Jake has been filled with an insatiable need to create for as long as he can remember, whether it was a drawing, building a fort, or even writing stand-up comedy.

The photography bug was planted in the mid-nineties during a simple Introduction to Photography course.  The darkroom, the camera, the chemicals all screamed out with possibilities and the next year when Layton High School added a computer lab, complete with the extraordinarily advanced Adobe Photoshop (version 2.5) a long-term love affair was set.  As photography meandered its way into the digital age the format became increasingly custom-tailored to Jake’s love of instant gratification and attention-deficit tendencies.

Purchasing his first digital SLR camera in 2002 began the transformation of photography from a casual hobby into a bit of an obsession.

Inspiration includes Mona Lisa, American Gothic, Van Gogh, Picasso, Michaelangelo’s David, Stéfan Bourson, Richard Avedon (his crazier stuff), Matthew Cooke, Mario Testino, Herb Ritts, Mark Seliger, Patrick Demarchelier, Gerald Bybee and of course, above all of them my beautiful wife Jennifer – my sounding board and chief advice-giver!