Joe moved to this area with his family as a very young child.  Joe photographed his first wedding the summer after he graduated from Downey High School. Since then he always looked at Photography as a lifelong love and commitment to excellence, professionalism, and most of all FUN! Joe’s love of photography is reflected in the timeless beauty of his work. Joe was an art major in college.  He has studied his craft through photographic courses under master photographers from all over the country, and now he is an award-winning photographer himself. He began his career as a photographer in his hometown of Modesto 39 years ago.

As his business has grown so has his reputation and his clientele. Over the years Joe has photographed many of our own hometown elite. His clientele list looks like a “Who’s Who” list of the Modesto region. Joe has been voted Modesto Bee’s Favorite Photographer/Artist in the Modesto Bee Reader’s Choice Awards for many years. He is also known in the music world for numerous lead Tenor roles he has performed with a local opera company . Joe is married with six children and 16 grandchildren.