A ‘First Look’ is generally when the two people getting  married see each other before their ceremony. It’s usually a semi-staged event, where your Asian photographer (me!) says hey person 1, stand here and look that direction  - and then I’ll tell person 2, hey, walk over there and say hi.

Well. Basically something like that.

Should you have a first look before your wedding? Should you wait and not see each other until your wedding ceremony? Yes.

No.

Yes. And no.

I used to push for the first look – because that’s what photographers do. We want that specific time set aside for us, so we’re guaranteed our space to make literal amazing. I used to push for it. Now? Not as much. What I do require is a 30 minute block of time for the couples portrait session. That can take place before or after the ceremony – as long as it definitely happens. No matter what. No matter how late the schedule gets. No matter what. Here are the things to consider when you’re deciding whether or not to have a first look before your wedding ceremony.

1. The Time of Your Ceremony

If your ceremony is at sunset then your portrait session will probably be taking place in the f*cken pitch black dark. That’s a situation when we should’ve had a first look because we need more light than NONE. Of course – if your ceremony is a little bit earlier and then the timing of your portrait session is sunset – that’s PERFECT. See? In that situation we didn’t need the first look. AND now the portrait session is taking place a much better time than at 3pm in the midday sun. Think you can’t have a slightly earlier ceremony time? WHY NOT? It’s your wedding.

2. Do you want to enter your reception earlier?

The timeline goes like this:

5:00 – 5:30 Ceremony

5:30 – 6:00 Family Formals

6:00 – 6:30 Portrait session

6:30 Enter Reception

If you don’t have the first look – you’re saving 30 minutes of time before you enter your reception. To be honest though – some photographers are SLOW. I’ve heard of other photographers taking an hour+ to complete the family formals and then you STILL have to do your portrait session. That’s a nightmare and that photographer should be fired. Who takes two hours to complete family formals and the portrait session? Anyway… if you happen to have a slow photographer, then YES – you will want to have a first look because otherwise it’ll take 2+ hours before you ever enter your reception. But if you have a generally great photographer – they’ll knock the family formals out and then take care of you during your portrait session and you won’t feel like anytime has passed anyway – and as long as you have a real cocktail hour (you know – with DRINKS and hors d’oeuvres) everyone should be fine.

Of course – you’ll also need to take into consideration any travel time if your ceremony is taking place somewhere other than next door/at your reception venue.

3. Do you even want ‘First Look’ Photos?

The thing with the ‘first look’ is that without it – you can’t make those photos. If we try to make them after your ceremony, after you’ve seen each other already… well… now we’re just REALLY faking it. It won’t be genuine and also it would just be kind of weird. So yeah – that’s definitely something you should consider. Do you even want those ‘first look’ photos? I think this is actually the NUMBER ONE question you should ask yourself when making the decision to have a first look or not. Sure we try to go into the portrait session right after this, but if you don’t even want the first look photos then the portrait session can definitely take place after the ceremony.

4. It’s tradition to not see each other until the ceremony.

I won’t argue this fact. It is tradition to not see each other until the ceremony. However – I will say that nearly half of our couples DO have a first look, so this tradition is kept up only about half the time among the couples that we photograph. So there. How about that. It’s not good or bad or against tradition – but it’s definitely a perfectly great option that you shouldn’t feel bad about choosing.

5. Where might your first look actually take place?

This is a tricky one. Because you could have an amazing location in mind and your photographer might not know how to handle it. There’s a chance your photographer makes average photos in amazing places. On the flip side – your photographer might know how to make amazing photos out of lousy spaces. On the side-side, it’s not your job to do your photographer’s job. Of course – a little help is always appreciated. If you know that the only place we can do the first look is a broom closet – maybe…. maybe we shouldn’t do the first look. Of course – if you don’t care that it’s in a broom closet – then by all means, have at it.

But HEY. This is YOUR WEDDING DAY. Why not give the first look the time and space it deserves because you got dressed up and you look f*cken amazing. Why would you stick yourself in a broom closet for a first look? If you have to take an extra 15 minutes to go over to that amazing spot where the sun hits everything just right – then DO IT.

6. Aw screw it. HAVE A FIRST LOOK DAMMIT.

Seriously. HAVE A FIRST LOOK. I don’t know anyone who’s ever been like - aw man, look at all of these extra photos we have of us being ridiculously happy and in love. 

