Dave is an award winning professional photographer. He was born and raised in Southern California. As a teen he developed an unwavering passion for photography as he was rolling and developing 35mm film. In 2009 Dave and his wife Regina began shooting weddings and families professionally. In 2013 Dave transitioned to retro style Pinup/Boudoir and launched LA Pinups. In 2019 they packed up and moved to the midwest. They settled in North Hudson, WI where Dave is continuing to photograph portraits, families, pets and commercial drone photography. Dave is an Adobe Certified Expert in Lightroom and Photoshop and assists other photographers in refining and speeding up their workflow. He is also a Certified Professional Photographer and holds a Photographic Craftsman degree with Professional Photographers of America. When he doesn’t have a camera in hand, Dave can be found boating and traveling with his wife, or playing with his best friends, his rescue dogs. An avid student of life, he strongly believes that we never stop learning on our journeys and we should make it a point to learn new things every single day.