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Breaking out of a rut: Images of things close to home

I don't know about you but I find that if I am not careful I can slowly slide into artistic ruts. Recently I realized this had happened to me over the last couple of month since I returned from my...

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January Wallpaper

I have been starting to plan and prepare for a spring workshop in Sumatra and a trip to India. As I have been doing this I have been looking back through older images and I found this one of the...

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Shooting locally...and having a great time!

This week I began a new assignment for an organization called Friends of Refugees that is located just about five minutes from where I live. I love what this wonderful team of folks are doing and I am...

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Hope for the future in Clarkston, Georgia

I wanted to share more images from my first shooting session for Friends of Refugees. As the weeks go on I want to share more about this great community of folks who are serving peoples from Somalia,...

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Volunteers, refugees and a community garden

Today I spent about an hour shooting some more images for Friends of Refugees and I wanted to share them with you. Later on I will be telling more of the stories behind these images and more but for...

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New images from Friends of Refugees

Over the last couple of weeks I have been creating images of a number of different programs run by Friends of Refugees. I have had a great time interacting with the volunteers, staff and refugees from...

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More images from Friends of Refugees and Generation Salaam

Over the last couple of weeks I have been posting images from my work with Friends of Refugees, a great non-profit based in Clarkston, Georgia. This week I also began shooting for another non-profit...

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Who knew chewing gum could be art?

I just got off a long flight from Atlanta to Tokyo and I have a few minutes before I board a plan to Singapore on my way to Sumatra. I am hoping to be able to post images regularly but since we are...

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Fun at night in Medan

Yesterday we finally reached Sumatra after 26.5 hours of air travel and layovers in airports. After a much needed nap I hit the streets of Medan for a little street photography fun. This evening we...

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Chicken heads, coffee beans and making new friends.

After driving through the night for over 12 hours, we finally reached the mountains in area known as the Gayo region. This area is famous around the world for coffee and tomorrow we will be meeting...

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Final blog post from Sumatra

I was hoping to post images more frequently during this trip. However, because I have spent most of the last fourteen days in very remote areas, I am just now getting to post a few of the images I...

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More images from Sumatra

I wasn't planning on blogging about Sumatra again until I got back to Atlanta, but since I have 6 hours still until I leave for Tokyo, I thought I would share a few more images from the trip.  To be...

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The work in action: Friends of Refugees

Without a doubt, my favorite part of being a photographer has to be when I am on an assignment or out exploring on my own visually exploring the world and my subjects. But I would be lying if I didn't...

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Upcoming workshops in Atlanta

I am excited to announce that I am offering four different workshops this summer in the greater Atlanta area. No matter if you are just starting out or wanting to go deeper in discovering and...

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Fun with swings

Tonight, I was doing some work shooting a gathering at a community garden, and while I shot a variety of images, some of my favorites where of kids having fun on some rope swings. As I was creating...

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Don't miss these deals from Think Tank Photo!

If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know I love Think Tank Photo bags because they are made by photographers for photographers. I have carried these bags around the world and I...

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PHOTOGRAPH – Issue Three

Yesterday I wrote a post on the some great deals that Think Tank Photo is running this month. Today, I want you to know that Craft and Vision is releasing issue three of PHOTOGRAPH, A Digital...

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Friends of Refugees: Summer fun!

Over the last five months, I have had the privilege of working with a great organization in Clarkston, Georgia called Friends of Refugees. This summer I am continuing this work by creating some images...

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A review of Thinktank Photo's "My 2nd Brain"

If you have read my blog for any period of time, you know I love Thinktank Photo's bags because, in my opinion, they are not only tough bags but they are super functional. So when I got an email about...

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Adventures in MallePelly: Creating images and friendships

Tomorrow I get on an early flight to Kerala to do some work, but thankfully I had time this afternoon to wander through a neighborhood in Hyderabad called Mallepally. I wish I would have had time to...

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