Daniel Boardman was raised in beautiful upstate New York. He attended Union Springs High School and then moved on to study English at the State University at Buffalo. After taking many pictures and indulging a brief interest in post jazz, he abandoned his pursuit of an English major and headed to Rochester Institute of Technology to study photography. At RIT, he learned what the knobs on his camera were for and was handed a diploma. Dan was a Hot Shot in Summer 2007. He currently lives in Chicago, IL with his girlfriend.