Mike Cosentino.

Here's the first look at my shoot from today with Mike Cosentino. The dude is great and will be releasing his new album in 2010. He's a great guy from "Joysie" and I will link him up when I get all his information about the new album. In the next post when I put up more photos from the shoot, I'm going to have some of these shots linked on my website so you can see them big! This shot is not meant to be seen small. No worries though, the time of this blog and it's tiny pictures is on it's way to an end. Go to the Flickr to see it a "tad", literally tad, bigger.

Other new news, I'm shooting Sunday with my friend Ark Zaydman (Take Care Stranger), to work on promo photos for his soon-to-be Debut EP. Stoked, the weather is perfect lately!

Sir Matthew Perez.

Thursday I shot with my friend Matthew Perez of Elevation (super tight band, check them out). He is a killer dude and a lot of fun to shoot with. I was really happy with the results to a shoot that was not prepared much. I have a bunch more of photos posted up on Flickr so check them out.

That Time Of Year.

It was around this time 14 years ago when the Atlanta Braves won the National League Championship and the World Series Championship. I miss a lot of the guys, especially Dave Justice 23, who I aspired to be haha. I am down about Bobby retiring after next season, but the reason I'm posting this is because I am hoping we'll pull out one last World Series for Bobby next year. I just hope the city of Atlanta will get behind our home team and push them all the way!

My Nephew: Elijah!

So I have spent almost two weeks with my nephew and they were absolutely amazing. My Sis, bro-in-law, and Eli, headed back up to NC today and instantly it sucked! I love when they are here and hate when they leave. He is, without a shadow of a doubt, the cutest, smartest, and most amazing 2 year-old struttin' around out there. The ladies already swoon over him, he is picking up drums, guitar, piano, golf, and baseball... :) hahaha, and honestly he just turned 2 and can already speak in full sentences. Ask Anastasiia, she can vouch hahaha. Yes I am biased, but I feel like it is my Uncle Duty to brag on my lil' dude! I have tons of photos of him from the past two years and probably should put them into the works of creating something... hmmmm will see :).


"I'm Two Yay!!!"


This is my Sister, the raddest sis on the planet. She helped to beget the amazing wonder known as Elijah! :)


The kid loves the drums, what can I say?

Operation: WORKFLOW

So the word "Operation" may be a little on the exaggerated side, but only to get me serious about my workflow. After spending a lot of time having WORKFLOW WORKFLOW WORKFLOW being hammered into my skull, I have been trying to prepare myself and my future business to have a tight and steady flow A.K.A. A Flowing River Named Work A.K.A. WORKFLOW!

Now I'm not just talking about how to edit my images quickly and efficiently. That would be known as, just use Lightroom and more so pointed towards wedding photography or just sorting through a days worth of images, and even that you could resort back down to Bridge. No, I am really speaking about business workflow. Finally getting my website up (but one I love and works the most efficient), new blog, better and more efficient storage for my images, get everything set with the new Accountant and Bookkeeper (highly recommended by a very very reliable source), more efficient workspace, freeing up hard drives, setting up shoots for the new portfolio in some special locations ;), and finishing albums, example books, comp cards, etc. etc. etc. Much stuff to do, but things that are very essential to getting out there. So, hur weh go!

Hey, I'm 21 Now. Whoop! Whoop!

So yeah, I turned 21 this past Saturday. We had a little party and as you can see... set up a "photobooth". Go to my flickr if you feel like reading the sarcasm behind it haha (all in fun of course).

Anywho! So I had some of the biggest surprises this birthday, and one of them happens to be the biggest surprise I've ever gotten. The girl above may look familiar... yeah because she's Anastasiia, the beautiful gal I happened to meet in New York at the beginning of September with Marc and Zack. So she secretly contacted Danielle and Jessica, then my Mom, so everyone knew, my family, friends, and even Marc knew she was coming. Yeah so basically on Saturday I flipped with stokedcitement! It was an amazing birthday and was glad I got to spend it here at home with my friends and family.