If you’re paying me a trillion dollars to photograph your wedding then I recommend you get your money’s worth – and demand that we do the first look. It’s okay – you don’t have to feel bad about it. I’ll be fine. Really. So if you want the first look just let me know and we’ll turn on the faucet that sprays amazing and beautiful everywhere while you guys meet up and bask in your love (you know – along with having an Asian guy yelling you to kiss/hold hands/be in love, etc.)

DO IT. Have a first look.

All Photos by LeahAndMark & Co.
- Additional Photography by Joy Hmielewski, Niki Malek

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That’s the trick though isn’t it? Especially for us when we’re being flown all over the country to photograph weddings. Photos from a wedding in California shouldn’t look like photos from a wedding in Maine. Photos from a wedding in Boston shouldn’t look like photos from a wedding in Berkeley. Different locations, different times – and definitely different clients. Even if you use the same poses – a good photographer would know how to make the shot unique to that situation; unique to the couple.

Anne & Dominic? Amazing. Awesome. Dominating?… ah… I should’ve stopped while I was ahead.

(oh – we also flew our photobooth all the way to Iowa as well! Check out those crazy shots, here.)

All Photos by LeahAndMark & Co.
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I got to go see The Electric Sons, Yeasayer, Grouplove, Ellie Goulding, and Passion Pit. Up front. And call it “work”. I even got to go on stage with Ellie Goulding. What up! (ok I’m done bragging. I think.)

I just really love what I do, you guys.

This time last year, I also photographed Party in the Park as intern Luiza. And it was AMAZING. So I kind of knew what to expect, but even so, this year blew my mind.

A lot was the same and a lot was different and it all was just. freaking. awesome. The bands put on a great show, the crowd was bigger, the fans were louder, more excited, and carried dinosaurs with them. Pretty sure I even saw an unicorn with laser eyes somewhere.

And it’s crazy to me to look back at the photos and see just how much I’ve grown this past year. And how much more comfortable I am with a camera in a crowd. And in front of a crowd.

Awesome interns Michaella and Kristi also joined me this year. And we got to do superawesomecool things like go on top on the Omni Hotel to take superawesomecool photos of everyone having a groovy time while we were also having a groovy time. Because when you’re an intern (or a plus) it’s impossible not to have a groovy time. Especially when you’re shooting a party. In the park.

Don’t get me wrong, we work hard. Really really ridiculously hard. And it’s not always glamorous, but it’s always worth it. Because being on your feet for hours, carrying around heavy gear, and editing and writing until 3AM after working your 9-5 job isn’t always superawesomecool. But the things I like a little less about being a photographer don’t even bother me when the things I like a whole lot more about being a photographer are just so awesome. Like going to concerts. And showing you all these awesome photos that make you wish you were there too. And showing you all these awesome photos that make you wish you were a photographer too. And, you know, being on stage with Ellie Goulding.

Oh. And working with Mark. That’s my favorite thing about being a photographer. (he totally didn’t make me say that)

1. Location, Location, Location

Where  you put your photobooth, matters. The closer to the bar – the better (makes sense right?!) If not near the bar area, then at the very least put it somewhere in the reception space room with the dance floor. DO NOT put it by itself on a different floor or other room tucked away in the back somewhere, hoping people go out of their way to find it (at some plantation home weddings the only space for it is in a completely other room, where guests probably won’t ever visit.)

Your photobooth should be considered another piece of entertainment – so put it in the vicinity of the dance floor or bar.

2. Have an Open Bar

I mean – yeah you don’t need to have alcohol to have a kickass photobooth – but it definitely won’t hurt…

3. Tell your guests about the photobooth

We’ll do everything can to get people into the photobooth – and of course have it announced by the DJ/band – but one of the best ways  to make sure people know you have a photobooth is by telling them. You don’t have to go around and notify every single person – but as the two people getting married – you should definitely make your own visit to the photobooth – and bring along your best friends. All of them.

4. Have Props for Everyone!

PROPS. Your photobooth company will probably provide props – but if you have any crazy ideas for props or want to bring your set – DO IT. Also – ANYTHING can be a prop. ANYTHING.

