"Wayne's creativity and vision shine through his photography. He is able to take an idea you have for a photo and take it to whole new level."
Erin Zircher - Cru Oyster Bar - Nantucket
Whether he is photographing for a renowned chef, documenting medical relief in Haiti, showcasing the beauty of a new interior space or creating images in the studio, Wayne’s obsession with providing not only a great final product, but a great customer service based experience, is always evident.
Wayne's video and film production team focuses on making truly unique branding for clients, and exceptional experiences for their discerning clientele. Each project is an in depth conversation, sketch and project to help set his clients apart. He and his team are super passionate about what they capture and create.
Raised in Tucson Arizona by a mechanical engineering father who loved Mexican food and an amazing bread baking mom, Wayne always had a fondness for the kitchen. His father was also an avid photographer with an in-home darkroom; cameras became instinctual to use by Wayne from childhood into adult life.
Wayne started in the service industry just two days after turning sixteen, which became an extended career putting him through college and helping him to travel to 40+ countries. He spent time in the front-of-the-house in restaurants, hotels and catering companies in addition to many hours in the kitchen working the grill and dessert stations. There is almost no position he hasn't done in the restaurant biz. The service industry has taken him to San Francisco, Dublin, Nantucket, New York and Philadelphia to name a few. He will admit that the energy is infectious.
After all the years of restaurant work coupled with teaching English abroad and acquiring a degree in Psychology (he also spent over 100 hours in the darkroom at the Creative Photography Center at the University of Arizona) Wayne decided to put all his energy into photography. He has been creating images full time for more than 15 years. All the while his past experience within the service industry and in the kitchen has endeared him to chefs, creative directors, restaurateurs, executives and many more.
Wayne, his wife Melodie, their daughter Violet and their 20 pound Maine Coone cat Homey now call Cape Cod their home. Wayne travels wherever clients, book projects and much more take him.
Let's create something amazing together.
Some little known facts about Wayne:
He is a fifth generation Tucsonan. His father was raised in the Zelweger Mansion downtown.
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He considers himself a pretty damn good home chef, the wife and family don’t complain, except for the spice level sometimes.
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Wayne has lived in Japan, Ireland, Spain & Turkey.
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Wayne thinks that anyone that truly loves food and traveling should experience the street food from Bangkok down to Jakarta and definitely Singapore in-between.
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Wayne once taught Aqua Aerobics on Nantucket to the oldest group of simply amazing women that also called themselves the Whale-ets.
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Wayne truly believes Tucson really does have the best Mexican food in the US of A, San Diego is a close 2nd.
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He loves road cycling, damn these cold New England winters.
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Wayne’s number one dream location he hasn’t been to is Kamchatka, Russia/Japan.
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Wayne once had two kinds of Malaria, Dengue Fever and Typhoid all at the same time in Indonesia.
Thank god that’s over; however, Wayne contracted Zika in Haiti in 2016 while creating documentary work for Hands Up For Haiti, a medical non-profit.
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He has a 21 pound Maine Coon cat named Homey.
Among other jobs Wayne was an EMT for a very short while and a lifeguard for six years.
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Wayne loves motorcycle touring and one of his best trips was from Bend OR to Boston MA in eight days.
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Arguably the coolest New Year’s Eve he ever had was not Times Square but Cusco Peru 2000.
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Wayne broke his femur due to a car falling on him when he was 17.
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Wayne believes Vodka is entirely overrated. Gin and Tequila are far superior spirits.
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Cliff diving into any of the waters off the Turquoise Coast of Turkey he thinks is pretty much the best thing you can do in your spare time.
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It took 2 or 3 viewings but he did fall in love with the Big Lebowski in the end and now it's one of his favorite movies of all time.