goaman,

Welcome to the Board. The standard advice for anyone new to this process of growing a beard is to leave it alone, without any trimming, for at least 13 weeks. That should give you enough time to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your beard. Of course, we also encourage you to post weekly updates at this stage so you can develop a nice photographic record of your progress. That record can become really motivational later on when you may go through some self-doubt about your beard.

Having said all that, just by looking at your photo above it is clear that you have some strong beard growing genes. You should have no problem growing a beard like the one you aspire to. Be patient and enjoy this journey.

Cheers,

Sean