Scott McBride Petersen was born in Crystal Lake, IL in 1978. After graduating highschool he moved to Mazatlán, Mexico and developed an appetite for travel. After five months in Mexico, he returned to the States and began a three year tour of the continental U.S., with extended stops in Madison, WI, Panama City Beach, FL, and Ft. Collins, CO. In January of 1999, Scott arrived in San Diego, CA and decided that he had found the place to come home to after his travels. In 2000, he spent a month in New Zealand taking photos, and decided that he could think of no better occupation than travel photography. The following summer he visited Alaska for a month long photo trip. He proceeded to attend Grossmont College which is renowned for it's photo department, and then in 2005 received his B.A. in Film and Photographic Arts from University of California, San Diego. During his time in university, Scott spent a year studying photography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain, and traveled all over Western Europe. After graduating, Scott started his own company and has been shooting children,models, weddings, real-estate, restaurants, etc.  He has taught photo theory and principles at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in San Diego  as well as with The AJA Project.  His true pleasure still lies in travel. In December of 2006, he and his fiancé, Debora Sciencio, spent a month in Brazil shooting photos and scouting sites for their wedding in September 2007.