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My 10 Photos of 2015
10 photographs that I had a lot of fun making in 2015 with clients ranging from liquor brands to hair salons.
Two thousand and fifteen was the year I experienced the most creative growth of any year throughout my career as a photographer. Maybe it was the gris-gris bag I had especially made (to help with "creative insight") in February or just months of diligent work and study or maybe a little of all of the above. These images are a bit better than what I did in 2014 but not a complete representation of the work I did with so many talented stylists, models and makeup artists or projects that were shot from November-December.
Clients and projects featured: De La Mer, Brugal, Die and Let Die, Black Ink
The Soft Moon at One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans
The Soft Moon at One Eyed Jacks. May 9, 2015
This was one of those nights.
One of those evenings in which you wish you could fully pay attention and photograph something important, like a favorite band's performance. But when you're dancing your ass off, holding a lens in one hand and a camera in the other, making pictures becomes messy.
Add whiskey. Add beer.
I admit that this wasn't my best work but it was a great memory. I hadn't danced that hard in a long time and hadn't seen The Soft Moon perform even longer. It was a perfect performance from beginning to end. Although One Eyed Jacks wasn't crowded, the people who were there erupted into a vibrating dance ritual that is usually reserved for the typical New Orleans jazz/funk fare.
It was great seeing one of my favorite bands perform in my new city and seeing a lot of people discover music that is really special to me and to a lot of other people.
Enjoy the photos.
