Hi, I’m Mike. I tell stories with photos. That's me on the left with the love of my life Becky Lee.

Welcome to my blog, The Life Photographic. All of my photography is personal and this is where I keep track of it.

I believe in following what is true, and good, and beautiful. I like to mix traditional with street photography/documentary techniques and add a bit of humor and soul to every shoot. The result are images that are good, beautiful and true. I hope you like my work. I would love to set up a consultation and see if we don’t click and if I can’t be the one to tell your story.

Thanks for viewing.

You Gotta Love California – Photo Bombed at the Wedding

A while back I read in an online forum for photographers how those of us in California aren’t so much talented as we are just lucky to have “that great California light.” The statement is bogus, the quality of our light aside we have to deal with some things my Midwestern friends will never have to work with.

Like surfers photo bombing our weddings….