It's Here!

I'll like to thank everyone who has followed this blog for the past couple years! You all indirectly oil my wheels.
I now have a new blog and it's describephotography.com. Please keep following me and feel free to email me at describephotography@gmail.com or call at 708 8SCRIBE.

Coming Soon!

I am working on a new blog as we speak. I will keep you all posted with updates and an official lunch date.

JEMOWEN Preggy

If you've been on this blog for any period of time you will definitely know JEMOWEN. When I discovered Emily was expecting I was excited and started thinking of a name to call them since JEMOWEN was just for the 3 of them. I am just saying preggy for now cause I don't wanna change their name again after the baby comes.
I drove over to their house for this one and as always it was less about photography and more about relationship building.
And we went to a NICE Mexican restaurant afterwards...uhm uhm uhm good!
Enjoy!

Akin and Amy + 0.75

Akin and Amy's wedding was my first, I mean first paid gig! They took me seriously when I was just finding my bearing so you know they have a special place in my heart.
Amy, Akin and I went back and forth for a while trying to pick a weekend that worked for the shoot. Having the shoot on a weekend ended up being impossible and the unlikely weekday shoot was what actually worked out.
We had the shoot at Lake Ann in Reston, VA. During the shoot, I gave a few instructions but I pretty much let them flow and then made a few adjustments. I also did a bit of moving around to try and change my perspective. It was a very satisfying shoot.
Enjoy!

Gangan

I took this picture at my cousin's wedding in Nigeria over a year ago. We call these drums gangan or talking drums. The drums were used to communicate back in the day and it was probably what Nas (rapper) was referring to when he said "drums were the text sending" on Distant Relatives.

Growing up, I never knew what the drums said when a drummer made it talk. I just enjoyed it when it was used in accompanying music.

IMH, you need to be told what the drum says for you to understand. Once you are told, the next time the drum "speaks" the same thing, you'll understand.

Gina

Gina Gina Gina! When I think of Gina I think of cheesecake. A while back, Gina bought cheesecake, had a few slices and put the rest in the refrigerator of an office we both use. Well, I opened the refrigerator and devoured her cheesecake without permission. Instead of going crazy, she laughed about the whole thing cause it was a "mistake"...right?
I can categorically say she developed as a person and got a better understanding of why she is who she is between moving to DC and leaving DC.
It was time for her to move on so a bunch of us came together for a 'lime'. The food was so good that I forgot the camera for a while. I really had a good time a the lime.

Many more years of discovering purpose Gina!

Enjoy the pix!

Gina in yellow

Jon and Sarah

My buddy David and I shot this wedding a couple months ago. We had shot Jon and Sarah's engagement pictures a few months before the wedding so we did not need any ice breaking.
The day started off in an interesting way because of a slight "detour" in my driving plans. Luckily, we had planned on being at the hotel a little earlier than usual so I had nothing to worry about.
We had some mountains to climb, lessons to learn but things turned out well.
Enjoy!