SoFar Sounds

Last Saturday something special happened at my house, there was a concert in my backyard. There’s a company called SoFar Sounds, and I love what they’re about. SoFar finds people to host concerts in their homes or backyards, then they find artists to play those shows, then on a certain date they have a set […]

The Low Poly Portrait

I’ve been talking about photography a lot over the last few weeks, and not much about design and artwork. Today, I want to talk about design, and one of my favorite techniques, the low poly portrait. This portraiture technique is one I have been practicing for about a year now. It’s a very fun but […]

The Human Eye Rule

This week I want to talk about something I figured out about photography and human vision. I see people asking online “what would the specs of the human eye be if it was a lens?”. Today, I want to go through the specifics and answer that question. I remember realizing something a while back while […]

Portrait Photography: A Story Told through Image

Portrait photography is a form that I don’t practice very often, but I enjoy doing. Portrait photography is great for beginners because one can direct the model and get the best shot out of them, and see the subject at their greatest. Portrait photography is great. It’s less chaotic than action and event photography. Portrait photography was […]

Sports Photography 101

Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. This week I want to talk about one of my favorite aspects of photography, sports photography. Sports photography is one of my favorite things to do. I love it so much because I enjoy the challenge of not being able to direct your subject, and having to […]

How to Photograph an Event Properly

Hey everybody, hope you’ve all had a great week. Today I want to teach you something. I want to talk about event photography, and how you can get the best photos at parties, dinners, galas, and other gatherings, big or small. Event photography is an area that I have a lot of experience in. I’ve […]

RANCH! RIVER WAY RANCH!

Hey everybody, this week I want to tell a story about the Summer of 2016, when I was a CIT and photographer for a month at California’s best sleep away camp, River Way Ranch Camp. I had been going to this camp for six years as a camper, and I fell in love with this place […]

The Setup

Hey everybody. Iv’e written about what I do with graphic design, video, and photo, but today, I’m going to tell you the materials and tools I use to make art. I’ll be giving you my setup, and my opinion of the best beginner setup. Let’s get started! Let’s start with photo. I started taking photos when I was […]

Billie Jean Reasor

Today I want to share a story about my visit with my dad and sister to my grandmother in Shreveport, Louisiana, last week. Her name is Billie Jean Reasor, she’s 86, and still full of life even after all of those years. This trip was a special one because my sister and I hadn’t seen […]

The Other Montecito

I went on the MAD Academy sophomore retreat to the Sequoia National Park at the Montecito Sequoia Lodge last week. We arrived there in the afternoon on March 15th. While Dan and Pablo, our teachers, were checking everyone in, a snowball fight started in the parking lot. After Dan came or and broke up our […]