He first picked up a camera and fell in love with photography during a photography class his sophomore year of high school. The next few years he created photography for the high school newspaper and yearbook, which then lead him to college to study photography. The summer after graduating high school, he created rodeo photos and photos for local newspapers, including the Cheyenne Tribune Eagle. He then attended Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, and received his Associate in Applied Science in Photographic Communications. Matt started his photography business in June of 1999, creating sports, rodeo, and portrait photography. Within a few years, he shifted his business to advertising and marketing photography for businesses, but still created sports photography, senior portraits, and family portraits.

In high school, Matt also team roped at many rodeos. He wanted to become a rodeo photographer, team roped at rodeos, and create photos of contestants competing. He did accomplish that, but also turned that goal into a business, creating photography for families, businesses, and many news outlets.

Matt also grew up on a family ranch, showing livestock, team roping, helping out with haying, working cattle, and building fence. When possible, he is out creating cowboy and western life photography and has a large library of stock images.

In his free time, you can catch him riding horses or at a rodeo with his daughter, or horseback team roping at a local jackpot.

A few clients include 21st Century Equipment, American Cowboy Magazine, Anshutz Corporation, Bank of the West, Black Hills Corporation, Charles Schwab, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Devon Energy, Halladay Motors, High West Energy, Las Vegas Events, Magpul, Montana Silversmith, National Indoor RV Centers, Pace-O-Matic, Wyoming Tourism, Visit Cheyenne, and the University of Wyoming. See Matt’s full Client List.