Canales dibesarkan di di timur laut Amerika Serikat di antara tiga kota besar. Sebagai seorang anak, Canales tidak pernah kesempatan yang cukup untuk melihat banyak bintang. Beberapa tahun yang lalu, ia pindah ke Pantai Timur untuk Pantai Barat dimana langit cukup cerah. "Ini merupakan sensasi dan pengalaman berharga untuk mencari dan melihat bidang harfiah tentang berlian di bintang-bintang di atas sana,"katanya.
I go out to photograph the stars, first for my own personal enjoyment to try and capture the wonder that I feel; but secondly, I do it for you, the viewer. I do it for my friends and family back home that do not have the opportunity to see the stars like I can here. My photography is about wonder. As adults we’ve lost the child-like wonder our world was beaming with when we were younger. I believe it is still there to be seen one just needs to work a bit harder to find it. My images are purposed to show the wonder of the sky as if you were standing under it yourself looking up.