5. Have a GREAT Photobooth Attendant!

Some photobooth attendants are basically just button pushers. Boring, boring, BORING button pushers. What you want is someone who will not only pull people into your photobooth – but that will also get the ‘best’ out of them once they’re in there. You don’t want 4 boring photos of them just staring blankly at the camera. You want different poses, different looks, and a lot of fun attitude! Your photobooth attendant is the emcee… of that 10 x 10 space for 3 hours… (I know, it’s like being the captain of a rowboat but whatever! We love it!)

BOOK OUR PHOTOBOOTH.

All Photos by LeahAndMark & Co. Photobooths
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I am the girl who at 30 something years old took her first vacation, a real vacation. The type of vacation where my only worry was if my flip flop was going to get washed away by a wave that surprised attacked me.

My boyfriend and I traveled 10 hours to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (OBX) where we met up with a group of friends. And yes, I vacationed right as wedding season started. Why? Well, because at the beach it’s still considered “off season” and we got a great deal on a beach house! Although, this was not my first time in OBX. Last year I traveled to the same beach house to celebrate and photograph the wedding of one of my very best friends. You may have seen this image before.

But this time it was about collecting 10 lbs of seashells, flying a kite, reading a book, falling asleep poolside, watching sunrises, searching for sea glass, seeing a rainbow over the ocean, baking… actually relaxing! *see my instagram

I toured the Nags Head Fishing Pier.

I toured Jennette’s Pier.

And my big bucket list day trip to Rodanthe! Yep, from the Nicholas Sparks book turned into movie, Nights in Rodanthe. My girlfriends and I drove the hour to Rodanthe, North Carolina on the same path Richard Gere took in the movie to see the house, “Serendipity”! Although the house is not in its original location (it was moved a few blocks after the hurricane last year, yes they moved the whole house) it is still just as breathtaking as ever. Yea, yea, I like romance movies.

We stopped by the Rodanthe Pier on Hatteras Island. The pier was also in the movie. Even though it was still being re-built from the hurricane and quite wobbly we as far out on it as possible.

On the way back from Rodanthe we passed the Bodie Lighthouse. It’s pronounced like Body. Next year we plan to climb the 10 flights to the top. Told you these images are the stuff postcards are made from.

If you follow my *instagram or facebook then you have seen my week long journey, but if you don’t I highly suggest you should. Otherwise you might miss some pretty amazing stuff!

But, I am back refreshed inspired and ready to go! OBX, you haven’t seen the last of us! Countdown to OBX ’14 has begun.

Until then….

Street vending is illegal in Atlanta?! Now somewhere sometime I got busy and missed this memo. But, with events like pop up shops inside other stores and the Indie Craft Experience. I guess I didn’t put much thought into it… until today. My eyes are open!

Atlast Clothing was the backdrop for the market event. Atlast, being private property, is unregulated by the city. (Nice one guys!) Creative Comp Cards is a “directory of artists, musicians, designers globally you should know connecting social networks for the independent artist with an indie budget.” (Very cool.) All combined you have an afternoon of shopping, food, beer, and awesome people. (Score!)

Hats off to Creative Comp Cards and Atlast Clothing for bringing together an event like Thread Count. Well played.

We are always critiquing them and telling them the ‘right’ way to do things so this is their chance to be as creative as they want without our input. Our only direction is ‘Don’t Suck’.

They really have very few limits just a set theme and their imagination. This week the theme was heat. Here are the photos Season [Gold Lion] came up with.

Intern Leeann

Intern Macy

Intern Michaella

Intern Anna

Intern Becky

Intern Brantley

Intern Katie

Intern John

Intern Kristi

Intern Kezia

Intern CJ

Our Internship program is focused around learning and growing – please take a minute to leave comments and check out their Intern blogs.

To find out how truly Awesome your photographer is – go see them in action! Schedule your engagement session.

It’s similar to trying on your dress or tasting your cake before deciding on a bakery. This is the perfect way to hang out with your photographer and see how you work together.When I say hang out that is exactly what I mean. You are getting professional photos, but you are having a great time while doing it. It gives you an opportunity to hear their ideas and get a good feel for their personality.

