Duane Darling, the photographer behind LifeStylePhotos, has been a professional photographer since 1993. He graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1993, Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science in Photography.

His career has encompassed portrait photography, editorial photography and advertising photography. He currently operates two businesses. a creatiive id (acreativeid.com) is dedicated to advertising & editorial photography, as well as graphic design for print and web. His other venture is LifeStylePhotos, which is dedicated to high quality portraiture on location.