Our story

This didn’t start with a clear plan—it started with a long stretch of desperately searching for something that actually felt right.

In the past decade I’ve lived in six different states, and moved through a wide variety of careers, always trying to find where I belong. I’ve worked as a certified white water rafting and zipline guide, a chef/pastry chef, a restaurant manager, a personal trainer, a tech sales rep, a touring roadie, an audio engineer, a musician and performer, and a licensed general contractor. On paper, I was successful in almost everything I did. I learned quickly, adapted easily, and consistently did well and was promoted often—but none of it ever stuck. Something was always missing.

What I eventually came to understand was that the common thread wasn’t the job—it was me. Although I loved a lot of the work I did and the people that I got to do it with, it always left me feeling like I was trying to force myself to be content. I spent a lot of time beating myself up about not being grateful for the massive opportunities in my life. Every new job just felt like a different way of trying to get close to what I wanted without fully living it. At some point I started to understand that I would never be happy in the long run if I didn’t get this right. But I’m stoked to say that I think I really did it this time.

Along the way, I had to rebuild myself from the ground up. I have a rough past and went through a serious drug addiction that forced me to step back and reevaluate everything. That process changed how I see life, work, and what actually matters. It stripped everything down to what was real.

Through all of it, I’ve always been drawn to nature—quiet places, open space, and the kind of grounding that comes from being outside and putting your toes in the dirt. That’s part of where the name Northwood comes from. It represents something steady and honest, like the feeling of being surrounded by trees and stillness, even when everything else in life has been anything but.

Photography & videography has always been a hobby but recently came into my life in a way I didn’t expect. It’s the first thing that’s ever felt fully aligned and enables me to live the life that I’ve always dreamt of. I took a huge leap of faith and spent way too much money on camera gear(whoops lol). If I’m being totally honest - I’m terrified, but also really excited. I have no idea where life is taking me next, but what I do know is that I’m going to get some really great shots while I’m there.