About the Lab

Born and raised in Southern California, Brian started his career in the photo industry over 20 years ago. Beginning with a photo class with his college roommate, Brian’s photo career has spanned from photo assisting, processing, customer service and even scanning. If he’s not at the lab, thinking about the lab, or near the lab, you can find Brian at a vintage car races with his wife and three children.

Jersson comes to Richard Photo Lab with more than 8 years’ experience behind the scenes in a photo lab. He has experience in all areas of the photo lab business including customer service, web design, IT, marketing and more. He currently oversees our IT and automated production systems to make sure everything runs at top performance. A big basketball and Lakers fan, Jersson lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

In 2006, Courtney traded the cactus-filled deserts of Arizona for the palm tree-filled deserts of LA to study photo journalism. As a former wedding photography and customer service rep for a fine art album company, Courtney has experience in many sides of the photo biz! Now at Richard, she rocks her skills to offer a helping hand to photographers every single day. Courtney loves traveling and is honing her skills at landscape photography. Her heroes are her mom & dad—their selflessness has inspired her to this day!

Martha has brought her mad organizational skills and project management experience to the lab to keep Richard on the ball! An LA native, Martha has received degrees in both Social & Behavioral Studies as well as Communication Studies. When she's not cracking the whip at the lab, you can find her with her nose in a book (she's hoping self-driving cars will allow for hours of reading on the road). She has a lot of inspirations in her life, ranging from Gloria Steinem and Elizabeth Warren to Beyoncé and Professor X—but her #1 is her son, Xavier!

Irone brings experience in all-things IT, from systems maintenance to hardware repair and help desk support, to the Richard team! Originally from San Pablo City in the Phillipines, he spends his free time DJing, boxing, and showing off his dance moves. He also has two doggies, Snoopy and Nismo. One of the biggest influences in Irone's life is the strong, hardworking, and family-oriented examples set by his mom and dad.

Originally from Peru, Carlos came to New York in the late 1980s and then headed west a few years later in search of warmer weather. Photography has always been in his blood, with both film and digital mediums being a sort of "family trade" Carlos learned early on from his father and uncles. He still loves photography to this day, as well as motosports and hiking with his lovely wife.

Michael moved to LA from Vietnam in 1993 and began working with Richard shortly thereafter. He started printing black and whites in 1994 and moved to the scanning department where he continues to rock it every day. Michael is our in-house Chinese movie buff and loves Chinese dramas and tv shows.

Martin became a member of the Richard family back in 2008. When he started with Richard he already had 10 years experience scanning under his belt. This experience made him a perfect fit to the scanning team. A major Steelers fan and Mexico native, Martin lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

Becky began working in a photo lab just after graduating high school, and it has been her passion ever since! A SoCal native, she loves camping (from the desert to the beach) and riding her 400 EX motorcycle, as well as spending time with her husband, two kids, and four grandkids. One of Becky's biggest inspirations is her father, who taught her to "be honest, always do your best, and give it your all!"—Richard couldn't agree more.

For Ana, who was born and raised in Guatemala City, working in a photo lab runs in her family. Her father was a printer for many years and, admiring his career, got her a job alongside him. Now with more than 20 years of photo experience under her belt, Ana joins the Richard team as a printer and scanner. Ana lives in LA with her husband of 26 years and daughter.

Adriana has been in the photo business for over 20 years. Born and raised in East LA, her career started working at an E6 lab in LA where her sister-in-law got her the job. A film junkie herself, Adriana has a collection of cool antique cameras at her desk including a Beacon Two Twenty Five 620 and a Kodak Junior 620. She is married with two 8 year old twin boys and makes the best apple pancakes… ever.

Michele joins the Richard family after some serious experience with one of the biggest names in the film biz—Kodak! She started there in 1992, and has worked nearly every department. She loves photo restoration and scanning, and received her Associate of Arts degree with a focus in Graphic Design. Michele has always called the Los Angeles area home, and spends her time here hiking, baking, gardening, and doing just about anything to help stray animals!

Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Stacy was 14 years old when she came to the states. She has been in the photo industry for over 12 years, as she was always interested in photography and graphic design. She began working with Richard in 2009 and has worked on major movie label projects as well as retouching for some pretty well known LA studios. She lives in LA with her husband and two children, who she says are her biggest accomplishments.

A true-to-life LA beach bum, Steven’s passion for photography began when he was handed his first camera at age 13. He’s had a darkroom in his home for as long as he can remember, and got his first job in the photo world to pursue his artistic passion. He began working as our Photoshop guru, and has since mastered the craft of digital production and quality control. Steven is still a professional photographer shooting for major events around town.