Check out my latest shoot with hair stylist David Hensley representing Laid Brand! We scoured Ybor City for some of  the best spots and knocked out an amazing shoot!  For a quick behind the scenes video, click here or scroll down! Find David & Laid Brand…

I had the honor of shooting Aaron and Robert’s wedding at a beautiful, historic church in Homeland, FL back in September. Here are some photos!

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Such a beautiful day for a wedding!

Tonight I was revisiting some old photos and came across a shoot I did with my good friend Jose. The story starts back in 2008 when I fell in love with a rock band called “Hey Mercedes” and, in particular, a song of theirs called

I was featured in the Arts section of Tampa Bay Pulse Magazine’s March issue! If you weren’t able to get your hands on a hard copy, the virtual magazine can be found here. Visit pages 52 & 53 to read about Mike Ossola Photography!

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Indiana residents Steve & Laurelle contacted me last month about doing a family portrait during their annual Florida vacation. I was so excited about it…not only because beach shoots are always fun, but because they were my first ever out-of-state clients. Awesome! They brought along their adorable 7-month-old son…

If you’ve been living under a rock and still don’t know who Mikayla is, let me give you a quick breakdown Mikayla is a super-talented model, she’s played on the Tampa Breeze (a team in the Lingerie Football League), and she was on the cover of…

Welcome to the wedding of Marlene & David at the beautiful Cross Creek Ranch in Dover, FL! I actually shot this wedding on May 15th, 2010 on behalf of Thompson Studios, so it’s been a long time coming. In an effort to blog more…

I can’t explain how honored I was to be a part of this incredible experience. Kyle worked out a plan to spend the day with his girlfriend, Danielle, and “coincidentally run into me” on St. Pete Beach. She had no idea what was about to happen. Of…

I met up with Spencer and Adam of The Makers Productions in downtown St. Pete on a freezing evening. By freezing I mean it was about 40 degrees, so all you people living up north can stop making fun of me now haha. I’m a Floridian; what…

On 10.10.10 I had the pleasure of traveling to Miami to shoot the wedding of two amazing people on behalf of Thompson Studios photography. I started off with the ladies as they helped Karen get ready.

If you weren’t already aware of this, I LOVE band photo shoots. They are always a good time! My most recent one was with local hard rock band Ashes To Wings. We all met up in front of Vintage Ultra Lounge in Downtown St. Pete, a…

David Hensley, Hair Stylist and Director of Education & New Product Development for NE Look Hair Co, contacted me about getting some product shots for their newest hair-styling product called Laid Pomade. Going for an edgy “rockstar” feel, we got the type of shots that really let…

Adam contacted me on Facebook and told me that he would be making a stop in Tampa to visit his family. Sounded like the perfect time for a shoot! I had recently been out at Madeira Beach and told him that it would be a great location….

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.

~Rachel Carson

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There…