I am a graphic designer with professional photography training. I began researching my own family history and found photos of headstones on FindAGrave to be an invaluable resource. The first photo request that I ever submitted to this site was fulfilled the very same day. I was astounded and also motivated to return the kindness. My background and equipment allow me to enhance images of headstones to decipher hard-to-read inscriptions in a non-destructive way. I have adopted nearby Hillcrest Cemetery in Utica and have begun methodically photographing headstones. In two sessions, I have single-handedly photographed nearly 20% of the interments there.

I am a graphic designer with professional photography training. I began researching my own family history and found photos of headstones on FindAGrave to be an invaluable resource. The first photo request that I ever submitted to this site was fulfilled the very same day. I was astounded and also motivated to return the kindness. My background and equipment allow me to enhance images of headstones to decipher hard-to-read inscriptions in a non-destructive way. I have adopted nearby Hillcrest Cemetery in Utica and have begun methodically photographing headstones. In two sessions, I have single-handedly photographed nearly 20% of the interments there.