Sam R. LaDue Photography

So much joy and love at ‘s installation service this past Saturday. These barely scratch the surface on the pure joy in photos from this day. 🧡

I dare you to look at this beautiful human, with his warm eyes and kind smile, and then tell me you wouldn’t want to read his book!

Such a joy doing these portraits for a GTU
colleague’s upcoming book release this morning. Sunday Akande’s book, We Are The World (Noirledge Publishing, Nigeria), will be published in February

Been quiet over here because life is BUSY.

As of late, the big push has been handling promotion for San Francisco Night Ministry's upcoming Fall Fundraiser: Alice and Friends. It's a drag story-telling cabaret, and will be at SF Oasis on Sun. Oct. 29, 5 pm.

The big catch, as you might notice in the images, is that we can't seem to locate Alice....

Y'all are my people, and so I'll let you get some sneak previews before I get these all finalized, organized and out there in the SF Night Ministry spaces.

The photoshoot for this was a total blast, so many laughs with everyone involved. I definitely have some new models...most especially one Cheshire Cat.

I hope you'll join us if you can-- costumes encouraged (cash prizes for the best ones!), great food and drink, and plenty of rabbit holes to head on down....

it's going to be a total blast.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-alice-friends-2023-fall-fundraiser-masquerade-ball-tickets-712704216497?aff=oddtdtcreator

It’s really fun when your photography shows up in your mailbox on the front of an annual report! 😎

Talented, and energetic band, right here-- so much fun photographing their work over the past few days. They pour everything they've got into their audience, every time.

Wrapped up a week of photographing these beautiful, vibrant souls today. Made some new friends, sad to see them heading back to their respective homes…feeling all kinds of gratitude for the time spent here. What a treat!

Look who I found at ! The one and only !

So many outstanding people, here, and all of them a joy to photograph. Especially excited to get to watch and capture Joe Davis in action. Same goes for the talented Mae Helen Jackson! 🧡

Bigger crowd arrives this evening…

— it’s been a joy photodocumenting this intimate group of spectacular young folx and the (beyond amazing) leaders who walk with them. 🧡

I get satisfaction from many things, among the top things are great photos of great people, and there are SO MANY great people here.

Photographs at Western States Youth Gathering-- we had a great time last night chilling and playing games!

Officially official. Let’s do this fun thing! 📸🤳🤩.