You can always smile..

A compilation of photos and writings to show vision.

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Lane 35mm Kodak Tri-X 400

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No poetry tonight😴 I’ve been kind of brain dead the last 24 hours and it feels relaxing. December is feeling out to be a good ole month, and i’m excited to share my journey. Since i’m shooting film only at the moment I will try to put all my shoots on my story because I think that’s fun and I’d like to. Hopefully you enjoy. ✌🏾🖤🌊 •• •• muse: @kannhealy13_ 🖤🖤🖤 Wardrobe: @frockify 🖤🖤🖤 Stylist: me 🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #fashionportrait #mensfashion #womensfashion #western #thatsdarling #ihavethisthingwithcolor #peoplescreatives #beautiful #musephoto #azmodels #composition #kdpeoplegallery #portraitcollective #expofilm #bleachmyfilm #justgoshoot (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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The tragic loss of your words makes for grand openings that propel us into the everlasting future of mankind. Life is love and love is life. Enchant yours alongside your passion...it really is beautiful🌊 •• •• muse: @itsnokia 🖤🖤🖤 •• •• Another day down in the books. Tomorrow is my last duty day to ASU then i’m freeeeeee. So many ideas I can now put forth the effort to make possible. I can’t wait to show you all my film work. ✌🏾🖤🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #facesobsessed #pursuitofportraits #endlessfaces #rose #beautiful #thatsdarling #ihavethisthingwithcolor #killeverygram #bleachmyfilm #postthepeople #peoplescreatives #ofhumans #kdpeoplegallery #azmodels #portraitcollective #nikon #makeportraitsnotwar #expofilm #portraitpage #bravoportraits (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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The upper hand in the division always tends to gain a very misinterpreted and misguided amount of authority. Somehow we all sit back and enjoy the misinformed show to a miscounted amount of mishaps that occur all under misfortune but never one has been mistaken...🌊 •• •• muse: @meganerussell 🖤🖤🖤 stylist: me 🌊 •• •• I started styling my shoots around the middle of this summer and I very much enjoy the process of it all. Maybe I should credit myself with some of them or all of them who knows. I do know one thing, I like styling but having a stylist other than myself is so much better for me. Take my mind off one thing and focused on the result, thus making it better. Whatever though right 🤷🏾‍♂️ i’m just flowing ✌🏾🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #fashion #azmodels #fashionportrait #fashionphotography #editorial #thatsdarling #ihavethisthingwithcolor #beautiful #musephoto #createexplore #makeportraitsnotwar #peoplescreatives #postthepeople #kdpeoplegallery #pursuitofportraits #photographyislife #photooftheday #monday (at Tucson, Arizona)

