A thing you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.
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Annie Leibovitz said this not too long ago and I feel these words very deeply. At its heart, photography is storytelling. It is borrowing a moment in time and capturing the essence of the people and the emotion in the frame. I feel like I’ve been taking pictures all my life. In 2003, shortly after graduating from college, I was gifted my first professional-caliber camera and I took off on a backpacking adventure through Europe. Many, many years later, I’ve honed my craft and now get paid to take pictures. My work has been published in multiple national publications and I’ve taught many aspects of photography to more than 3,000 people worldwide. Born in Indiana, raised in Florida, a decade spent in Washington DC, and now nearly nine years in Atlanta, photography is the lens through which I experience the world. I’m a born observer and treasure this craft beyond words.