well today marked my first day as a full-time photographer….crazy to think this has actually happened

so, what better way to celebrate than with a senior shoot
i love being able to travel around, try out new locations, and include things in my images that most would not think of…
thankfully Alyssa was cool with that as well whether it was a huge truck, a broken pepsi machine, or some huge concrete drainage thingy (that’s the technical name)

I met Alyssa when I taught for a day in a photography class she was taking at one of the local high schools – it was really cool teaching that class and I think it’s something i want to try and do more often – i love the creativity of high schoolers and how they are not constrained to how things should be or ought to be – we can learn a lot from them

here are a few from the shoot – thanks Alyssa

so in case you have not heard yet, we have decided to procreate

can’t wait for this bearded terror to be unleashed upon the world – unless it’s a girl, then that would be rather worrying

many more pics to come in the future

my parents would have killed me had i ever bought a motorcycle – however, for Matt, it only made sense since he was pretty much born on a dirt bike

Matt is the local high school stunt man. When not on his bike, he is being asked to back flip off anything and everything – we had a blast hanging out and i was pretty pumped on the new location we stumbled upon
as much as i would have loved to hop on the bike, it was probably in everyone’s best interest that i didn’t – mostly mine though

here are a few of the pics

well it’s that time of year again for senior stuff to start picking up…thankfully the weather is starting to play a little nicer

i’ve known Alyssa for about 4 years now and it’s crazy to think that she will be heading out at the end of this year…i have had the privilege of going on a ton of different youth trips with her all over the country and recently to Panama
she has a great heart for others, especially when it comes to younger children…i’m also glad she was able to bear the blood thirsty mosquitos in the field that apparently were out to consume people

here are a few from her shoot…

i have needed to go out and shoot for myself for so long…

that can be the hard part i think with being a “creative”…our to-do lists primarily get so filled up with other peoples to-do’s that we never put personal items on our lists – but that’s one of the biggest mistakes we can make

i have been reading through this book called Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky and I highly recommend it – it’s kicking my butt – i am learning so much about the process from being creative to actually creating

so whatever your creative outlet is, create something today – whether it’s for yourself or for others

here are a few of the shots from last night…