Let's start at the beginning.

“If you’re not about to maybe fall, then you’re not really working, you’re not really cooking, you’re not really creating”

— David Bouley, Chef's Table

I feel like I'm about to maybe fall. After seven years, I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone and dropping my name from the business in an effort to allow room for growth. In Craft & Record can be found a new philosophy, a more active approach toward improving the lives my business touches, and an intention of promoting engagement within a creative and authentic community. 

I'll be honest, I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing. And that makes me smile. Here's to maybe falling, and feeling good doing it.

So. Welcome to the beginning.

A Retrospective.

“Before and after I take a picture, I would ask myself: am I enjoying this? Is the person who I’m shooting enjoying this? Cause the reason of being is ‘be happy’. If every photo we take is for some specific reason, then I would rather sit down and relax with my friends, have a cup of tea, watch movies, or exchange our first sexperience, or anything else.”

— Ren Huang

The reason of being is 'be happy.'

There were many times this year when I would question why I was photographing weddings. I still question why I photograph weddings. Why I photograph anything. Sometimes my answer is an off-putting 'I don't know,' which causes me to analyze who I am and where I am and reevaluate life. 'I don't know' doesn't scare me. It pushes me to growth. It pushes me to question, to evolve, to live.

These images aren't the "I don't knows.' These images are the yes's. They are what I achieve when all is right... even when it doesn't appear that way. Because these images are life.

Let's get started.

Special thanks to Sarah Williams and Chaz Cruz for letting me be their ride or die in Virginia and Ohio.