To talk to Misha Gravenor, one would never suspect he's from California. You will detect no ego. No posturing. No self-aggrandizing. Not even the faintest toot of his own horn. Contrarily, Misha was born in San Francisco, raised in Santa Barbara and currently resides in L.A.

As a child Misha dedicated himself to bike stunts and impressing adoring females. His mom was not among them. Mrs. Gravenor diverted her son's tomfoolery with a Kodak box camera. And so began the infatuation.

Eventually, Misha snapped his last neighbor's portrait. So he packed up and enrolled in the renowned photography program at ArtCenter in Pasadena. Misha quickly earned his chops and parlayed them into gigs with local magazines.