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Jesse James

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, and influence.

About Me

I am a freelance photographer and professional photographic assistant who loves to Travel. I also have a solid background in film production working on movies, music videos, commercials, short-films, and documentaries for the last nine years. I have recently begun to develop a minor career in special effects, primarily in music videos and commercials. My specialties are flame and pyrotechnic effect. I enjoy the hell out of, photography and anything relating to it, climing, camping, recreational shooting, Kayaking, water and snow Skiing, foreign culture and language, and all things adventure.

My Interests

International cuisine, barbecue, sweet tea, coleslaw, the occasional salad, beer brats, red wine, Jack Daniels, my friends, taking photos, live Nashville/ Austin music, flaunting backstage passes, back-seat lovin', and downhome cookin'.

I'd like to meet:

My Ideal Self!

Music:

A little of everything from Drum'n' bass to Classical. Old Country to metal, and Latin to jazz. I like music, no matter what genre. Ohh yeah except for bad music. I don't like bad music!!

Movies:

King of Kong, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The 300, The Fall, Step into Liquid, Riding Giants, Dog Town and Z Boys, American Movie, Baraka, Winged Migration (Amazing Pictures), American Beauty, Platoon, Gladiator, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Anything Choen, Road to Perdition, Gattica, Meet the Parents, Fight Club, Amalie and then some.

Television:

MacGyver (#1 influential TV show ever), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, Flight of the Conchords, Planet Earth Series, space and science documentaries

Books:

Recent Readings Include: A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle The Fabric of the Cosmos, Brian Greene The Elegant Universe, Brian Green A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking Wizard; The Life and Times of Nicola Tesla

Heroes:

Anyone who has inspired me!