An Old Goodie.

I shot this photo about 2 years ago when I first started at Gwinnett Tech. I always really liked this image of my two friends Ark and Jim. It's always reminded me of some fun times. Since I haven't been able to get out and shoot much for my own portfolio, I thought I share an old goodie that I touched up a little.

UPDATES! I shot 3 weddings this past weekend so I have been beyond tired and school classes are very demanding, it's a lot different now that none of it has to do with photography hahah. I am in the middle of planning some big shoots and can't wait to get to them and post the work. I am currently trying to be a good student and also work on getting a bunch of albums finished. I'll also have a new wedding preview up soon from Victoria and Dylan's wedding where everyone can see a little more of the images. YES! I know, I'm still working on the site and blog. We'll see what happens after this weekend :).

Get It Going.

WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? The website is chosen and I'll have it up ASAP. The new blog will be set up with it. Getting jobs organized... and doing homework hahaha. At the same time I have all this inspiration yet have not gotten around to putting it into action. So, I'm ready to kick my butt into gear and try try try. Putting myself to use.

Here are some more fun photos from New York.Click on the photos to read about them.

Dylan & Victoria Wedding.

I KNOW I KNOW! I was supposed to update more on New York, but things have been crazy with me being sick and having to get a butt load ready before I start back to school to finish up some core classes AH! But here is a shot from a wedding we had out in Wedowee, Alabama. The images are purty tasty and I will be posting more soon. You can head to Flickr to see a few more that I posted with this one. So BIG stuff coming soon, I'm just in a huge time crunch to get it all done. Oh and check out Marc and Zack's blogs to see what I have been up to with them as well.

Before It's Old News.

So, as you have been reading, I was in New York from last Wednesday the 2nd to Monday the 7th. I wanted to make a big post about it but I have been so busy getting ready for my Portfolio Show tomorrow... today? Yeah, that I haven't had time to blog about the whole trip or the Portfolio show as well. So tomorrow or Sunday I will post about both. But a quick glance above is an amazing girl I met in NYC the 4th. Her name is Anastasiia and she is quite the beauty and smarty as well :). She took me out for the day on Sunday and helped make the trip one of the best trips of my life. Look out for her photo work coming soon! And below are my buds Marc and Zack who took me on this escapade of theirs and for that I am forever grateful because I learned and experienced so much in such a short amount of time, I will remember all of it for the rest of my life, they are not only amazing photographers but great friends as well. Ok, more to come later.

Oh and go to my portfolio show incase you weren't planning to already: 5384 Manor Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Whoop!

Day... Four? Right. Right. NYC

Yesterday was a full day of shooting with Zack, shooting the band Atomic Tom and then singer/songwriter Greg Holden. Then today we all (Marc, Zack, and myself) had a huge Indian Wedding. We've been busy as all-get-out, but it has been so amazing. I haven't shot much and most everything I have gotten is either just to show I have been there or not satisfying. I'm hoping to end that tomorrow with my new friend Anastasiia. A beautiful girl from the Ukraine who now lives here in New York City. I'll be spending tomorrow with her then shooting a bunch with Zack and getting to finally hang with Marc again! haha. Tomorrow should be an amazing day and a proper way to send me back to Atlanta early Monday morning. (P.S. Greg Holden's photo is up on Zack's blog now and he also has a show in Atlanta at the Loft the 22nd of this September, so head down to it if possible.)

Day Two in New York City.

Today Zack and I went out to Brooklyn to shoot DJ Treasure Fingers. The shoot went great and as you can see we had a lot to work with which made it all the better. Zack and I headed back into Manhattan to roam a little more, grab a bite, and ended back in Time Square to do a little shooting. He sent me out on "assignment" to go take my first NYC photos. RC who happens to work with Scott Kelby showed up with some locals and we had some good conversation. Today was freakin sick, and tomorrow will be just the same.