I decided to go head down to Panama City Beach last week to work on a project that had been on my mind for quite some time.  This quickly became by far the hardest thing I had ever photographed.  Socially, I felt very out of place and it was difficult for me to connect with the people I was photographing.  After I was able to get over myself though, and start making images, I really enjoyed the work.  Making these images taught me a lot about myself and who I want to be as a photographer and regardless of the quality of the final product, i feel the production of it helped me immensely in both my photographic and personal development.  Unrelated to that, I’m still trying to come up with a title for this work, any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

This is me. I asked if I could shoot his picture and he didn’t here me say picture.  He preceded to load the gun and hand it to me.  I really love eastern Kentucky.