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I’ve missed you. The cold embrace left upon the face, the grit of love in between five, or ten, many men, and women. The euphoria you hold, condemns all to the heavens. For you make all madness into, love and contentment. Your massive soul soothes the world. Undoubtedly, you are as I am, like they...🌊 •• •• muse: @uhleashuh_ 🖤🖤🖤 @obscuraemagazine September 17 Issue 🙌🏾🙏🏾🌊 •• •• “We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. — Rochefoucauld” 🌟 I’ve been reading a lot lately and I think i’ve found some passion in it. Speaking of passion, one of the first questions I ask people is just that. What is your passion? 🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #create #beautiful #makeportraitsnotwar #fashion #art #thatsdarling #ihavethisthingwithcolor #kdpeoplegallery #azmodels #photographyislife #photooftheday #portraitmood #womensfashion #portraitpage #peoplescreatives #musephoto #bleachmyfilm #expofilm #thecreatorclass (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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Restrict / Restore 🌊 •• •• muse: @styledbyb_ 🖤🖤🖤 •• •• Made a gang of prints today for my final project. Maybe i’ll show it to you or maybe I won’t haha. On the other hand i’m just ready to be done with this semester. ✌🏾🙏🏾 •• •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #create #art #lips #lipart #beauty #featuremeofh #postthepeople #azmodels #photographyislife #photooftheday #sunday #pursuitofportraits #makeportraitsnotwar #createcommune #thecreatorclass (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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ramen babies...🌊 •• •• muse: @thathomegan 🖤🖤🖤 •• •• The semester is ending and I couldn’t be more happy about. I’ve mentally checked out of all my classes so this last week is going to be very draining. I’ve been passing lots of opportunities with people as I am trying to maintain focus on this education. Wish me luck. ✌🏾👊🏾 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #create #art #lips #lipart #beauty #featuremeofh #postthepeople #azmodels #photographyislife #photooftheday #sunday #pursuitofportraits #makeportraitsnotwar #createcommune #thecreatorclass #ramen (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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Peppermint please...🌊 •• •• muse: @ktgnerer 🖤🖤🖤 •• •• It’s so good to have work that you are proud of and means something to you. The thought of adding on to this project is exciting. I’ve been compiling a list of ideas for months now and sometime in the future I’ll be making more of these photos..🙌🏾🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #create #art #lips #lipart #beauty #featuremeofh #postthepeople #azmodels #photographyislife #photooftheday #friday #peppermint #pursuitofportraits #makeportraitsnotwar #createcommune #thecreatorclass (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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I was just thinking that November is really flying past this year in time. I just realized that this weekend will be my last weekend shooting digital for a couple of months. I stated a couple of weeks ago that I was just going to shoot just 35mm and 120mm film for two months. This is a personal choice for self growth and development as a photographer and a human being. I’ll be posting high quality film work on here as it comes along. I hope everyone supports my decision to do this. Anyhow this Nikon D750 I got brand new mid February of this year will be on the market for $1100. If you’re interested let me know and if you’re a follower i’ll give you 10% off the original asking price....✌🏾🌊 •• In addition I’ve got three available slots for shooting this weekend if any model is available and wants to create. I will be extremely selective with who I will work with since it should be my last weekend having shooting digitally. •• #smallerocean #ocean #forsale #nikon #nikond750 #fullframe #photographyislife #shootfilm (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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If I can see you flying. Then I can see you falling...🌊 •• •• Wrapped up another great Sunday with an outstanding shoot. This always makes for an excellent Monday. Hope your weekend was grand. ✌🏾🖤 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #desert #thatsdarling #bnw #bnwphotography #bnwfashion #blackandwhite #kdpeoplegallery #justgoshoot #womensfashion #azmodels #photographyislife #sundays #peoplescreatives #postthepeople #makeportraitsnotwar #portraitcollective #fashionportrait #fashionphotography (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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To be seen or unseen...🌊 •• •• forever muse: @brvceanderson 🖤🙌🏾🖤 •• For @elegantmagazine Oct 17 #5 😇 •• I think this was the shoot that made me take my styling more seriously. I️ couldn’t have asked for a better model to fill the vision I️ had. @brvceanderson you are da bomb!👊🏾 •• Yo @apple WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THIS I️ ..🧐 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #lasvegas #redrocks #fashionportrait #fashionphotography #fashionphotographer #ralphlauren #levi #bnwphotography #blackandwhiteisworththefight #monochrome #thatsdarling #model #peoplescreatives #mensfashion #killeverygram #kdpeoplegallery #bleachmyfilm #create #makeportraitsnotwar (at Las Vegas, Nevada)

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Too much, not enough inhale. Short steps, long distance exhale. Forever, keep going inhale. For passion, for love exhale...🌊 •• •• forever muse: @angelmydarling 🖤🖤🖤 •• •• So much to say but so little to say. Go give @angelmydarling some love because she woke up to shoot with me having little sleep and the hookers were still out slanging snatch on the corner streets of DTLA...which has nothing to do with this shoot. ✌🏾🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #blackandwhiteisworththefight #bnwphotography #bnw #thatsdarling #monochrome #bnw_society #peoplescreatives #postthepeople #composition #womensfashion #vintagestyle #justgoshoot #create #losangeles #fashionportrait #fashionphotography #nikon #bleachmyfilm #passion #poem #portraitcollective #musephoto (at Los Angeles, California)

