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Photographic Mimics: Diptychs of People and Nature

I love symmetry. And I don’t just mean in my compositions. One of my main goals when it comes to editing and laying out my photos is to find parallels between images so that there’s a symmetry (or mimicry) between the pairing. When I do make the connection between a pair of other...

My Story: A Short Documentary by Brandon Goodyear

Brandon Goodyear is a local videographer that has an ongoing series focusing on makers and what motivates them to do what they do. Over the span of a month he captured a couple of my photo shoots, me climbing at my home gym, and me watering my vast collection of plants. We also got deep and chatted about my journey through trauma and where I find inspiration as an artist. Check it out.

The Many Ways to Photograph a Dancer: Shoot with Ballerina Caitlin Valentine

I’ve been working with dancers for over a decade and I still struggle to come up with fresh ways of capturing their movement in a way that conveys their power and grace. But this challenge doesn’t keep me from trying.

In my latest dance shoot I worked with ballet dancer Caitlin V...

Evanescence: The Bitter Truth Photo Shoot

Back in November I drove down to Nashville to photograph @amylee for her upcoming @evanescenceofficial album, The Bitter Truth. I set up a makeshift studio in her dining room and knocked out a broad range of images for the album art, various magazine spreads, and images for strea...

Tryzdin Grubbs (American Idol contestant) Photo Shoot

Tryzdin Grubbs is an uber-talented, 15-year old singer from Columbus. He also just happened to get accepted onto the latest season of American Idol. Before the episode had even aired, Tryzdin popped by my studio for a photo shoot. This was our third shoot in as many years and this one was the most dynamic yet. We’ve both ...

From the Archives: Underoath, Erase Me Photoshoot (Behind the Scenes)

In January of 2018 I met up with the fellas from Underoath in Los Angeles to shoot photos for their yet-to-be-released album, Erase Me. My friends at Tension Division were designing the album and merch and basically every facet of the upcoming album cycle. Not only did I need to shoot individual photos of each member usin...

Kind of Blue: Exploring Black Masculinity with Khalil

Khalil and I had been planning this shoot for the better part of a year. He reached out to me last June and said he had an idea for a shoot that he wanted to explore. He knew that he wanted to use chains in the images as well as explore themes of black masculinity. When he arrived at my studio one morning last month and b...

Behind the Scenes Photo Shoot with Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse

Last month I photographed Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse at his home in LA. I set up a makeshift studio in his dining room and we knocked out six scenarios in just under three hours. Here are four of them, along with a quick behind the scenes video shot by his girlfriend, Sar...

Join Me This Monday at the B&H Depth of Field Conference

I’m giving a one-hour talk at the B&H Depth of Field conference this coming Monday, March 8 at 11 EST. It’s totally free. For more info go to https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/promotion/14708/depth-of-field-conference.html?section=tradeShow. See you soon!

Trauma Survivor Portraits with Sanctuary Night

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