best

Opportunities have arisen that I'm largely unprepared for. This opportunity for my voice to be heard has fallen into my lap and I'm afraid that I don't have anything new to say. Anything that I can possibly think of to say has been said

snaps

avant gardener

I don't really have any ideas for a name for this post... so I'll name it after this random song I looked up on Soundhound/shazaam I've been taking a lot of photos... as usual. Weddings, portraits, and everyday life stuff. The thing is.

2013

This is just another one of those end of the year posts... similar to everything you see online, on instagram, or whatever. 2013 was an amazing year. The year can mostly be summed up by... A bipolar cat, formerly known as Taco, now known as Frankie. The waiting for the

I left my wallet in el segundo

So, today I lost my wallet. Despite being a total packrat... I usually don't lose things. And if I do it's temporary since it's somewhere in my huge piles of stuff. Also, I barely did anything today, so there are very few pain points

East 2nd street flea

I woke up pretty late today, but managed to get myself out of the house to start editing photos... Checked social media, and found out flat track was at another cool event(they're always at cool events). I checked the address, and it was literally happening a block

hum

I can't shake the feeling that I'm just a little kid, despite being 23, almost 24 in a few months. I don't know how many things work and I have unconditional fears. I feel like a large chunk of my life was wasted, un-lived,

Binging on Austin

"Hey Pat, how are things?" "Good." -A question Last Saturday I went to my first funeral. I was the photographer. (I borrowed the family's DSLR, I don't have most of the photos.) Is that all I have to say about it? No.

ruby on wheels

We drove from Chapel Hill, NC to Nashville, TN for Ruby's grandfather's funeral, which is taking place tomorrow. While Ruby relatively likes being in the car, she hates being bound to her seat for longer than an hour. Luckily her dog (named Dog) can keep her

tea shop

Took this right before the events of the following post, I don't think this is just a tea shop. An "herb" shop is probably a more fitting name.

An afternoon in DC

I have a pretty substantial post coming up... but I've been kind of letting it marinate. Here's a small tidbit from the weekend I spent in DC. An afternoon Ariel. I met her 4 years ago in an intro photography class. We shared the same photo

closing

When we first met, I really liked you because you were easy to talk to. I don't know what changed, or if you have been this way ever since the beginning, but it's pretty hard to "chill" with you now days. You laugh at