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After many years of photography as a hobby, I started my full-time business about 15 years ago in the Myrtle Beach area. I started small for the first few months, shooting family beach pictures. I realized I had a really good talent for portrait photography and a good way with clients, so I eventually moved into doing weddings as well.

I’ve always approached photography from the geeky, technical side of things. Before doing it professionally, I learned software like Adobe Lightroom as a hobby and how all the camera settings affect an image. While the technical side of photography comes easy for me, I had to work hard to learn to pose people and groups. Even after many years and taking nearly a million pictures, I always try to improve.

Some other things about me, I’m good at web coding and have my site running on my own server, so it’s really fast! I’m also really into CrossFit. I’m getting older now and appreciate the benefits of staying in shape, especially when shooting weddings. I also have other hobbies, like scuba diving and mountain biking.

My wife is from the country of Colombia. If you see a beautiful assistant in any Photo Booth pictures, she comes along to help me with that. She also now assists me as a second shooter with wedding photography. She also works as an Architect at her full-time job. You can check out some cool pictures and aerial videos with my Drone on a recent trip to Colombia.