Blog Introduction
This is my first blog post!!! So for this post I am going to give you a little info about me, my studio JWN Visual Addictions Photo Studio, and what I am going to share in this blog.
First I guess I will talk a little about myself. I attended Brown Institute for Advertisement Design in 1992 – 1993. When I was there I was introduced to photography. There I learned the fundamentals of photography with a Canon AE-1. I ended up not graduating and started a family and totally forgot about photography. Then in May of 2006 I decided to get back into photography and start a little business. I did a few weddings and senior portraits on location and would turn my living room into a studio when I needed studio type images.
Then I got my big break. I was contacted by a go-go dancer at Spin Nightclub in Minneapolis. Her name was Jeanie. She told me the club was looking for some new images of the dancers for the club and she liked my work and wanted to know if I was interested. So I packed up my 2 150ws cheap studio strobes and went to the club. While there the manager of Spin said they were looking for a photographer to come in and take event images every Thursday and Saturday and asked me if I wanted to do that. So that was when I started being the resident photographer for Spin Nightclub in Minneapolis from May 2006 to December 2006.
Dennis Rodman and I
Here is the image that got my start in May 2006 with Jeanie. She is one of the most beautiful people I know both outside and inside. Her and I remain good friends to this day and I owe her a lot and appreciate everything she has done for me. I was going for a Dudley Do Right type thing with this. It was at around noon on a hot day. Not the best time for photos but turned out well.
After my time at Spin Nightclub in Minneapolis the DJ Joe Maz went to another Minneapolis Nightclub called Aqua. He contacted me and asked if I wanted to go there and do event photos there so I flipped and headed over to Aqua and took photos there from May 2007 – October 2008. This place was such a nice place to work. The owners are top notch and everyone who works there has always been wonderful. So if you are going to be heading to Minneapolis I highly recommend stopping into Aqua and saying hello to Jado and the crew there, I promise you will have a grand time! Besides doing the event photography I had also been doing a few modeling portfolios, senior portraits, and family portraits.
Nothing like a little promotion from Kim Kardashian!
Kim Kardashian and I
Adrian Peterson and Sidney Rice of the Minnesota Vikings
Dwight Smith, Ray Edwards, and Ronyell Whitaker of the Minnesota Vikings
Sara Jean Underwood Playboy Playmate of the Year 2006 and I
Sara Jean Underwood Playboy Playmate of the Year 2006
Tara Conner Miss USA 2006 and I
DJ AM
Randy Moss of the New England Patriots
UFC Fighter Roger Huerta
Akon
Akon
Now to talk more about what this blog will contain. I will be writing about some of the shoots I do, some lighting, some of the editing process, and other things I may think you will find interesting from music to gadgets. I hope you enjoyed my first blog post! Stay tuned for more!!!
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