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I have been around photography all my life - my mother is a professional photographer. I've been a professional as well, I guess you could say, for quite a while now, covering weddings and dabbling a bit in photojournalism for tiny publications. Regardless of my professional status, I count photography as one of my passions (which also includes music and writing).

I am the owner of Organic Exposure, a photography business based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Check out my blog here.

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Flickr Turns 4 2,614 photos, 5,192 members
They Get It 8 photos, 6 members
Boone, NC USA 1,598 photos, 163 members
Coffeehouse 3,971 photos, 381 members
Raleigh Meetups 3,728 photos, 288 members
Photochop Battle [Redux] 3 photos, 24 members
Canon DSLR User Group 1,851,181 photos, 105,719 members
Writing You Inspire 19 photos, 49 members
Six Word Story 24,954 photos, 3,231 members
Love the Photo, Hate the Reality 618 photos, 163 members
2 Tone 1,707 photos, 288 members
pict*re mag 23,810 photos, 1,994 members
Southpark 335 photos, 181 members
Katrina Relief Auction - Total Donations To Date: $19,553.01 98 photos, 1,230 members
I Shoot Film 1,791,025 photos, 70,680 members
Chillax 626 photos, 42 members
Black & white portraits 282,397 photos, 26,376 members
Points Of View 81,243 photos, 2,859 members
Poverty 4,212 photos, 704 members
Wolf Camera Employees 439 photos, 34 members
Athletes In Action! 24,031 photos, 2,633 members
FlickrAdmins 0 photos, 29 members
Naturalight 27,484 photos, 816 members
Thank you, Sakura! 159 photos, 100 members
Tools of the Trade 944 photos, 217 members
Utata 380,697 photos, 20,533 members
Blue Ridge Parkway 7,553 photos, 691 members
The FLICKYS !!! 466,883 photos, 17,119 members
You can't make this stuff up! 2,964 photos, 413 members
Its All About Chris 81 photos, 23 members
People with things on their heads that don't belong there 73 photos, 30 members
What I do 75 photos, 54 members
ClassCritique 0 photos, 12 members
Folklore 3,541 photos, 507 members
Fun in the Sun 9,543 photos, 1,331 members
Brooks, Creeks, Tarns, Ponds 9,646 photos, 872 members
Desperate HouseLives 2,376 photos, 296 members
CHILDREN'S PORTRAITS 528,768 photos, 43,503 members
Entitled 12,005 photos, 2,058 members
WATER everywhere ~~~~~~~~~ 58,657 photos, 3,576 members
Story Time 3,043 photos, 449 members
Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist 34,379 photos, 1,617 members
Doors 2,824 photos, 262 members
Photo Novella 48 photos, 29 members
Only One 748 photos, 954 members
...and then.... (Please read posting rules) 165 photos, 42 members
Urban Decay 298,570 photos, 27,554 members
Negative Space 30,486 photos, 3,550 members
shooting couples 3,996 photos, 872 members
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Testimonials (4)

vasta says:

"not only is ben brilliant with a camera, but he's also a nice guy. that's a rare find these days.

i guess i need to thank (or blame) ben for cultivating my flickr obsession, which has now turned into something i'm going to need therapy for in the future."

20th June, 2005
Jonathan Wiles says:

"Ben's work makes me grin. He captures life in freezeframes I would probably never see. At least we get to enjoy them through his eyes."

3rd June, 2005
Bobby Alcott says:

"You don't know.

Ben can show you, someday, but you just don't know how deeply talented he is. Songwriter, musician, vocalist - all superb. Right-brained, he is.

And then, there are the photographs.

For a person's work to stand out so blatantly from so many others' is a bit unsettling. If you threw prints taken by 1000 Flickr members onto a table, you could spot Ben's work.
Or rather, it spots you.
It reaches up and grabs you, causing you to lose balance and fall right into the image itself. Now, this isn't done with the very best camera, or by the oldest, wisest photog -- this is done with the man's SOUL. And if that's all you ask for in a photograph, you've found Mecca.

And STILL, you don't know how much he can still accomplish; how high he can climb on his own personal height chart. But, you will soon.

Just don't blink."

2nd April, 2005
PenguinsInTheDesert says:

"Ben is an amazing person, and artist. His photographs are amazing, and a lot of what I know was taught to me by him. I thank him for the mentoring...maybe you can learn something from him as well."

21st February, 2005