the five mile grace – a matthew miller photography joint

ok so maybe its not a fetish, but she has a tradition that in every vacation photo she does a jump shot next to all of the popular landmarks. and since then she has incorporated the jump style into almost every photo she takes. so i figured, why not pull that card with some family portraits by the Chattahoochee river. anyhow, Julia is the younger sister of my friend Ken of whom i started my first hardcore band with. she is also married to the uber talented painter JEFF GUY. at 30 she has got her shit together, has a rad family, is an amazing teacher, and still looks like shes 17. also let it be known that she almost accidentally drop kicked her mother off a muddy shore into the river during this photo shoot. her mom got back by making her stand in a bush full of stinging nettle!

holey moley! i was just had no idea how awesome of a day this was going to turn out to be. my homie alex and i packed up my acura and headed to south carolina to shoot the pierce wedding, and man o man was it a treat. the perfect weather (it had rained in atlanta for almost 2 weeks straight before the wedding), perfect people, and perfect food! evan and jen were so in love i could feel it through my freakin camera. thank you guys so much for having me along to capture this day for you!!

growing up in the punk/hardcore music scene here in atlanta has given me the luxury of meeting and befriending some of the most creative and interesting people ive had the pleasure of knowing in all of my travels. one of those people is james joyce. he played drums in one of my favorite bands from the 90s… car vs. driver( he currently plays in the band Noot d’ Noot) . He recently came to get he daughter Astrid’s footprints tattooed on his chest by my fiance, danielle. he also mentioned that he and his wife sue were interested in getting some family portraits made. so a few moths later we met up in decatur and made some photos. james also runs a pretty rad blog that has the history of atlanta punk rock and where the members of those bands went. its a fantastic look into the atlanta punk scene – check it out HERE and the crazy atlanta band genome project is HERE.