A "writer" since high school Chad has filled pages of journals while on his various globetrotting adventures. In 2007 Chad started his professional writing career and published his first feature article "Adriatic Odyssey" along with photos from a recent trip to Croatia. He has several story ideas listed at the "writing" link and will continue to pursue assignments as a writer / photographer.

Chad became interested in photography upon returning from boot camp for the Air National Guard and worked at a commercial photography studio in Boise while attending college.  After five years in the studio, Chad moved to Alaska where he worked seasonal jobs as a commercial fisherman and firefighter which allowed him the time off to travel and build his stock picture library of outdoor landscapes and adventure travel.

In addition to his own photography Chad operates Idaho Stock Images (ISI) , Idaho's premier stock photo agency.  Representing over 60 photographers with more than 20,000 images online at www.idahostockimages.com, ISI provides stock imagery to advertising, corporate and editorial clients worldwide.  Chad also teaches workshops on photography and the digital darkroom and workflow.

He lives in Boise with his wife Kathleen and three daughters Annika, Olivia and Elsa.