at work biography Kristopher was born and raised in Southern California. As a teen he participated in both the High School and Community arts programs. After he was asked to join the Laguna Moulton Playhouse Children's Reparatory Company he landed a chorus role in the musical 'Oliver' at the Playhouse. This experience is considered one of the key factors in Kristopher's dream of moving to NYC to be an actor. Although he could not forget his High School experiences, at times he would commute over 1.5 hours to continue working in professional theatre. Convincing his parents that this could be a career was always difficult, as many artists can relate to. However, in 1995 Kristopher won a series of awards proving he could be successful. These awards included: 1995 California Male Teen Vocalist, 1995 Opera Pacific Grand Prize, 1995 Rotary International (2nd Place). In 1995 Kristopher also worked in The Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland, California. In 1995 Kristopher headed east to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts to study Theater, Music and Dance. In 1997, while on summer break from school, Kristopher was asked to audition as a singer for the musical version of Hunchback of Notre Dame: Festival of Fools, a stageshow at Disneyland theme park. He left that audition with a job that would last the entire summer and his entire holiday break in December. A couple of years later and ahead of schedule, he took a leave of absence the during first semester of his senior year to sing on the cruise ship, Monarch of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Ltd. While in the Caribbean he bought his first SLR and began capturing images of the land- and sea-scapes. One sunny afternoon Kristopher decided to take three photographs of a woman on the tender heading back to the ship. These three images would change his outlook on photography. After graduating with a BFA in 1999 Kristopher planned to jump right into his career. While auditioning he worked in various industries with job descriptions ranging from inventory control to front end programming. Taking a temp job in 2001, he found himself working at a premier financial services firm where his technical skills earned him a position in financial data management and then a promotion to manage a new media team. Summer of 2007 Kristopher was recruited to run the office of a boutique investment bank firm and continues to find great success. Kristopher made his TV debut in 2004, appearing as himself on the Soap Opera, Guiding Light. Kristopher is a former member of Actors Equity Association and has appeared both off-broadwayand so far off broadway (off*6) it's not worth mentioning. While Kristopher hadn't studied in the art of photography, his deep interest made him decide to set up a small studio to begin photographing people in summer of 2003.