So I shot my first wedding the past April. 

I remember driving down to Charleston with Pat, getting out of the car, shaking a few hands and Pat turns to me and tells me he’s going with Peter (the groom) and for me to go with Megan (the bride.) I had seen photographs from other people’s weddings, those done by professional photographers and not. Though I’m sure I must have looked slack-jawed and slightly deer eyed when Pat turned around and walked outside of the house. I drew a blank on how to photograph anything and had a little mini panic attack when I started walking upstairs to find Megan. 
As the day progressed, it became easier to get caught up in capturing the moment and allowing myself to fall back into documenting the event properly. I quickly started to practice getting comfortable with Megan and doing my best to help her not get even more nervous in front of the camera than she already was on her wedding day.  

Honestly, I’ve always loved weddings but being behind the camera on them has given me a new perspective on the little nuances that make someone’s special day one of a kind. Having so much creative freedom and little direction (purposely) from Pat has pulled me out of my comfort zone and has thrown me straight into a much faster pace career life. 
I’m not cured from my worries about missing the perfect shot on someone’s wedding day just yet and maybe I’ll never be. Though it’s been such a privilege to be part of a wedding and/engagement shoot that marks a definitive step in someone else’s life and helping them to remember it in the purest way I can. 

*Above is a photo I took of Pat shooting the bride, her father, her sister and her sister’s daughter right before the wedding. 

First impressions are fairly important - we can all agree here, right?
Well I’m sure if you ask Pat the story will be different (and maybe change every time you ask him.)
But to make a long story short Pat and I met when he asked me to model for him. The above photo is one he took during that shoot. 

From the start Pat and I connected over our love for Lupe Fiasco and Jay Zalong with our sarcasm and searing wit. He also took me to experience my first chicken wing (I know, I know) that same day. Although kicking it with Pat (and Josh, who also came along) I honestly didn’t really expect to see him on a regular basis, much less work with him.
But as you already know, that exactly what has happened. And if I’m being honest, I have to attribute it to it being the Lord’s purpose to have Pat in my life. He and I quickly learned characteristics about one another after we shot our first wedding together that would prove to be obstacles we’d have to learn to deal with if we were going to continue to work together. After breaking that down (over a significant amount of time apart) it’s been easy to do both business and just regular life with one another. I continue to learn day in and day out with Pat that communication is key - using your voice face to face especially, even when you typically communicate through a lens.  

Many of you may know me from my other Tumblr, and this new one will be similar in terms of the amount of “creative vomit” that I am going to fill it with.
With one minor difference..

I have started an assistantship/partnership/long lasting relationship with photographer Pat Wright. If you follow my other blog, then you are already familiar with some of the things he and I have been up to and experimenting with. If you’re new to me, then welcome. 
I’ll be using this blog to keep track of my progress and a photographer and creative mind throughout my experiences working with Pat. Hopefully you’ll enjoy reading about our adventures as well.


*Above is Pat and I after shooting some test shots for an engagement shoot coming up in July.