What’s up, friends! Thank you all so much for the welcome back to Hive after a week and a half of unrest in Minneapolis. Over the last few years, I’ve mentioned that blogging here daily has become an important part of my routine. It’s more than just making a post and earning some crypto. It’s a big part of my psychological health. The last five years or so, I’ve been doing so much traveling at such an unsustainable pace, I’ve grown to resent aspects of my job as a professional photographer. One of those resentments is not having the time to site and do a nightly Hive post.
I’m going to try and fall back in to a routine by posting some photography work. This has been the first night in a while I’ve been able to just sit down and edit. I’m going back to a shoot I did in March in San Antonio, TX. This was my first time in Texas. Most of my time was spent in Austin, but Liv lived about an hour away and landed a gorgeous hotel in the historic downtown district of San Antonio. It was a great opportunity to surveil a new city, and in hindsight, I’m so glad I did. Who would have known that a pandemic and riots in the streets were just a few weeks away.
Liv is a burlesque performer, titled, “The Hexan Texan”. As such, she knows her body and how to really create drama in her modeling. She also had an outstanding selection of wardrobe for us to shoot in. Huge, colorful and elaborate costumes, feathers, boas and lingerie. We began shooting just as the sun was setting in San Antonio, and the lighting was breathtaking. One of those shoots where everything comes together. Liv’s presence in front of the camera was commanding. She looked great, and I had to do very little to create such beautiful photos.
So, with this, I’m hoping to get back to a regular schedule of posting new photography, illustration and thoughts. Like everyone, I’m trying to keep it all together. My life doesn’t even seem recognizable from the life I was living when these photos were taken. I just finished some heavy illustration work for 
