollment and outreach.
Role & Scope
Photographer, Retoucher, Art Direction, Brand Strategy Alignment
Objective / Context
To create versatile, high-impact visual assets featuring standout students—building pride internally while showing prospective students what’s possible. We wanted portraits that didn’t just represent the students, but felt like them.
Process Highlights
Shot in varied environments to highlight field-specific context (health sciences, welding, business, etc.)
Collaborated directly with students to bring out natural confidence and authenticity
Focused on off-camera flash, warm lighting and bold contrast to maintain visual continuity across the campaign
Closing / Learnings
These portraits became some of the most widely used visuals in our broader marketing efforts, proving that real faces, with the right tone and intention, connect far deeper than stock imagery ever could. In the future I would like to take this same approach and utilize it for “stockesque” group photos of students in learning environments to expand the image catalog
1000 Cranes Memorial Installation
A photo essay capturing a student-led origami installation honoring the victims of the UNLV shooting. Over 1,000 cranes—folded by students, faculty, and staff—were displayed as a campus-wide gesture of remembrance, reflection, and collective grief. The final image was selected for official display by the Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor’s Office as a symbol of healing and solidarity across institutions.
Role & Scope
Photographer, Photo Editor, Narrative Selection
Objective / Context
The goal was to quietly honor a moment of shared loss. My approach was to document not just the installation, but the atmosphere around it—the stillness, the care, the intention behind every folded piece. This wasn’t about composition for composition’s sake, but about honoring the gravity of the gesture.
Process Highlights
Focused on natural light and depth of field to emphasize serenity
Chose angles that made the cranes feel suspended in collective thought
Avoided stylization in post to keep the visuals grounded and sincere
Closing / Learnings
Sometimes the most important thing a photo can do is step back. This wasn’t about showcasing my work, it was about letting a moment speak. And it did.
Campus Detail & Documentary
Two distinct yet complementary images used across campaigns, publications, and digital media to bring out both the soul and substance of GBC’s campus experience. One celebrates the quiet beauty of place; the other captures students actively building something for their community.
Clocktower Bells – Seasonal Campus Imagery
A stylized fall capture of GBC’s iconic clocktower, used to add tone, atmosphere, and brand texture across brochures, landing pages, and seasonal outreach. Shot with warm natural light and edited to evoke a sense of stillness and place.
Hands-On Learning – Electrical Systems Project
Captured students and faculty during the live installation of electrical infrastructure for GBC’s Hoophouse (greenhouse). Showcased real-time collaboration, sustainability learning, and the tangible outcomes of hands-on education. Used in recruitment campaigns and local community features.
Role & Scope
Photographer, Art Direction, Editorial Support
Objective / Context
Both images were created to support evergreen brand storytelling through visual texture and narrative. The goal was to offer visuals that felt real and rooted in the environment—no setups, no staged moments, just strong composition and timing.
Process Highlights
Leaned into natural lighting and spontaneous framing to retain realism
Focused on editing tone to preserve feeling—seasonal warmth vs. active grit
Delivered assets for use across both formal and informal visual platforms
Closing / Learnings
Not every photo needs a full story but when they’re done right, even small visual moments can carry an entire mood or message. These are examples of how atmosphere and authenticity work side by side.