Q. Tell us about your path into photography?
I got into taking photos in November 2007, just after a girl broke up with me while I was working in a mine in Winnemucca, Nevada. The stars were so pretty, and I needed to find something to do to keep myself occupied, so I bought a camera, and it took off from there.
Q. How does your background in mine engineering influence your work?
It’s hard to say – if there was one thing, it’s probably the approach of taking big challenges and breaking them into smaller more digestible problems.