Enjoying the sunset

During the dry winter in Minnesota 2023, I decided to take a trip to Miami with my Girlfriend to meet her family. We had an evening at her childhood home over south in Miami Florida after a full day of thrifting and shopping for clothes. 

We shared stories memories and culture through the lens of Blackness and enriched our happiness enjoying the warmth of the tropical sun. 

Captured is a self-portrait of I and my significant other, Dalayni Etienne hugging each other before enjoying our night with the family. 

It is an honor to be given this opportunity and I hope to gain more in my future of film photography!

A real #KodakMoment ! 

A moment in which we stop and analyze both sides of ourselves, the good side and the bad side. As the caption on my feed says!

My birthday party

Adorable kittens

The moment I captured is a memory of my culture. Hot days of kids playing, and other folks in the neighborhood sitting outside to enjoy the sun. Whether it’s getting their hair done, or just taking in the small moments of life. 

A biker passes by on the Lakefront trail in Chicago. Photographed on Kodak Portra 400 film.

Through the arch of an old Venetian bridge, the sea shimmers and a gondola glides, evoking a serene, timeless beauty.

Shooting stranger I met in palembang

My dear friends, Maya and Maddie, on Maya’s golden birthday. We spent the night camping and then went to the beach. I feel so lucky to get to capture special moments for them. 

my youngest son enjoying the first freezer pop of the season

Puppies play around during the Goldens in Golden, Golden retriever festival.

Shot on Portra 400

a local town hosts a carnival during the week of Memorial Day symbolizing the beginning of Summer. What better way to celebrate than with great carnival food, entertainment, and fireworks!

Golden hour at Joshua tree on 120 portra 400

📷 Kodak Ektar H35N

🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400 

🥾 Pouakai Tarns via Mangorei Track 

📍Mt Taranaki, North Island, Aotearoa New Zealand 🇦🇺

Willow Rose officially is in kindergarten! 

congratulations

It's our Daddy's 40th Birthday!!! 🎁 🎉🎂
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Happy Birthday Daddy. We love you SO much. Thanks for the adventures, the dining room footy matches, the snacks, the treats, the shoulder lifts & the lols. You really are the BEST (& apparently the most fun even though mum is NOT happy about us saying that!).

Waiting for your best moment... the ride!

It was a sunny day at Coogee Beach, and I was sitting on the Coogee Rainbow Walkway, observing the people around me. A family consisting of a father, mother, and son passed by, coming close to where I was seated. The child showed his excitement and curiosity as he ran around, laughing joyfully. After that, the mother left somewhere, leaving the child to sit down next to his father and listen attentively to what he showed points of interest around the beach.

In this moment of connection between father and son, a warm sense of nostalgia touched me. It was a simple yet profound moment.

Hiked down the beach with a medium format and some Portra 400 and got these cool portraits of Skye, I can say the weather was on our side this time with these beautiful colors. 

A San Francisco local shows us how to not take this beautiful city for granted. 

A Japanese family's daily life at night

I love film photography for its unpredictability and imperfections, for the way it‘s able to capture the feelings that were felt in a particular moment through grain and contrast and shadow and light. When I will look at this picture that I took in bangkok in 5 or 10 or 20 years I hope it does that for me - bring back the feeling of standing there in a temple overlooking the chaos called bangkok, 3 months of traveling ahead of me and hundreds of memories that are yet to be made.