Josh Lamkin Photography | Atlanta Portrait Photographers | Atlanta Event Photographer | Atlanta Theater Photographer

I've always been into photography, always taking pictures of everything, always had a camera with me. My dad gave me my first camera, an old Nikkormat 35mm film camera. I still have it and shoot with it. I got in my car one day and drove all around the United States for four months learning how to take better pictures. I'd never been anywhere in the US. I saw Niagara Falls, The Rocky Mountains, The Pacific Ocean, The Grand Canyon, and so much more. It was a blast.

I started out in a career as a musician. I played and toured full time for years and had a lot of adventures. I'm sure you can imagine. I used to take pictures everywhere we toured. Over time it got to the point where I was more into taking pictures everywhere we went than I was playing shows. Funny how things work out.

I've loved meeting all the new people I've worked with over the years, loved helping tell their stories with my camera and being a part of their lives for a bit. I've worked with people in love, beautiful families, ambitious professionals, and amazing actors and musicians. It's been a privilege.

These days I spend my photography time chasing around my young son trying to get him to look at the camera...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Sara & Chris Are Engaged! (And they brought their dogs….) | Atlanta Wedding Photographer

When Sara and Chris told me they wanted to do an informal shoot in a park near their house, I liked the idea. When Sara and Chris told me they wanted to bring their dogs, which they said were “very badly behaved,” I was…shall we say…less than hopeful.

The dogs were, as promised, very badly behaved. They ran away when they were supposed to come over. They came over when they were supposed to run away. They licked everyone. They licked the camera. Slobber everywhere. Everyone was laughing and rolling in the grass. Most fun I’ve ever had shooting.

The thing I realized about this shoot was that life is not perfect, none of us is perfect, so there’s no reason we should be trying to take pictures of ourselves trying to look perfect. Maybe capturing things, moments, people at their most beautiful is about capturing them as close as you can to the way they really are.

If you’ve gotta get a little dog drool on you in the process, so be it.