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Rome the Photographer

Rome the Photographer-Born to be good, Trained to be great, Destined to be one of the best

About Me

Passion is my Drive, Creativity is my Tool, Perfection is my Goal." -Derek "Rome" Smedley (1998)I am a 10 year photographic artist(that means I don't play around with this, and this is not a hobby) who dreams of having his work in several national magazines. I want to work with as many people as possible.Any models that want to work with me, submit your request to [email protected] or call me direct at 205-396-7964.For my prices, click here I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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My Interests

Photography and graphic design(of course), Basketball, Reading, Boxing, and having fun.

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Music:

Anything but Bagpipe Music, don't ask me why, for some reason I just don't. You will catch me playing Jay-Z, Ne-yo, Brian McKnight, and B Brian CD mixes mostly in my car.

Movies:

Absolute Fav: Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon Others: Both Bad Boys, Everything by Spike Lee except Crooklyn(the only one I haven't watched yet), Belly, Rent, Purple Rain, Something New, Casablanca(Bogey was the Man, sorry), and several others I just can't think of right now.

Television:

Chappelle Show, Smallville, Anderson Cooper 360(Yes, I stay inform), Family Guy(Yes, I like fart jokes and dictator toddlers LOL), and The Boondocks. That is all I have time to watch these days.

Books:

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry(Love a black classic) Half Past Autumn, A Weapon of Choice, and The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks.

Heroes:

The Late Great Gordon Parks and My Parents Chauncey and Mary Alice.Everyone else come close....

My Blog

I Need A Dream Team

I push harder and harder everyday to become the photographer I’m destined to be. I use the best people I can when I do my shoots, whether the client pays for it or I come out of pocket, but...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:44:00 PST

This use to be my playground

Disclaimer: If the following image offends anyone regardless of ethnicity, sex, religion, orientation and so forth...good, because it offends me too... In Birmingham, there is a set of railroad t...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:36:00 PST

Phenomenon Calendar(Kicking Off 2008)

2008...This will be a good year&Well, that's the plan anyway. I want to get a lot done this year and create many opportunities for models and other artists this year. First of all, despite the bitter...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:45:00 PST

Wake Up Urban Industry (A Thought)

Wake Up Urban Industry Inspired by Wake Up Everybody by Teddy Pendergrass (If you never heard this song, go to Wal-Mart to the $7.50 DVD section and pick up the double dvd "Stand and Deliver/Lean On ...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:38:00 PST

Stronger...Time to live up to my name.

If you read the updates, I am leaving MySpace and Facebook and the rest of my net sites for a while. I need to rediscover why I love photography in the first place and I can't do it here.  I...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:10:00 PST

They Might Be Deleting My Page

I don't know why but MySpace is slowly deleting my page. I last logged on Sunday the 22nd and they told me someone had got my password and told me to change it. It had to be myspace because noone else...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:10:00 PST

Three things about the Glenn Twins.

Three things that I found out from meeting the Glenn Twins... 1. They are a lot shorter than I thought they were. 2. They are just as gorgeous as I thought they were and you know I h...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

The Art of a Kiss

I was reminded the other day that I missed the art of the kiss... Ok, first of all, let me state that it is so amusing to me that you can have sex with anybody, but you can't kiss everybody. Maybe if ...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

What's with the T.N.A.???

This is a question that I had been asked since the beginning... I was originally trained as a high glamour photographer by the best at the time. I used it to shoot at a few gentlemen's clubs to get mo...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

About all the pictures I take at events...

You know I love all of you...ok, let be honest, I love my main crew and the rest of all of you are cool, but do not send me a thousand messages on here or on my email about pictures I take of you at e...
Posted by Rome the Photographer on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST