The last week of July for me was special. After my recent solo travels to Minnesota, I was able to have a long weekend road trip with my family. Partially funded by a client who needed some photography in Ohio.
In mid-July, I took a personal vacation and visited friends from my hometown of Austin, MN, as well as the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Here are some photographs and my experience along the journey.
On Saturday, Oct. 8 I joined other photographers on a #satphotowalkdetroit, where we started at the Fisher Building in New Center, meeting on the West Grand Blvd entrance towards the Boston Edition before circling back. After parking on the opposite side I exited the Fisher’s building’s west side and recognized some familiar faces and noticed …
On Saturday, April 23 I broke out my camera and met up with over a dozen other members of the Detroit Photo Walk, with organizers Gerard “G” (Tantrumfury) and Jordan Eckman (eckshoots), at Joseph Campau Ave in Hamtramck, MI. It felt great meeting up with people again. I met some new members, like KaushiK sur, …
On January 16th we all headed on a plane to Tampa, Florida to visit some of Jen’s family, who lives nearby. Jen hadn’t seen her aunt since she was a little girl, and she was excited to meet all of her new cousins as well. As I try and do every time, I managed to …
On December 30, 2018, I went out to explore Continental Motors in Detroit with my brother and Jason (@jejones). Jason guided us through the area and talked to us about the evolution of graffiti from different artists over the years. He told stories from his viewpoints of what used to be and when it got …
I had the opportunity to go on a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It had been a long time since my entire family and my sister’s family were able to get together like this at the same time. We spent two nights in a Wyndom Hotel near the beach and had a fantastic …
When Jen told me the Henry Ford Museum was free on Martin Luther King Day I knew we had to go. She had her friend with her so I knew I’d be able to take some pictures with no problem. When the time came to leave we piled in the car with Elon and Jen’s …
On October 15th, I visited my brother and Ozge in Minneapolis, MN. I walked around with Jen and Elon at the Walker Sculpture Gardens and began taking pictures of the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge. My goal was to create a mini-series of this interesting structure. There is a personal connection and a lot of memories …
View more images like this in my Waterfalls series. This last weekend I was fortunate to visit Niagara Falls. Jen invited me to this amazing adventure for her friend Tiffany’s birthday party. Tiffany and her husband Paul met us in St. Catherines of Ontario, Canada on August 26th. This was my first time using Airbnb …