Having a great time is a Big part of the equation. As much as you may love your photographer’s portfolio, website, or cute dog- it’s way more important to enjoy being around your photographer. If you can’t even spend a couple of enjoyable hours together it’s going to be painful when you’re stuck with them for an entire day. You will be bored and uncomfortable which doesn’t make for amazing photos. Especially, on the most important day of your life!

Nobody ever wants a boring photographer; then the chances of getting boring photos goes up, no one ‘likes’ your photos on Facebook, then you have to delete your Facebook existence out of shame and move to a new city…it’s a bad deal. Having fun is essential. It will help you become comfortable and help your photographer get those moments that are really genuine. Really, in the end we always hope that we will have a lasting relationship with our clients.

SparkNotes version:
Awesome Photographer + Great Photos = Better Overall Experience

$700 CAKE?! Yeah! That sh*t better taste damn good and be pretty for my photos because otherwise you might as well have gone to Publix and just had them wipe off ‘Happy Birthday’ and stick your cake toppers on top. (because Publix cake IS amazing yo!)

Have you ever had $700 cake? I have. LOTS. I’m fancy like that.

Our creative director Joy told me I shouldn’t just write complete nonsense in this post (like I usually do) and that I should at least try to throw in some useful bit of information. So here. Some useful bit of information.

How do you go about creating, picking, deciding on your wedding cake? I don’t know.

But hey – don’t stress out about how your cake looks. Stress out about how it tastes. There are many ‘cake designers’ out there and not all of them know how to make good tasting cakes. And dammit – if you’re going to spend $700 on a cake, it better taste good. Right? RIGHT. Suckas. ALSO. What color do you want your cake? White? That’s classic and formal and romantic and modern. WTF?! I KNOW! You’re like “I just want a big good tasting and pretty wedding cake” and your cake designer is like “oh well would you like a romantic cake? what about a formal one? or how about a formally romantic wedding cake?” Yeah… can you throw in a unicorn with laser eyes? I’d pay $700 for a cake like that. Oh and it has to be a purple unicorn.

The best part about making decisions on your wedding cake? THE CAKE TASTINGS. You know – where you try out the different flavor cakes from a specific cake-maker. Basically an excuse to eat lots of cake on a Wednesday afternoon for no other reason THAN TO EAT CAKE. Getting married is worth it just for that part alone.

I guess you could also have pie instead of a cake. or cupcakes. whatever. this post is about CAKE. Shut up about pie and cupcakes.

Also. Sometimes people have the colors on their cake do that matchy-match thing with the rest of their decor from their wedding. You can do that too. You should do that. It makes everything look nice. And people like nice looking things.

As you can see from these photos – our brides don’t always give a f*ck about the Geneva Cake Convention rules and did whatever they wanted – and they rocked the sh*t out of their wedding cakes. I know I was beating back my assistant for a piece.

Finally – buttercream over fondant ANY and EVERY day. Come on – even the word Buttercream PWNS over the word fondant. (does anyone even say pwns anymore?)

*Actual number of wedding cakes in this gallery is not 47.

All Photos by LeahAndMark & Co.
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However – a wedding is still a wedding, and even backyard weddings can be a little tricky to pull off. So here are a few tips (and a few photos from two backyard weddings we’ve photographed this year so far.)

1. Is the backyard large enough for everyone?

Simple right? Make sure you have enough room to reasonably accommodate everyone you want to invite. Your space will either be large enough, or it won’t. This is either a good thing or bad thing – good because it means that you can’t invite 300 people, bad because it means… you can’t invite 300 people. However many people you do invite – keep in mind the space/people ratio.

2. What are the actual costs involved?

Sure – you’re probably saving some money by choosing to have your wedding in a backyard, rather than renting out a wedding hall – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the money won’t be allocated (spent) elsewhere. Different neighborhoods have sound ordinances or occupancy limits and neighborhood associations can be very strict about what type of functions can and can’t go occur. You might run into difficult neighbors, or even if they’re friendly – you’ll want to let them know that there will be a wedding on that date so that they don’t schedule their pool to be dug during your ceremony! There might be other fees you’ll have to pay the city, or vendors to come to your literal backyard.

