The Close-up

The story of Niya and Keon

This was my first attempt at documenting the love made/created by one of my couples. Meet Niya and Keon! And if you're an avid viewer of some of the work published here, you would notice that Niya---is the wardrobe stylist for some of my hottest concepts, as well as her Fiance--being a male model for one of my former shoots. So here's the skinny...these shoots are A LOT OF WORK. But A LOT OF FUN! Truth be known, watching a couple re-inact how "he approached her"....or how "she approached him"...is classic voyeurism, especially when you know IT IS GOING TO GO DOWN...eventually :)

Special Thanks go out to:
Kei - for waiting in her car for way too long while we finished shooting in the first location
Jai - for opening District early and especially for us & operating on no sleep
Zaneta - for sticking with us all the way through and being late to her own party!
Kia - for 2 gorgeous looks

Asafu and Zoe

You can't get any classier than this fine couple here! Meet one of my dearest friends, Asafu and his lovely Fiance, Zoe. We shot on location down at the Smithsonian in washington, DC. While shooting this couple, every pose (although natural), just took to me a place of beauty...yea, that my sound corny, but SERIOUSLY every time the camera snapped, and they were in loving form---i gasped and whispered " thats Art"

Johnice + Mike

Meet Johnice and Mike...the couple without a doubt...with MUCH PERSONALITY :) loves' it. This lovely pair and I took a nice stroll one sunny saturday at Brookside Gardens, and made use of---you know me with a camera... and them being all in love. What we captured that day to me was indicative of the amount of fun I will have capturing them on their VERY VERY SPECIAL WEDDING DAY. And might I add---special style kudos to Johnice for bringing the "noise and the funk" to this shoot :)

Spring Color Shoot--Model Tone

An evening with the Congressman

I had the absolute pleasure of being the photographer for Congressman John Lewis, on his 70th Birthday! This my friends was a great treat, as not only was I among some of DC's movers and Shakers---(i.e. President Bill Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi)...but also some extreme talent---Yolanda Adams and Lalah Hathaway. Coulda knocked me over with a feather, but if you did that...i'd prob miss a good shot:) Take a gander at some of the images snapped by yours truely.

The couple that Shoots together....

A couple that shoots together....stays together in my book at least. Take a gander at these two extremely photogenic two. Jennifer and Jeff....or Jsquared as I have coined them to be. They graced my lens on the purpose of being one of Jeff's suprise birthday gift. Yea, I am a a suprise gift folks----GET ON IT. Anywho, they showed up at my studio...jeff completely unaware of what was about to transpire, and here I come...swinging my camera like ITSSHOWTIME. Good thing this boy is no stranger to the mirror or posing, cuz just like his special lady...they were born to be snapped! Let's hear it for young love....