I am a southern California native who has lived in New York for the past six years. I have not entered the ranks of professional photography and I do not intend to quit my day job, but, yes, I am yet another individual trying to find some redemption in reinventing himself as an "artist." I have found that if you tell stories as badly as I do, a decent photograph can help wipe that, "HUH?" look off a viewer's face.