hello august

couple of outakes from tonight's shoot

Random babbling & nostalgia

I got bored the other day and decided to thumb through the my closet & basement of portfolios from high school and colleges. Binders and paper boxes just filed to the brim with negatives and prints. I began my career/journey in photography by shooting skateboarding and music. The two things that I loved most when I was 15 years old. I never left home without my camera. Looking back through the thousands of images of dark concert halls and skate "spots" really brought to mind my overall goal and mission as a photographer. To shoot what truly interests and inspires me. I think back to all my years working as an assistant to photographers who were just trying to make bank by doing as little as possible. I feel lucky everyday to be able to work in an industry where I get to travel the county and meet new faces on a daily basis. I've seen some amazing places and met some of the greatest people in the world all because I am pursuing what I love to do.

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Personal Projects

I have been out of school for about a year now and have been working in a studio full time doing commercial photography. It has been a great experience in terms of technical growth and gaining knowledge for the business side of the field but overall I feel my personal work has really been put on the back burner. Over the holidays I had the time to pursue a project I have been wanting to produce for quite some time. . The project focuses around retirement homes and those who inhabit them. Below are a few of the first images from this ongoing project.