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Welcome Get Shot By Tate!
Since you MUST know about me...... I'll talk about what kind of photographer I am. I'm the kid who hated traditional crap. I hated the concept of doing wedding photography. I wanted to do high fashion and naked people - and that WAS IT. Fast Forward to ten + years later....... I'm doing weddings, naked people (but it's always tasteful..... or at least I think it is) and I do SOME traditional stuff. I like to think my traditional stuff is twisted. Ok, it's not traditional. Call it what you want to call it, but I don't like the WORD - traditional. My wife does. She's twisted traditional. My work is my work. I don't like rules. It's hard for me to play by the rules when I'm doing photography. I think that's what keeps it so fun for me. I tell the parents of my senior shoots that I dislike cap and gown shots (was I supposed to do that?) but I still do them because I know they love those. ;-) I think you get the drift of what kind of photographer I am. I may think I'm way more radical than I am, but let me think I'm just ubercool and not traditional. Okay?
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Because of the community (Deaf and hearing) allover the world, I have been chosen as Purple's Trailblazer of the Year for 2009! That is a major honor for me and it truly humbles me. I value what I do for work and definitely want to continue to dream bigger for everything I hope to accomplish and more. I am very excited to be able to contribute the prize money to the Louisiana School for the Deaf and their after school program. Need to plan on meeting with them sometime soon to discuss where I want the money to go to and how I can be involved directly!

What an amazing feeling. Thank you again to everyone. The other nine trailblazers are all amazing human beings and their charities gave me a run for the money! I was very honored to even be affiliated WITH them for such an awesome honor. The only one who couldn't make it was Ashley!!! The rockstar motorbike chick! I was SO disappointed and I hope to be able to meet her one day.

Check out the Purple
site for their latest - and you'll see my mugshot like below -

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Comments
yourproudwife:

again, congratulations and i am so proud of you- i know i said it before and i'll say it again, you have no idea how much. thank you for everything you do to make everyone around you happy and feel warm fuzzies every time you are around and i mean that personally and professionally.

(10.19.09)
JT:

Great, congratulations! :-D

(10.20.09)
christi :

congrats tate

(10.20.09)
Kerri Clark:

:-D :-D :-D

(10.21.09)