3. What will you need to rent/buy/borrow?

Do you want all of your guests to sit on the lawn? If not – then you’ll probably need to rent chairs. Is there already a natural ‘altar’ or ‘chuppah’ for your ceremony spot? If not – yup – you’ll probably need to either buy, build, borrow, or rent. What about tables to hold all of the food you’ll be serving? Or flower decorations? Paper decorations? Is it going to rain? Not enough cover from the sun? – You might need to rent a tent. Especially if there isn’t enough room in the home the backyard is attached to. What about your serving dishes, flatware, and silverware?

4. How will you handle the parking? The restrooms? The weather?

Parking can be a very big issue in a tightly packed neighborhood. Should you hire a valet service to ferry the cars to a larger lot down the road? Should you instruct your guests to park at the lot and just have them shuttled to the house? There are services for both of these options – and of course you can always employ some of the neighborhood to do these jobs if  you trust their reliability. Either way – if you’re inviting a large group and parking is tight, you need to address the parking issue.

Of course – you definitely want to have enough restrooms and this is easily solved by renting several portable restrooms as needed. Don’t worry – porta-pottys have come a long way and you can order them at varying levels of fancy. From your basic construction site model all the way to a fully electronic model with robots. Seriously.

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5. Who will breakdown/clean up after the event?

You actually have to figure this one out even if you’re having your wedding take place at a regular wedding venue – it’s just usually already included in the wedding package or your coordinator takes care of everything for you. Since you’re opting to have your wedding in a backyard (yours, your parents, a friend) – the people most likely responsible for cleaning up after your wedding – will be your family and friends. We’ve even seen the bride & groom start picking up trash right after their own wedding. Honestly – we recommend that you clearly assign the clean task to specific friends or family – just make sure they know and they’re dependable. Probably even more dependable than your wedding party (since it’s actually a lot easier to be IN a wedding than to clean up after the wedding!) Either way – you definitely want to know how your backyard will get put back the way it was before your wedding took place there.

6. Where will your portrait session take place?

Alright so this one might be of particular importance to us (since you know – we’re wedding photographers) – but really – since you’re having your wedding a backyard, you might want your portrait session to look like it took place someplace else more scenic. How do you accomplish that? Well – the easiest way is to just actually have your portrait session SOMEWHERE ELSE MORE SCENIC. Basically you’ll want to make time in your schedule for the two of you and your photographer to go somewhere offsite and make some amazing photos. This can be after the ceremony or before (if you’re doing a first-look) but you definitely want to ‘build-in’ time for your portrait session. By offsite it also doesn’t necessarily mean a few miles away – it can be as simple as the park down the road or even next door if their yard looks interesting. But definitely – Make the time for your portrait session and have an idea of where it might take place.

All Photos by LeahAndMark & Co.
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Wedding photographers often write about their clients things like ‘their day was so special; they are really in love; you could tell that white unicorns with laser eyes were looking down on them that day’ – but none of that ever really captures what it’s like to photograph a really great wedding. It’s amazing – for everyone involved.

And I’m always honored and grateful that clients continue to invite me to come along with them on such an emotional, and awesome day full of Love – between the couple and swirling around from everyone attending, supporting their marriage.

I brought along creative director Joy and +Luiza to help me out. We were literally EVERYWHERE that day.

This is Alumni Intern Brittany and her husband Chris.

They. Are. Awesome.

Wedding Day Coordinator: Patricia Elizabeth
Venue: The Estate on Piedmont
Catering: A Legendary Event
Floral Design: A Legendary Event
Music: Muddy Sandals Band

Photography: LeahAndMark & Co.
- Second Photographer & Videographer | Joy Hmielewski
– Additional Photography | +Luiza
Video: LeahAndMark & Co.

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It can even be as simple as saying to your bridesmaids ‘Here’s a color. Get a nice dress. I’ll see you there.’

So here’s a gallery of bridesmaids and their brides (and even a groom) so you can see what they look like – all together and not just on an invisible model. Because sure the bride is supposed to look brilliantly amazing on her wedding day – but that doesn’t mean the bridesmaids have to wear burlap sacks. Besides. Groomsmen are often too cool to really let loose so we all know bridesmaids are the ones you count on to MAKE THE PARTY HAPPEN later at the reception. So at least let them look good.

