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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 2,621 photos, 5,204 members
They Get It 8 photos, 6 members
Boone, NC USA 1,609 photos, 163 members
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Raleigh Meetups 3,735 photos, 289 members
Photochop Battle [Redux] 3 photos, 24 members
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Writing You Inspire 19 photos, 49 members
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Love the Photo, Hate the Reality 616 photos, 163 members
2 Tone 1,714 photos, 287 members
pict*re mag 23,912 photos, 1,991 members
Southpark 335 photos, 181 members
Katrina Relief Auction - Total Donations To Date: $19,553.01 98 photos, 1,230 members
I Shoot Film 1,765,616 photos, 69,701 members
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Black & white portraits 280,144 photos, 26,200 members
Points Of View 81,119 photos, 2,866 members
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Wolf Camera Employees 436 photos, 34 members
Athletes In Action! 23,668 photos, 2,616 members
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Thank you, Sakura! 156 photos, 99 members
Tools of the Trade 924 photos, 212 members
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The FLICKYS !!! 463,987 photos, 17,104 members
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People with things on their heads that don't belong there 73 photos, 30 members
What I do 75 photos, 54 members
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Fun in the Sun 9,470 photos, 1,328 members
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Only One 750 photos, 953 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