One last post from my previous trip to Los Angeles. Take me back to this weather and these views! The trips to LA have served a great purpose. I’ve been motivated and challenged to continue to push myself as an artist. And, while I’m there I am overwhelmed with the number of opportunities to create, experiment and grow. Hope you like this assortment of photos.

Here’s another look at a shoot I did while out in LA. Nick is an actor/model that I was connected with by way of a mutual photographer friend, Christian Rios. Christian was clutch in helping me to pull this shoot together in such a short amount of time. Like 45 minutes short. I had a test shoot booked with another person that day, but she had to cancel last minute because she booked a job. Thankfully Nick was available to step in as a replacement and he was awesome! I’m really glad this shoot came together.

I took a few shots of my buddy Cameron while out in LA. Check out the blue Jeep…how awesome is that ride! This is the beginning of many more lifestyle shoots to come. I’m working on building my portfolio in that area. Stay tuned for more!

Help needed! I am actively seeking to book photography jobs in Los Angeles. The ideal setup would be to expand my reach enough to commute between Nashville and LA for shoots/projects. Pretty lofty goal, right? Well, a few of you may remember an email that I sent out roughly a year ago when I made one of the first steps to go after my photography interest…
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“Over the past several months I’ve become serious about pursuing photography. I’m not at a place to have photography become a full time occupation to support me financially, but hopefully I will be at that place in the future. One of these days I’d love to be a wedding and/or fine art photographer. For this next step the most ideal set up would be to assist a professional photographer. That way, I’m gaining valuable experience as a photographer and bringing in a decent income to help cover the bills. However, I know it can be very challenging to land a set up like that.”

-November 19, 2008
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Crazy to think about that time in my life and how impossible and far fetched it seemed to become a photographer. That whole process revealed to me the importance of inviting others into my journey. So many friends were influential in helping me throughout that process. My natural default (and for most of our culture) is to be independent. But, I need people. I need help. I need input. I could not have achieved my “impossible” goals without the community that was around me.

I definitely don’t want to limit my options to strictly wedding photography opportunities. I am thinking much broader than that. Such as head shots for actors/actresses, meeting with booking agents, meeting with other photographers, etc. For now, my goal is to get the word out. Any referral you have would be so helpful! My email can be found in the “Contact” tab above. Here’s to dreaming big.

I don’t normally get into landscape/nature photography, but I really liked the turnout of these few images. I was out in Park City, UT with friends for the Sundance Film Festival. Park City is very cool. A nice ski town with great restaurants and amazing views. I took aerial shots from the airplane when landing in Salt Lake City and then I took some when we were descending into Las Vegas on our layover flying back to Nashville. It was hard to take in (and fully capture the details with a camera) everything that I was seeing through my small seat window in the airplane. Incredible scenery to look down upon. And, the last shot is from my friends house where all of us stayed while we were out there. Amazing view as you can see!

I took it a step further and actually brought my camera with me when I went out to explore the city of Los Angeles. The iPhone camera can only do so much. Here is a hodgepodge of sorts that I captured as I wandered throughout various neighborhoods in LA. I appreciate the previous comments! Keep them coming.

Description of photos:

1. View of downtown LA from the Hills
2. Section of the Hills
3. Venice neighborhood
4. Flea market
5. a) Venice b) Intelligentsia Coffee (Silver Lake)
6. Larchmont neighborhood
7. Venice neighborhood
8. Downtown Venice

I’m out here in Los Angeles for the first time. I decided to take advantage of some free time I had to visit friends and use the trip as an opportunity to grow as a photographer. While exploring the city I captured random shots with my iPhone. Here’s several that stand out as my favorites. I used a couple applications on my iPhone to edit the photos.

Natalie and I grew up together…and Branford and I were fraternity brothers in college. Great couple. Once they started dating in college I knew that it was going to be long term. They fit together so well. The location was perfect for Natalie and Branford. It was Telfair Plantation, the Hamilton family farm in Warren County. We drove around the land before the shoot and I was overwhelmed with everything that was around. I could have spent the full day there and still have run out of time taking photos. The horses were a huge plus…although semi-challenging to get them to pose how I wanted. I really enjoyed this shoot…Natalie and Branford were troopers. Hope you like them!