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DOOM BABY DOOM Master crafted, psychological thriller, of the instant masses with faces, drugged viciously, by false reality, absence of dignity, and, diseased with bigotry. Have you no room for just, injust..... Breaking the lock on compassion to hear you say, sorry.... Historically based has not been good, enough. Never then, and still not now. When the sun shines, flowers blossom, timidly they’ve hit you. In vast numbers too. To simply reconnect, your beauty, has been untimely too. However, we’ll rise, and we’ll keep on, rising! The chambers of beauty, and opportunity, shall never, ever, close it’s doors for us.....🌊 •• •• forever muse: @jenn_c_harris 🌊🖤🌊🖤 clothing: @frockify 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 •• •• This poem is all over the place mentally and it’s very intentional. If you want to understand the true meaning I️ guess you could dm me 😊🙏🏾 Monday has been amazing to say the least and I️ surely hope your Monday has been the same. ✌🏾🖤🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #azmodels #photographyislife #blackandwhiteisworththefight #blackandwhiteonly #bnw #bnw_society #peoplescreatives #fashionportrait #fashion #womensfashion #mensfashion #vintagestyle #thatsdarling #musephoto #killeverygram #kdpeoplegallery #makeportraitsnotwar #hotisthenewblack #poetry #poem (at Tucson, Arizona)

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NOT DO I have evaluated everything between the stars, and lately, i have found nothing about you, for you, or from you. Zeros and ones won’t condone, the exact reflection, of you, as gone....🌊 •• •• model: @hunterdoradea 👊🏾🖤🙌🏾 •• •• Today was grand for sure. I took these shots a year and some months ago. I had totally forgot about this set until I saw @hunterdoradea on @iiamlegend story today. Let me just say I met him when he first started and I was too and damn he’s bloomed and still blooming y’all. Keep the progression going....that’s to everyone 👊🏾 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #makeportraitsnotwar #fashion #mensfashion #model #vogue #bnw #blackandwhiteonly #bnw_society #poem #poetry #losangeles #portraits_la #killeverygram #postthepeople #peoplescreatives #shotaward #bleachmyfilm (at Los Angeles, California)

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UNTOUCH As a sliver of light fell upon the white wall before me. Your immaculate physical form came forth. Not knowing of reality, I stood. Not breathing, in silence, in awe, all emotions were froze. Love, seemed to be the only valued emotion left, inside my porous mind. Just as quickly as, you, appeared. An explosion of laughter flooded the bountiful white room. You were gone. Untouched, by me...🌊 •• •• muse: @mckennazhang 👊🏾🖤🙌🏾 jewelry: @andreabjewelry 🖤🙌🏾🖤 •• •• I talked a whole lot today and met a few new rad people that I hope to find value in. I also learned quite a bit on a topic I didn’t have much knowledge on and gained so much insight from it as well. People never cease to amaze me in every corner of life. What we have is so precious and everyone should be heard and given love. Could you imagine a world like that?....✌🏾❤️🌊 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #fashion #womensfashion #leather #monochrome #blackandwhiteisworththefight #blackandwhiteonly #peoplescreatives #makeportraitsnotwar #postthepeople #thatsdarling #model #lasvegas #justgoshoot #create #musephoto #killeverygram #portraitcollective #bleachmyfilm #bnwphotography #bnw (at Las Vegas, Nevada)

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silence is golden...🌊 •• •• muse: @hannah.adams 🙌🏾💥🙌🏾 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #fashionportrait #beautiful #model #losangeles #makeportraitsnotwar #thatsdarling #ihavethisthingwithcolor #peoplescreatives #musephoto #killeverygram #justgoshoot #womensfashion #denim #postthepeople #all_shots #fashion #vans (at Los Angeles, California)

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INTUITION The boldness of ever glazed eyes, attracts the warmest, sensation. To act returns, irresistible emotions gravitating within. Could it be your, intuition, to prevail...🌊 •• •• muse: @baileyolivas 🖤🖤🖤 •• •• Happy Halloween 🎃 •• •• #smallerocean #ocean #makeportraitsnotwar #pursuitofportraits #portraitcollective #peoplescreatives #postthepeople #wearethepeoplemag #fashionportrait #kdpeoplegallery #musephoto #ihavethisthingwithcolor #thatsdarling #justgoshoot #beautiful #portraits_la #featuremeofh #nikon (at Los Angeles, California)