Lay Your Cards Out “Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don’t have the answers. And if you don’t have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else’s solutions will seem appropriate. You’ll have to come up with your own.” ― Chuck Close
Art And Fear I feel like i have written a billion posts that talk about luck and opportunity. It isn’t luck or opportunity that has created this portfolio or the images. It has been blood, sweat and tears that make these images. MIne…and the people I get to work with. Sometimes I choose to reach…
Last Tuesday was Pretty Sique As much as I love the interaction and sharing of Facebook, I feel like it is so stagnant and full of selfish motivation and peacock like boasting. Look what I did. Look who I hung out with. Look who I “know” and hang out with. I have left so many…
The Black Sheep I met Shaun earlier on in my photography career here in Austin. We met the first time at an event one of our mutual friends was having about 6 years ago, where I was also showing some of my work. I very clearly remember her amazingly outgoing spirit and personality. We chatted…
un·bri·dled A few weeks ago, an old friend of mine showed me an abandoned location they had found and wanted to explore. We walked around the building looking to see if there was an open entrance to maybe get inside. In a short amount of time, we found that open entrance and briefly explored the…
8 Years Later… The evening of January 4th, I got to catch up with an old friend I haven’t seen since our last shoot in 2009. We shot a two day set for Suicide Girls in one of the hottest summers I can remember having here in Austin. We managed to squeeze in two more…
The Evolution of Stripped Down I shot my very first frame for my Stripped Down series in 2008. I had a general idea of what I was wanting to do with the series. And it was a learning experience for me. High key lighting was a foreign and new concept for me. How do I…
On A Sunday I know…. I shoot in my home/studio often. But I keep trying to push myself to use this space differently. To take advantage of some of the most amazing light I have ever seen.
Best Kept Secret June of 2013, I shot with at the time a complete stranger for my Stripped Down project. I was blown away with her personality and posing ability. We talked off and on for the past 3 years about another shoot. But schedules and life got in the way and it took 3…
Lexa Grace Social media allows us to connect instantaneous with people all over the world. Complete strangers at least half the time. Then somehow, that person is standing before you while getting ready for their photoshoot. You learn their story; about their life, children, job, thought processes, etc. Lexa is a prime example of a…