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This week we shot the Ed-Fi Summit for the 3rd year. 🌞

This was their 10 year anniversary. Ed-Fi is a group of education & tech peeps working toward more efficient technology in the education space. My favorite part of photographing is that I get to dive deep into industries that I am not a part of. On the sidelines, I get to learn a lil bit about a lot of things that I normally would never experience.

One of the keynotes (the speaker in the power pink 💗) Dr. Bridget Burns, made me tear up from her speech. You can really tell that the Ed-Fi peeps are really passionate for the right reasons.

Then on Tuesday evening, they celebrated 🎉 with a magical 🦄 evening complete with a surprise appearance from 🥁Crockett high school’s marching band 🤯 (omg it was AWESOME) and .picnic’s jugglers, roaming person dessert table (what?!), caricature artist and typewriter poet.

And yeah, some parts were boring (like when 500 people are going through the lunch buffet) …so I decided to see if I could do a hand-held long exposure.

I kneeled down, leaned against the wall and held my breath. Last photo is the result; and I’m totally happy with it. 😅🤣😅 (Def not a recommended method, lol)

Me: Hey Syd, want to do a shoot for the New Year?

Syd: fk ya duh. Let’s get to art direct

Me: Sick ya duh k
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1 week, 1 planning session, 1 rebellious smoke bomb later we created my fav images to date.
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We talked about what the energy of 2022 was going to be. What will it be? I kept thinking about this resilient, cautious hopefulness. We’ve been through a lot of weirdness and we continue to adapt and turn with it. Are we out of the irregularity? Nope. Will be ever be? Who knows, but we continue onward - with a newfound strength. And what better symbol of that than … and on her ✨birthday. ✨I think we are doing life right. ✨
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Happy Birthday, Sydney!

Happy New Year’s eve, everyone else.
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Hmua, dress design + creation, art dir:
Model of strength:

We're doing live music again, outside at Central Machine Works! So excited for this! you can purchase a table here:

Walker Lukens Red Headed Strangers Album Release Live music returns to Central Machine Works with Walker Lukens & The Side Arms’ release of their reimagination of some of Willie Nelson’s biggest hits & deep cuts. Outdoor socially distanced tables are now on sale! Instead of buying tickets, book a table & bring up to 8 friends to enjoy live mus...

What do you get when a group of extremely talented, hardworking, genuinely kind people with a high standard of quality come together to create a restaurant?
• a moss wall hand placed by ownership and his crafty mum
• elegant and warm interior design ( )
• local celebs like enjoying the freshest food by Chef Jon
• a5 wagyu seared nigiri that melts in your mouth
• delish cocktails
• king crab legs that will melt in your mouth

is OPEN and I couldn’t be more proud to be a part of the team that made this beautiful gem in downtown Austin such a delightful place.🌟 @ TenTen

⭐⭐⭐ It's Jacob's Birthday today! So grateful to have him on the White Light Exposure team!! We've been working together for a couple of years now; growing, learning and working really dang hard. Jacob always shows up with a positive *AF* attitude, and has one of the most generous hearts I've known. I am very grateful you're on WLE team, ! Have the very best birthday!! 🕺🕺🕺You're a star!