It started and ended very quickly. I took a photography course my junior year at North Gwinnett High school. 2 weeks later I was kicked out, and thats what I thought would the end of my interest of photography. Anyhow, many years later I found myself embarking on my first tour out of the country to Europe with my band ,Most Precious Blood, and for the trip, my mother bought me my first digital camera.I wanted to document every part of the journey(little did i know that i would tour europe a total of five times in the coming years).
Its been almost 6 years since that tour. I have traveled all over the US more times than I can remember.I've been overseas to Brazil, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and all over Europe. Now I've dropped anchor after living in Brooklyn NY and doing the band full time, I bought a house with my lovely lady(and amazing tattooer) Danielle.We have two midget vegan pitbull puppies named Trainwreck and Justice. We just bought a beautiful home in East Atlanta Georgia. Life is really looking good these days.
I created this blog to show the kind of Photography that I have been doing recently, and also to have a platform to show what is going on in my life. I am available for hire when im not working with the best damn wedding photographers in Atlanta at OUR LABOR OF LOVE. Please get in touch or leave me a comment if you like what you see, or you want to set up a shoot.
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yes. this is my good friend tara. she runs a rad hand-made jewelry business named HOT PINK POO. she also hit me up to shoot some flicks for her hubby as a gift. this was to be a mostly outdoor shoot, we got maybe 3 minutes in and it started to fucking POUR! we made the best of it and came away with some freaking amazing shots. im stoked!
tony has been my right hand man since highschool. dude was in my car for my first wreck, skated everyday for years on end, i was in his wedding, and now he and his wife jill are about to have their first child! im super proud to still be one of his best friends. we snapped some photos to go along with my soon-to-be wifes tattoo portfolio at ONLY YOU TATTOO. it has been a while since we went skateboarding but it felt like we never skipped a beat once we were on the streets again. tony is also the man behind my logo and alot of the design stuff that goes along with my photography. check out his stuff HERE!
so this past weekend i was meant to accompany my soon-to-be wife Danielle, our 2 aussie friends, and the rest of the crew from ONLY YOU TATTTOO to the 25 year anniversary party of INKSMITH&ROGERS tattoo in Jacksonville Florida. I wanted to set up a photobooth type area where i could make portraits of all the amazing tattooers that would be in town for the vent. Unfortunately, at the party that night, there proved to be no room to set anything up, and the lights and camera stayed in the trunk, but we had an amazing time anyhow. There were tons of friends from NYC to Seattle. We stayed in a fancy hotel that was right on the water (man i miss the beach!) and got to have a little swim in the pool before we had to check out! goodtimes! thanks to everyone at Inksmith for the awesome party!
these are some of the best tattooers in the world!
i didnt get the memo about the robes that were in our closets!
i cant wait to marry this lady! nov 13th!!!!
wacky catchlights from out fancy hotel mirror
