Eighty Eight

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Visual StoryTeller & Costco Connoisseur Husband Proud Father Pickleball Champion Cavs Fan Pit Master Night Owl DIY Project Manager

(Many hats for a guy with great hair)

Meet Sam

Over the years, I have been able to blend my experience in multiple genres of photography to create a unique style and eye for composition. Specializing in wedding and event photography, I also have a broad background in portraiture, commercial, and editorial photography. Whether I happen to stumble across candid moments, or create beautifully composed images, the goal is always to find anything and everything genuine. I pride both myself and my brand on the quality of work we provide and the manner in which it is created.

Outside of the photo world, I spend most of my time hanging out with my beautiful wife & kids, watching basketball, and getting myself knee deep in home DIY projects I didn’t prepare for. I am a Costco connoisseur, master at smoking meats, and instigating is my favorite past time. I come fully equipped with a bold personality, quick wit, and I can’t correctly use a comma to save my life. If you dig Chipotle, cool shoes, and playing late night video games, we will most definitely hit it off. 

Children
2
Wife
1
Weddings Photographed
400 +
Best Bowling Score
267
Pairs of Shoes
48
Cleveland Hotlist Awards
3
Wedding Wire Awards
8
Pounds of Speed & Romance
260
The Knot Best of Awards
8
Weekly Chipotle Trips
4

The Finer Details

Arnold Palmer, Ice Water, or White Mocha Frappacino.

Nikon, all day every day.

Pretty much anything that takes me back to my cool guy emo days. Mix that with some Beyonce and that’s all I need.

I started Eighty Eight Photo in 2010 and went full time in 2014. Before then I had worked in a portrait studio and lead another local wedding photography company. In total, I have been fortunate enough to call photography my career for over 15 years.

Purple and it’s not even close.

When my kids are up its a constant loop of Moanna and Inside Out. When they go to bed it’s pretty much just running back all the seasons of The Office, Modern Family, The Good Doctor, 24, and Vanderpump Rules.

Waffles have been, are, and always will be far superior to pancakes.

I am honestly not 100% sure how I came up with the idea of becoming a full time wedding photographer. I grew up assuming I was going to be a famous musician or pro skateboarder. Having done it for so long I know, without a doubt, that I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. There is enough consistency and predictability to become efficient but the human element keeps things fresh and new. There aren’t a ton of things can keep my attention the way weddings have and I am super fortunate to have stumbled into it.

100% Ask me about it and I’ll be happy to share how that came to be.

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