Let me introduce you to a good friend of mine, Taylor Pemberton. I honestly can't say enough about how cool the kid is, even though I've only started to get to know him personally over the past month. Even though he's young, I admire his drive, genuine attitude, and mature thought process about the work and ideas he generates. He has finally launched his new blog and website, something that I've seen come together over the course of the past few weeks (even though he's been working on it longer) and I'm pumped to say you can view it here: ROYALT

Here's an excerpt on what he and RoyalT are all about:

My trip to San Diego for Spencer and Alex's Wedding was awesome. I've already edited through much of our day after shoot, which I shot together with my friend and videographer Matt Brue. We shot around Mission Beach and the La Jolla area and it was very new experience since it was my first time actually shooting simultaneously with another creative. It was a blast and a great learning experience, and I highly recommend doing it as it will push your creative directing abilities and help you understand how to shoot better.

The images above are from The Salk Institute, one of my favorite buildings designed by one of my favorite architects, Louis Kahn. The institute always ranks at the top for research in the US in the Biological Sciences every year, especially in neuroscience and gentics.Although it was closed to the public on the weekend, I was still able to walk around and through some of the better parts of the site. I highly recommend (especially if you're an architecture buff like me) search the internet for more images and articles on the building. Here is the Salk's official site, which talks about the importance of the building and it's function.

Ben plays keys in the band Sing It Loud. After shooting with the boys a couple weeks ago, Ben asked if I would do some shots of him alone. A few days later we got together and did these in about 30 minutes and had so much fun. It's great to have the guys back in town, especially since they're home for the next month and are gone for about 9 months out of the year. 

Here are a couple portrait out takes from my recent shoot with Sing It Loud. These boys have been good friends of mine for many years, and I was stoked to hear when they got back from touring the country with Warped Tour that they were looking to do another shoot. These are just some fun portraits of a couple of the guys, and as you can see, they are some pretty cool dudes.

Sing It Loud is signed to Epitaph Records and put out their first full length album last year. Since then they have been touring heavily in the US and UK, so it was great to have them home again to hangout and work together again. They are currently in the process of writing a new album that should hopefully be out early next year.

I can't wait to show more from this shoot, but as always those will come soon enough along with a million other things I've been working on over the past month. I have officially moved into a new place in Minneapolis as well and it's such an awesome space. It's great when you instantly feel comfortable and productive in a new environment, and I'm stoked to say I sure am!

I have also begun a new semester with my architecture studio, so wish me luck in what is sure to be some intensely long hour nights and weekends.