Over the past few days my heart has been impressed by the need to help the victims in Haiti. In the best way I know how, I would like to raise money by auctioning off these 3 images from Hurricane Katrina’s 9th Ward when my brother, a few friends and I went down to be a part of the relief effort in the spring of 2006.

Photos for Haiti – proceeds go DIRECTLY to Haiti

it is my hope that this series will not only provide a resounding amount of financial support for the victims in Haiti but that it will also open a door of understanding and hope for the owner of this piece. i hope that each one of these images opens a door from our American minds and homes to another world beyond ours. as we look and reflect on the times that we have personally been helped, encouraged, loved, cared for, we realize that we have the ability to continue that hope and support for our brothers and sisters around the world.

if you are able to bid on this image i sincerely hope that it blesses you as much to give as it has been for me to put this series together.

details: it’s a series of three 13.5×20 inch prints that i matted and framed out to 22×28 in a black wood frame. i think they look pretty sweet.

to buy this one on e-bay go here

to buy this one on e-bay go here

to buy THIS one on e-bay go here

i believe that God gives to us because He wants to. i want to give to others because He wants me to want to too.

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Week two was even more spectacular than the first! Jennifer came down and hung out with the group as much as possible, she had lots of chillax’n to do but she still made time to be social. All of the workshop attendees seemed to be able to put their new found skills to good use and combine it with awesome editing techniques! If you are looking into photography as a possible career or even a serious hobby, the folks at IPS do it up right… you should  check ‘em out.

This is the awesome group of Prize Wining Photography 2 check it out at www.prizewinningphotography.com

Martin Luther King Jr. parade

this color edit was inspired by The Book of Eli. it was an absolutely amazing movie…dark but really amazing.

“no catchlights, no good” | “just make good pictures…. just do it. just do good work.”

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When I was in Photography school I remember talking with another student about the amazing possibilities of living in a world where we could eat, sleep, and breath photography. I’m happy to announce, I made it. I am here. This past week I had the pleasure of teaching a week long photography workshop with IPS in St. Petersburg, FL. Furthermore, I am continuing for another full week this week! I submit that with my wife by my side, in sunny Florida, teaching, shooting… it doesn’t get much better than this!

(can I get a shout out from my students!?!! let me know what you thought of the week in the comments!)

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In 2009 I photographed as many weddings as I already have booked for 2010, I got married to the love of my life, taught at a sweet week long workshop in Colorado, joined a business networking group, continued to rock converse shoes 97.5% of the time, bought bigger glasses, killed Christmas with my bb gun for the first time (it’s a NYE thing, 2010’s reprise was even better), traveled to Europe for the first time, and got the coolest anything goggles for Christmas (pictured)!

I defy 2010 to stop me from doing even more in the next year!

(the photobooth to end all photobooths)

There are no words to describe the awesomeness that was contained in the Photobooth at our wedding. We can only show you with picture words, that aren’t really words but rather… just pictures.

Many thanks to Crystal our Photobooth Photographer and Ross the Photobooth Assistant to the Photographer (looking forward to shooting his upcoming wedding in April 2010!) To see the rest of the MANY more photobooth pictures (seriously, many many more… like 300 more) go to here.

John Walz – our amazing wedding photographer

On the left, our other amazing photographer, Christina Dickson!

Adam (right) wrote a poem for our wedding that made EVERYONE cry… it was amazing. Check it out at his blog.

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I am SO pleased to present to you Adam and Jessica’s wedding images! Their wedding day was full of laughs, tears, precision timing, fantastic flowers and trees, and all of the most amazing people. Not only was there an amazing sense of love and joy but also an air of uncontainable celebration. These guys get 5 stars in my book for a beautiful wedding and another 5 bonus stars for being so freaking cool! Enjoy!

Today at 4:15pm Lucy Margaret Aurel Jewel was born to my amazing cousin Elizabeth and her ridiculously cool husband Jeff! I had the honor of photographing Libby and Jeff in a maternity shoot a few weeks ago and it gives me extreme delight to drop this post on her 0th birthday! Congratulations to Jeff and Libby and a very VERY happy 0th birthday to Lucy!

Observe, please, proof of this family’s awesomeness:

“You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed.
You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.”*

“…And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)”*

Congratulations class of 2010!
*amazingly famous quotes taken from Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss

Remember Todd and Karen? That awesome couple with the stellar engagement photos and the twinkle in their eye that magically appeared whenever they thought about each other that expressed unending love? Well, they got married! It was a BEAUTIFUL fall day with perfect skies, underlying hints of desire and everything was right with the world. I am amazingly happy and excited for Todd and Karen and the life they they will share together. I can’t imagine that anything but the best will line their days as they fall asleep and wake up together.

Columbus, OH – October 10th, 2009

I don’t know how they found each other. I don’t know much of their life story. I don’t know why or how they came to be so enveloped in love…. but they did. I CAN tell you what I saw on their wedding day and it was loving. I CAN show you how much they love each other, I recorded it in my camera. And I CAN make a pretty good guess, based on everything I observed, that their future together will be fantastically full and delightfully passionate.

Cleveland, OH – September 26th, 2009