WE WERE MADE TO BE SEEN
WE WERE MADE TO BE SEEN
Not as NPCs in a state of seeming, but as humans in the act of being: Leading, making, teaching, healing—even standing around in your birthday suit, if that's what you're up to when the I AM within you goes kinetic.
This is the essence of
youjitsu—the art of being
you.
It's about claiming co-authorship of a story framed by your nouns, colored by your adjectives, and manifest in your verbs—the moments where the truth illuminates not just who you are,
but who you are becoming.
Moments like these are the unscripted answers to a thousand questions that all begin with the same two words: What if...
Maybe the answer comes as a gallery of photos to help drive your social messaging for the next year; maybe it's a triptych of three images that tell the story on their own.
Or maybe it’s a single iconic portrait destined to be the hero shot on your website, the cover of your book, the art on your wall...
That’s a lot of maybe’s, but one thing is certain: you're not buying a package from a photographer—you're entering into a pact with an alchemist:
Invite me into your world. Let me illuminate the truth you’ve felt, but never seen. Let me witness the art of being you.
THIS IS NOT THAT
THIS IS NOT THAT
Remember your last photo shoot? The big production with the lights, the poses, and the pressure?
This is not that.
Instead, imagine yourself wherever you are when you’re making an impact—and making it look easy. Just an ordinary day, full of extraordinary moments few have ever truly seen.
No setups. No shot lists. No lies. Just you being you, and me being me—witnessing.
IT GOES LIKE THIS
IT GOES LIKE THIS
Depending on time and place, it may well open like a Tarantino film—
EXT. LOCATION – DAYTIME
A bounty hunter in black with an armful of tattoos and a camera for a fist, THUNDERS in on a Harley. Kills the engine. Art ensues.
—or maybe you'll just pick him up at the airport like a normal person. However it begins, it’s a process best split over two days:
DAY ONE
The first encounter is an abbreviated one, just enough time to get a window into your world and its light—seen and unseen. We'll share a meal, get to know each other, and set the stage for what comes next.
DAY TWO
Our second encounter takes on the shape of its container. Maybe it's 30 minutes of intense focus while you're doing your thing, or maybe it's me melting into the walls, inhaling your world through my lens.
You can see the verbs, can't you?
HOW IT UNFOLDS
HOW IT UNFOLDS
We live in a transactional world built on expectations of this for that, so I don't blame you if your head is tilting as you read this.
The maybes are a feature—not a bug. But there’s one thing you can be sure of:
You are a work of art.
Made in the image.
Powered by sacred voltage.
That makes two of us—one-of-one expressions of the divine light of creation, living out our respective answers to the question that is this life.
That's why I don't think, I know there's gold where you stand. Let me dig.
MY DIME
If I come in as a speculator, the risk is on me—other than a meal, perhaps. Any art I uncover will be offered to you at per image prices I will set at the time. As a frame of reference, most image buys fall in the $500–$2,500 range—unless either one of us is unmoved by what we see.
Either way, we'll part as friends—and better versions of ourselves for the pursuit.
— or —
SKIN IN THE GAME
If you bring me in as a partner and cover the travel, I'll put up my creative time. The upside? Not only will you get preferred per-image pricing, but you’ll also get a flat-rate option to license the entire collection.
SHOW ME YOUR VERBS
Questions? Let's talk about it.
