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Chris and I go way back. We first ran into each other during our high school days of being in bands. Our paths crossed a few times throughout the years at school, and with the help of social media we stayed in touch. I'm happy to claim Chris as not only a friend, but a spiritual guide and I love to pick his brain about religion and the Bible.

This photo shoot was a blast. Chris came to me with lots of ideas and concepts, mostly including photos of old scholarly men with beards, and from there it took on a life of its own. We started at the Cal Poly Robert E. Kennedy library, in search of leather-bound books, and worked our way back to the parking lot, finding some great locations on campus. Then we finished up in Pismo Beach at the Monarch Butterfly grove where we finally integrated Chris' pipe into the shoot.

The photo below is just our way of saying: don't take yourself too serious.

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Right before I took the below photo, I said, "I hope you like rainbows."

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