In mid August in 2019 I packed a bag and several cases of kit, and a few canisters of insect repellent and headed to the small sleepy fishing town of Port St Joe Florida nestled in the heart of the Forgotten Coast region. From there I spent the next several days working with the creative staff of the Gulf County Tourist Development Office to create their 20-21 Visitors guide. A 80 page colorful and eye-catching guide cover to cover full of popping images to hep their visitors get the very best out of what Gulf county has to offer from shopping, eats, fishing and recreation.

It’s always exciting when clients reach out to me to high light their new products. The Inflatable Explorer stand up paddle board was certainty something to get excited about. We had so much fun on this shoot my legs were a little wobbly because I couldn’t help myself to play with the new board. Product photographer turned product tester!

Spanning from August of 2018 to July of 2019 I traveled to Jackson Co and spent several days a month heading over to create for them a vast digital library of content for their new visitors guide and website in partnership with Visit FL. I created shot list goals depicting everything from disciplinary shots to cave scuba diving, wildlife and holiday parades. Working closely with the Tourist Development Director I was allowed privileged access to areas in order to create the content.

The year of it’s start up Mammoth Clothing Co hired me to create lifestyle images for their 2018/19 line.

As an avid water man and former USLA veteran I was quick to start structuring shoots for the professional first res-ponders of NBLG. I currently create training materials and photograph their races and drills, and competitions.

Working with the Heros of the HNFD was a inspiration carried over from working with our local lifeguards. To be able and give something back to these men and women that risk their lives every day has been an honor.

Approached by SOG Knifes to create social media content to be used across their platforms in the spring season of 2020 featuring their new EDC line of knifes.

Not many counties in Florida know adventure like Jackson County and that is precisely why they reached out to me in the fall of 2021 to come to their beautiful area and set up and design a series of photo and video shoots highlighting their adventure tourism. From a girls night out around the fire to a quail hunt we did a little bit of everything.

In November of 2019 I was commissioned to help Spark Ad Agencies client Love FL create content for the winters Bragging Rights Campaign. A social media campaign focused on Floridians to show off our winter recreational highlights/lifestyle. The fact we can snorkel and free dive in our freshwater springs year round comes with some bragging rights. Model: Amanda Dunham

With so many visitors flocking to the beaches of Northwest Florida’s beautiful beaches I was commissioned to help the Santa Rosa County’s Tourist Development Office and the Florida Wildlife Commission to create some adds education awareness of the harmful effects lights at night and holes on the beaches have for baby sea turtles.

I love it when entrepreneurs and creators come together to achieve something great. Such was the case when the owner, perfomer and ceo of “A Southern Princess Co” reached out to me via Instagram to set up a lifestyle shoot for their pool party/mermaid division. A successful party and event princess company based out of Atlanta Georgia.

Working with my friends at Spark Advertising on Visit FL campaigns always gets me stoked. I know I’m always going to be out doors, and mostly around water. The 2019 Adventure Seeker Campaign was certainly the case. A model and I got to head to the beautiful Black Water State Forest in NwFl to show off some of it’s beautiful features.

Working with conservation minded people on education/awareness projects is a huge passion of mine. I was fortunate to work with a true leader of conservation Fabian Cousteau on a recent visit he made to Northwest Fl. Along with Ocean Learning Center educators taught families the importance of beach dunes and sea oats and helped the public plant over 1000 sea oats in the way of conservation and protection.

Commissioned to create lifestyle/product content featuring on of Yolo Boards new flag ship products the Lakewood. A high end, beautifully designed stand up paddle board. The sleek lines and wood embossed deck of the board reminded me of a beautiful yacht, so we shot on location at a local yacht club and the campaign was a smashing success.

In the year of it’s conception I was the first photographer to shoot their first line of clothing.

For three years or so I have been honored to provide the cover art for the Emerald Coast Visitors Guide published by Sand Piper Marketing.

I am proud and honored to be able to volunteer my services to the amazing biologists at the Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Animal hospital as they rehabilitate injured sea turtles and release them back into the wild.

Braving rough seas and sea sickness I joined F.i.i and Benthic Ocean Sports alongside Martin Stepanek world champion freediver while they carried out their advanced freedive instructors course in the Gulf of Mexico.

In June of 2020 I was honored to shoot a clients wedding during the height of Florida’s lock down with the Covid 19. My client had a social distanced wedding and only invited close family member while guests watched the dock side ceremony from boats safely distanced within the cool waters of Merritt’s Mill Pond. To make their wedding even more unique I suggested we take underwater portraits in the adjacent Jackson Blue Spring. The photos, and ceremony where an instant success with the client happy and delighted multiple publications and media outlets contacted me for the story. Panama City Living Magazine made it their cover and full feature for the August 2020 issue.

Working closely with the Tourist Development office of Santa Rosa County I often get to get out to one of my favorite places in NwFl and capture content from the artificial reef systems off of the Navarre Beach Marine Park.

Fall 2021 my team and I set up at Fast Eddies for a fun shoot creating content for their new website and social media channels. We created a library of eye-catching content including photo and video.

Working with local inventors and entrepreneurs is always inspiring. To see my clients light up as they see their projects and products take shape and their dreams realized through photography and film.