Second Collection

"Embrace"
I find this to be a genuinely soulful capture. I am very fond of the female form and is certainly a natural form of art. It is important to love and be comfortable with one's body image and embrace femininity. This image expresses an underlying confidence in a vulnerable state, and beauty is universal.

"Hailey"
Photo walk downtown Anchorage, Alaska , walking around taking pictures with children, with natural lighting.
Child Model: Hailey Hodgins.

This is an homage to Botticelli's primavera which is a painting I adore. I tried the capture the essence of the woman and the color scheme using natural light and PS toning.

James Pondering.
Model: jbrown0516.
Retouch: Thach of FotoHouse

This little cutie is one of 3 siblings I photographed during the winter. All three had striking eyes and their mom requested I capture their beautiful eyes for a project she had in mind for her husband. In my due diligence I did as requested. I was moved by how beautiful and natural the light was just absorbed.. I love light inspired photographs, capturing just the right light can really make all the difference. This was a simple edit on my part, not much was needed as the light and this cutie did the rest.

This fairytale inspired session was a long time dream of me to photograph, but I was missing the right models. These sisters came along my way and were heaven sent to make this project happen. It was a cold morning when we met, but they mastered the session like little troopers. This Portrait epitomizes the beauty of youth and speaks for itself.

She is an up and coming model Patricia Faolli. She contacted me and wanted to work together to create some great images. We shot this on a cold fall day. It was really cold but she was a trooper. We were born the freezing but you wouldn't tell by her amazing professionalism and expression.

I love Portrait Photography. The Beauty of taking Pictures like this is the moment when you make a perfect connection with the modell - The Moment of a Perfect Picture- sometimes it works sometimes not.

I was down in New Orleans covering the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina when I finally had the chance to grab lunch with my nieces on probably the hottest days I experienced last summer. We were across the street from this park that had 2 swings hanging from one of that hundred year old trees NOLA is known for so naturally the girls wanted to go play on the swings. It was the type of swing that was connected to two 30’ pieces of rope to a wooden seat that looked as old as the tree; that takes someone pulling the. The photo is my niece Adelaide who clearly is the type of kid that loves life and lives it to the fullest. A reflection of her parents, I love looking at the photo because her expression brings me back to when I was a kid and in the summer time. The weather didn’t matter, zero responsibilities were had, the only thing that mattered was having fun doing something outside with friends. We only stayed there for 10 minutes but I’m glad I was able to capture this moment that I hope one day she will look back and remember how simple and pleasant life is as a kid. With all the damage that STILL exists today from Katrina, this certainly was a bright spot during my trip.

It took me a while to final get this image exactly how I wanted it ! It took 4 different shoots over a 6 month period. Why did it take so long? Well being a young artist influenced by a lot of different artist in different genre sometimes it gets hard to find your own style without copying one of your favorite artist and this photo is the one I can now base my style off of and feel like i'm not copying.

One thing I strive to capture on any shoot I'm on are the moments in between poses. I find there a certain beauty in a candid shot or an awkward smile, those are the moments when you can see the real person. This particular shot was taken after a fashion set Fatima and I did. After the shoot, we were back at her place going over some of the images and taking a few random photos, and that's where this image came from, a raw moment from Fatima the person, not the model.

From my personal experience, I have not seen a lot of (there are some) portraits of African Americans that are expressed in other forms of photography styles. Unless they are famous actors or America's top models. With these portraits, my focus was to communicate a highly stylistic aesthetic. Based on tone to convey a mood. I always look for lighting styles that are "unique" to me and that I can add to my bag of tricks. But more importantly, that I can go against the norm and highlight subjects in a different light.

I'd run for miles just to get a taste - Rihanna.

The Dreamer
A portrait of a woman who looks ahead positively for inspiration under a charming sensual light.

Meet Matt.
Model: Matt M.
Retouch: Thach of FotoHouse.
On a day filled with emotions and mixed feelings for someone very dear to him who had passed, this portrait depicts his transitional moment of relief from all the suppressions endured throughout the day. This is a person who has overcome great hardships and adversity. His ability to sustain such optimism inspires me--it was truly an honor to photograph him. On a technical note, the capture had to be absolutely perfect as the DOF was narrow which could result to easily misfocusing while he nodded or moved his head during a conversation. So, it was essential to execute the shot while the gesture was in transit. What you see...is a moment where he is in the middle of saying, "I'm going to be OK". And it's more than okay.....life's good.

He is a friend of mine Eddie Myles Jr. I met him about a year ago and the day I met him I told him I wanted to photograph him. I thought he had a great look. He responded by saying he had never modeled and did not like to have his picture taken. I responded by telling him I could make him look great and promised he would love the results. Safe to say he was thrilled with the shots we got and we have scheduled another round of portraits soon.

I love Portrait Photography. The Beauty of taking Pictures like this is the moment when you make a perfect connection with the modell - The Moment of a Perfect Picture- sometimes it works sometimes not.

From my personal experience, I have not seen a lot of (there are some) portraits of African Americans that are expressed in other forms of photography styles. Unless they are famous actors or America's top models. With these portraits, my focus was to communicate a highly stylistic aesthetic. Based on tone to convey a mood. I always look for lighting styles that are "unique" to me and that I can add to my bag of tricks. But more importantly, that I can go against the norm and highlight subjects in a different light.

A conceptual popart portrait with creative makeup.

All you need to know is that I'm a 2 times 5 - Rihanna.