Kyle Hepp

December 14, 2009

My name is Kyle, I’m 25, I love my mutt and my husband, I love to travel, I love fashion, I love to bust a move and sing even though I can’t dance and am completely tone deaf — which brings me to what is probably one of the defining characteristics of my personality –

I don’t care what anybody thinks. I just love being me

I love to take crazy pictures and write funny stories, and I love the Olsen twins. No seriously, Mary Kate and Ashley are a huge source of inspiration for me. Their style of dressing is so innovative and unique. People think they’re nuts but really they’re just so far ahead of the curve the rest of us mere mortals haven’t caught up yet. I aspire to be like that in every aspect of my life, but especially in my photography business — creating trends not following them.

Melinda Gates is my other biggest business inspiration. One of my number one goals in life is to become a philanthropist. Like Melinda and Bill I want to give massive amounts of money away — but in an effective manner, truly changing the world and supporting causes close to my heart. Call me naive, call me insane, but I am not too jaded to think that one person can’t make a difference. That’s why my husband and I, with the help of my incredible blog readers, are putting one guy in Chile through college. For now that’s all we can afford but trust me, we won’t stop here. First Marcelo then the world, MWAHAHA!!!!

So that’s who I am and what I believe in. What about you?

And if you want accolades and credentials and all that jazz, here you go — I took first place in the only photography contest I ever entered, my photos are hanging on the walls of the U.S. Embassy here in Santiago and I’ve had pictures published in national magazines in Chile as well as Europe!

Here my husband and I are, December of 2008 in Tampa, FL.