I'm an Ocala Florida born and raised, Boston transplanted, raised by a single mother that did her best to give me a good life, Photographer. I come from a family of loving and hard working people, and have always taught me that "dreaming is ok, just make sure you can eat in the process!" I've had very little, and I've had more than I could believe.
I moved to Boston when I was 23 alone and with no one I knew up here. I've been here almost 10 years now, and I love this city.
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
I've walked in many a shoe, and worn many a hat. I've come to realize that I am a Portrait Artist through and through. I love working with people and bringing out the best in the people I photograph. Most people are super reluctant to have their picture taken, which I fully get. I'm one of those people! However, I noticed something by way of a Dove commercial back in 2013. People always have something they don't like about themselves and no one else sees it but them. In my photographic work, I try and show someone what I see when they're talking to me, or just sitting in front of me. I feel like everyone comes to see a kinder version than what they have in their head.
When someone leaves my studio and sees the images, I want them to see a kinder version of themselves than what they have in their head. "Hopefully they'll learn to be kinder to themselves", is my thought. That thought also forces me to take some of my own medicine I will say, but its very true.
WHO DO I WORK WITH?
SPOILER ALERT....PEOPLE
Well, specifically people who have been other'd or put into that box of "doesn't fit into a box" I'm a photographer for the misfit toys, weirdos, outcasts, but ultimately amazing and unique people. I am one of those people, so I naturally gravitate towards people like me. I want to make people feel good about who they are even if they feel like "we are the weirdos Mr!". That's what makes you awesome and unique.
WHY ALL THE TATOOS?
Because they're interesting to me damnit! I was getting my first tattoo and was talking to the artist, telling him I did Photography. He joked, "you should do Tattoos no one else really does unless they have a book they want to publish." So I starting shooting tattoos, and people came out of the woodwork to get their tattoos photographed.
PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPH THEIR TATTOOS?
Yes! Most people I've talked to have spent thousands on their tattoos, or in some cases into the $20,000 territory. Good tattoo work isn't cheap, and most people (myself included) want their tattoos documented. As your skin changes and ages, so does your ink, so photographing your tattoos is critical over time. Sun damages them, but also they sometimes just fade no matter how good the work was and how high quality the ink was.