01/13/2025
2025 is here so to kick off the new year I wanted to do a little introduction!
Welcome, I’m Noah. By day I am a high school political science teacher, and by night I take pictures of great drinks!
From 2009 - 2019 I spent most of my free time coaching football, till I hit the burnout wall. My wife and I went to Disney for Christmas that year and I made the decision to walk away from coaching to recharge.
It didn’t take long for me to start going stir crazy and I needed an outlet for that energy, enter cocktails. I’d always loved cooking and cocktails seemed like a natural extension of that hobby, and thanks to the pandemic, I had developed a taste for spirits.
I started out just using my phone and recreating drinks I saw on YouTube. I was working with a limited bar made up of local brands I could afford. After a few months of posting and tagging, and consuming every YouTube tutorial I could find, I made the investment in a beginners camera.
I was lucky enough to get connected to a group of amazing creators who helped me develop and were quick to answer any question I had. Truly I would have probably given up had it not been for their help and insights.
As my page started to grow, I started to get traction and made connections with those local brands I had been a fan of. This lead to some great early experiences. I ended up crafting the signature cocktails for my brother’s wedding, got to see behind the scenes at one of my favorite local distilleries, and started to expand my skill set both with the camera and the shaker tins.
Once I made the jump to off camera flash, the game changed and it opened up a ton of creative doors. My shots have become messy and incredibly fun to shoot.
I started dabbling in street photography and recently been leaning into the video production.
So that’s me. I’m glad you’re here. Hope you like what you see.