This is Brad with Brad Payne Photography and here is a little about me, the person.

I was born and raised here in Miami, FL and my entire adult life has been devoted to serving my community, State and Nation. As a Police Officer with the City of Miami Police Department and as a member of the US Army Special Forces with several combat tours and now retired. I have been involved in photography for many years.  I am a self taught photographer with hundreds of hours of seminars and tutorials.  I always wanted to have my own business and seeing that I enjoy photography and I am good at it I believed this was the right direction to go.

I enjoy meeting new people and learning a little about them and assisting them with their photography needs. I love to capture the details your being, your face, your thoughts as I look deep into your eyes thru the lens of my camera, “as we capture a moment in time“.

I would like to quote a poem written by Derek Walcott,  which sums everything up…

“THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN WITH ELATION
You will greet yourself arriving at your own door,
in your own mirror and each will smile at
the other’s welcome,
and say sit, here. Eat.
YOU WILL LOVE AGAIN
THE STRANGER WHO WAS YOURSELF.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself,
to the stranger who has loved you all your life,
whom you ignored for another,
who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs the desperate notes,
Peel your own image from the mirror.
SIT. FEAST ON YOUR LIFE.”