Adventure Bound.

Welcome to my blog, where I share my latest assignments and adventures! I am an editorial and event photographer based in Birmingham and New Orleans, ready to travel down the street or across the world for the next assignment.

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Birmingham Nonprofit Photographer: Men of Magic Moments Calendar 2016

about 8 years ago

Last fall, I had the pleasure of photographing a calendar for Magic Moments, a Birmingham nonprofit devoted to creating special moments for children in Alabama with chronically life threatening medical conditions. Since its beginning in 1984, Magic Moments has fulfilled the dreams of of more than 4,400 children in the state.

We took two days to photograph twelve sets of donors with magic moment children in some of Birmingham's most iconic locations. Since the portraits had to be taken during business hours, all of these frames were shot with one off-camera strobe. I wanted these images to reflect the vitality and courage of the children, hence their bright, vibrant hues.

Personal Work: Visiting Cartagena, Colombia

about 8 years ago

After visiting Colombia for a week, all I want to do is go back. This is my problem with travel—visiting for a short time, especially in South America, always makes me want to return for a long while. The bird's eye view is never enough for me in South America. The New World has long held much more wonder for me than Europe because America's past seems so much more present in everyday life. After all, The Americas are much younger than Europe and their complicated pasts aren't actually too far gone.

Graze: Birmingham Event Photographer

about 8 years ago

Last Sunday evening, the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network hosted local farmers, chefs, and diners for their Graze: Birmingham fundraiser at Avondale Brewing Company. ASAN put on a great event and the farmers and chefs cooked up some absolutely delicious food. I volunteered to provide event photography for ASAN, one of my favorite nonprofits. The network is committed to promoting sustainable agriculture in Alabama, and if you'd like to learn more about them, check out their website at asanonline.org.

Because local, sustainable agriculture is something I wholeheartedly believe in, I am offering a dollar-for-dollar discount on any corporate event coverage (or wedding coverage) for donating to ASAN! Donate up to $250 to ASAN (including the cost of your Graze: Birmingham ticket), and I'll kick that much off the cost of any photo services booked by December 31, 2015.

Promotional Photos for Snow's Bend Farm

about 8 years ago

For nine years, I have had the great privilege of photographing Snow’s Bend Farm. I’ve captured everything from the owners' wedding to documentary projects. When I recently received a note from Margaret Ann that they wanted new promotional photographs for their website, my eyes lit up. I love honoring the hard work of makers, artisans, and producers by creating images of their work.

Van Alen Institute's Future Ground competition in New Orleans

about 9 years ago

This week I am in New Orleans photographing the final days of the Future Ground competition. With design teams from around the country presenting their final ideas about how to utilize the vacant land that New Orleans possesses following Hurricane Katrina, my mind is taken back to all that time I spent in graduate school reading and rereading pieces of literature by and about the Detroit Works Project, which addresses a similar issue. It's always extra rewarding to photograph an event about a topic that I have so much interest in--to be inspired not only by the aesthetics of the subject matter but also the ideas at hand.

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Rock Climbing for Laylon Beauty

January 13, 2015 in personal work

A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to do a photo shoot at the rock climbing gym. Climbing is one of my new favorite things to do. I started climbing back in April, and of course any activity I start I can't help but think about how I'd photograph it.