Telling mommy all about it...

We were walking along a trail and our lil one was holding mommies hand and telling her all about.... everything... it was so funny to hear him talk non stop on this walk... These are some of my favorite shots, a moment in time that will bring back memories of this time in our lives.

Up, Up, and away...

I was hiking Rough Ridge Trial off the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC with my 4 year old son. He did such a great job with no complaints, in fact he talked all the way up and down!!! I gave this image a painterly look. For me it is a great capture to remember this trip!!

"Born on the 4th of July"

Yes, my wife was born on the 4th of July.... talk about fireworks!!! This was an impromptu shot after we had dinner. I took my wife to the Boone area for her birthday... I'm not going to tell her age... We had a great time and were enjoying fireworks and we saw this flag and I was able to creat a special image for my wife. She loved it... she said I made her look beautiful!!! I told her that's because you are....

"Quality time"

This was a shot I took of my wife and daughter putting on makeup in my bathroom.... my daughter was actually teaching my wife how to apply foundation... (my wife doesn't wear much makeup and my daughter loves it). So, it was a cute snap in a day in their life.

Honoring and remembering the fallen

This is the 2020 WPD Police Memorial -- Corona version, as in just the two officers, a Lt. reading the names, and me taking the photo. I used a wide angle lens and shot low on this shot. The wide angle gave the light post on the left the sun rays and it allowed me to fit everyone to incldue the flag pole in the photo.

Detectives of the Wilmington PD

This is a group shot of the detectives with the Wilmington PD to include Sgts, Lt. and Captain. This was shot at the Cloud 9 restaraunt and bar before they opened for business. They were gracious enough to allow us up there to capture this shot. The captain of the detective division wanted to capture the USS NC battleship and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.

Good times with the family

For Christmas I bought my wife and daughter tickets to go see Laren Daigle in concert in Charlotte, NC. We went as a family though and enjoyed the weekend together at a nice hotel in downtown Charlotte. We had a great time hanging out and my daughter loved the concert (her first)!!!

Practice, practice, practice....

This lil darling was taking shots to show in her first pageant. I was taking shots of her walking, and trying to catch her in her natural state as well as trying to get a few headshots with a natural background. Here she was practicing how she's supposed to walk down the runway.

Look at me mommy

If you read the caption before this, this is mom and daughter. I love this shot because it shows mom with her hand out, because her daughter is walking on the small brick wall and her daughter is like look at me mommy, I can do it by myself!!!

Sibling love...

A sweet moment between brother and sister. These happen more often than I realize but i tend to only remember the times they aren’t getting along or are getting on each other’s nerves as siblings tend to do… But oh how they love each other… This was taken on a trip to Carolina Beach State Park, at the end of our hike we lay out a blanket, eat, and explore…

Love from a daughter....

This is one of my favorite photos because Amanda is looking at me with a natural smile and Layla is looking up at her mom with that look of unconditional love...

Can i have your shirt daddy? I'm cold...

Spent some time out with Jack back in February walking the hermit trail at Ft. Fisher. We walked all the way to the end and it had gotten a bit chilly by the time we had gotten there. Jack was cold and I hadn’t brought him a jacket due to the weather being nice when we had left. So I gave him my long sleeve shirt that I had in my backpack. He looked so cute wearing my way too big for him shirt.

1st concert

My wife and daughter getting ready to go to my daughter's first concert. A Christmas present from me to them. They went to see Lauren Daigle in Charlotte. We went as a family though and had a blast just hanging out at a nice hotel in downtown Charlotte.

"Catching the wave"

I was out at Wrightsville Beach doing some early planning for a wedding I was shooting in a few days and saw these surfers. I have always wanted to catch the surfers on the waves so I stayed for a while and this is one of my favorites that I was able to get.

I captured this during the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. Wilmington Police Officers and other agencies were helping people off the helo who were stranded due to the unprecedented flooding from Florence.

Selfie

This is a selfie I took late at night after everyone had gone to bed. I had been off from my day job for a while and had grown a beard, which was my first due to never having been able to in my past due to my job choices. My wife and daughter loved the beard but didn't like my mustache which for some reason is a different color than the salt and pepper beard. I mainly took this to document that time in my life because it'll be a long time before I can grown another beard...

A boy and his stick

I took this of my son while we were in downtown Wilmington, NC. He found a stick and was hitting the water with it and he found it to be so much fun. I also won a ribbon for this shot in a local camera club competition.

Hanging out...

This is a Wilmington Firefighter hanging off the one of the ramps that lead to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. He was climbing up using his own strength with the use of these pulleys that you see. This photo won 1st place in the March 2020 Wrightsville Beach magazine's photo contest; under professional entry-- people. I was so excited and honored to have my photo chosen!!!

I want to be a Marine like you daddy....

This is my daughter, she wants to be a Marine like me... I think she'll head more towards the medical field but it feels good that she wants to follow in her father's footsteps.... I bought her this t-shirt and she wears it all the time... so i got a shot of her in it looking fierce and unwavering. She is smart, funny, kind, tender, and yes, fierce... Semper Fi!!!!

A Moment in time...

I don’t generally get in front of the camera, but this was an exception. I’ve taken some time off from work and have had the pleasure of caring for my son, giving my wife a short reprieve…. It has been an awesome time!!! We go out in the mornings to burn off his endless energy. This morning we are at the Arboretum in Wilmington and we decided to take a shot together. Now, my son, also loves taking pictures (he’s 3!!) So, I set the camera up on a bench, set the timer, and he would press the shutter release. We’d run to the spot, the shot was taken, and then my son would run to the back of the camera to see the picture he’d just taken, he was so excited!! We took quite a few, but this is one of of my favorites!!