 
All Photos by LeahAndMark & Co.
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Yeah – hellooooooo that conversation would never happen. Ever. With me. Never. Come on! Wedding dresses?! You think I can tell the difference between them? They’re all… wedding-y. They’re big or small or short or long or big… or… different shades of white… or not white… but most importantly – are they heavy and can I duct tape them to the wall somewhere? Alright – it’s not as if I won’t ask questions about your wedding dress during our initial consult/meeting. I’ll totally be all like, “Do you already have your dress? Oh, what cut is it? Did you get it with the peplum skirt? I think that’ll look amazing!” Well… I might not say those exact words… or any of them… but still… IDK. Yeah. Wedding dresses. They’re great for photographs.

And I like making photographs. THAT’S ALL I WANT TO DO! I wanna make amazing photos of everything on your wedding day. YES you’re beautiful and LOVE LOVE LOVE and all that – and I’ll even get caught up in all of the love flying around on your wedding day like cocaine and strippers at a 10 year old’s birthday party back in the 80′s! (maybe that was just my birthday party?) – and no matter what type of dress you have – you’ll look amazing because you probably have people around you that wouldn’t let you look anything other than drop dead beautiful and blah blah blah.

Oh hey. Here are a few of the wedding dresses that our brides have worn this year so far.

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With Zombies! And Flying! And performances in our house!And THREE INTERNSHIP SEASONS! (Nine, X, and now [Gold Lion]) Of course – we’re also making Wedding Home Movies too.

Because we love photographing weddings – but come on now – if I only photographed weddings, I’d go crazy and cry a lot and then I’d just sit at home with our cats, and eat Chinese food while watching episodes of the West Wing and Firefly. Forever.

Luckily we photograph many, many different awesome things – and when we do photograph weddings, we’re not burned out, we haven’t run out of ideas – and we’re just set to be all out Amazing and bring the Awesome. Now I know – there are lots of wedding blog posts about how it’s your day and you’re beautiful and other empowering words like that – but dammit, I’m just there to make Awesome. Fortunately, our clients hire us to do that – and they trust us enough to do comply with our crazy requests.

Like Sarah & Tetsuro. They actually live in Japan but still had their wedding here in Atlanta! The internets are crazy and amazing because Sarah was one of my few clients that was always awake with me at 3am on gchat. See all of those paper cranes? A literal 1,000. Handmade, strung up and magical. (Magical like a unicorn with laser eyes and rocket feet with ankle watches on.) (I’m writing this around 2am so that last line literally made sense when I wrote it.)

After some extreme difficulties with their original venue – Sarah & Tetsuro switched venues – the Thursday before their Saturday wedding. You know how that is possible? – With a damn good wedding coordinator/planner and other super-hero vendors like Juli! And us! And… um, the cake lady and the DJ! Yeah. (this is where Leah and Joy tell me I should stop writing these blog posts at 2:13am.)

Seriously though – we’ve had some amazing weddings in the past year – and we haven’t blogged about any of them. By my count that’s 47 weddings we have in que, just waiting to be shown to the world. So here we go. Let’s begin. This is Sarah & Tetsuro’s wedding, and They. Are. Awesome.

Wedding Coordinator/Planner: Stella Harper Events
Event/Floral Design: Juli Vaughn Designs
Venue: Payne Corley House
Cake! Eileen Carter Creations

Oh yeah. One. More. Thing.

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We hired creative director Joy to take over the coordination and operations of the Internship last season so that I would be able to focus on teaching the workshops and helping instruction – and honestly last season was the best one we’ve had so far. Of course – Season [Gold Lion] will blow last season away. Along with +Krisandra and +Luiza – we’re better and the internship just keeps getting more and more amazing.

So here they are – the kickass Interns that make up Season [Gold Lion]

Click on each photo to read their posts and more about each of them.

I’ve been shooting still for what seems like forever. I got my first DSLR in 2007 (I feel old), and I’ve been shooting photos and more photos and more photos. Well recently I decided to take the leap and try my hand at video. AND I FREAKING LOVE IT.

I have a lot to learn. I mean A LOT. But I’m proud of what I’ve done so far.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with some amazing artists and collaborated to create two music videos. So far.

My most recent is Peter Z‘s Viewer Discretion:

Earlier this month I also worked with Asante to make my very first video.

You can expect many more to come.