Thanks for dropping by and "Checking Me Out." I'm supposed to write something here that describes me, how I'm all that and a bowl of grits and how hiring me to be your photographer will be the best experience in the world ever - blah blah blah. And, even though being an artist lends me to being a bit of a narcissist and slightly vain - always wanting to chat about myself or concerned with what I'm wearing and how my hair looks, I don't want to come off like the universe revolves around me. Not every day at least. LOL!
So with that said, I'll give you my best down-to-earth Cliffs Notes version at sharing with you who I am, what I love & where my head is at....
My neurotic obsession with photography began when I was a kid picking up my mother's Kodak book on basic photography where I fell head over heels in love with the medium (she was a wedding & portrait photographer). Since becoming psychotically obsessed with photography, my creative universe in art and music rapidly expanded when I got out of school and was a drummer in a dance-rock band, modeled for Ralph Lauren, and performed as a street dancer in nightclubs in Chicago, Kansas City, Portland and more (I thought I had moves back then...). All the while still snapping away at the camera capturing what I tend to see as some of the most romantic and sexy portraits in every day people like me.
My roller-coaster photographic career spanning nearly 3 decades from LA to London, Paris & Berlin has provided me with so many other exciting arenas to shoot in other than weddings and portraits. Like snowboarding, skateboarding, rollerblading (I absolutely love rollerblading) and rock bands. Some of my favourite bands that I've shot so far have been Duran Duran (A dream come true and yes I'm a die-hard Duranie AND stuck in the 80's!), Limp Bizkit, Suicide Machines, People Mover out of the UK and more.
In the 90's I "retired" from shooting weddings. And, being a bit of an adrenaline junkie, I photographed more rock bands, models and extreme sports - where you would regularly find me hanging off of vert ramps, in mosh pits during events like; The Van's Warped Tour and getting crashed into by extreme sports athletes at The Winter & Summer X Games.
All of this craziness eventually took me on the road, touring as the official photographer for the National Inline Skate Series. AND! I was blessed with being published in various inline skating magazines around the world in French, German, Spanish and English.
But to quote “The Terminator” — “I’m Back!” and returned to my grass roots bringing my adrenaline-fueled commercial and romantic style to photograph weddings & portraits and absolutely Loving It! Kinda like enjoying a Venti Skinny Quad-Shot Hazelnut Latte with No Foam from Starbucks. Did I mention I'm also a fan of coffee?
So I hope I did my best to give you a glimpse into the "agile mind of David Esquire." If you like what you've read and loving what you see, shoot me an email or ring me up so we can chat. I'm a huge fan of coffee or if that's not your speed, let's meet up over one of my favourite snacks; Nachos & Newcastles.
Cheers!
