Biography

Charles was born in Glendale, California. At a very young age, he found himself very fascinated with how things worked and enjoyed watching others build and create. By the age of 13, he developed an interest in performing sound effects and voice impersonations. This interest in sound lead him to gaining experience operating sound systems for school functions, church services, special events and choir cantatas.

During Jr. High and throughout High School, Charles took 4 years of art, photography, architecture, mechanical design and helped as an art aide for one year. He displayed his artistic talents through his work on the yearbook staff and also through the performing arts while acting and creating sound effects for numerous school plays. In his last year of high school, he presented a slide show at graduation in which he had compiled over two years of photos from his and his classmates' experiences.

After high school, Charles attended Platt College in Los Angeles for graphic design. He studied graphics for a few years and felt he needed more of a challenge and found himself in textile design in which he was able to use a bit more of his own creativity. As the world of digital media technology was advancing, it was necessary for him to educate himself in web site design and computer graphics from The Learning Tree University in Thousand Oaks, California. Upon submitting his final exam project for his computer graphics class, the instructor exclaimed, "This project is better than what my advanced class students usually turn in."

With Charles' incredible talents in creativity, he found himself with continuous word-of-mouth jobs utilizing all of his skills. He worked freelance as an event photographer, videographer, disc jockey, closed circuit television operator for large events held at church, and also has designed many custom event invitations and programs.

All of this experience and talent has brought Charles to where he is today. For the past 7 years, he has been a freelance wedding and event video editor creating photo and video montages that are presented at special events and given as priceless heirloom gifts to friends and families.