was born and raised in Portland, OR.

Elliott picked up his Dad's old Nikon FG20 as a kid and did some wholly unremarkable things with it. At a younger age, he preferred drawing and painting to other "normal" activities. Elliott discovered photoshop in 2004 and began learning the interface and pretending to make digital art. It wasn't until around 2006 that he picked up his first digital camera, a couple lenses and began his journey with digital photography.

At around this point he began attending every photography course that his university offered, and eventually assisted a few weddings here or there. In 2008 he secured his first studio job, assisting regularly and spending a significant amount of time mastering various Adobe programs.

He eventually went on to dabble in Architectural photography and began working at Revolution, Imaging and Design (now Evolve, Inc.) as a post-production specialist in 2010.

In late 2012, Elliott and his Wife moved to Vieques, Puerto Rico and in 2013 began a small photography studio.