RikkiGuns Art

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Rikki Guns : Lifelong Visual Artist. Autistic. ProTog. ~ Music, Street, Documentary Wedding Photographer... oh, other mediums? Yup. BIO:
Lady Erika Patten a.k.a.

Def into all of it. #neurospicy #ASD #Artist #Creator "Rikki Guns" is a lifelong visual artist and formally-educated professional photographer who started her visual arts career in Washington DC - her specialties are Offbeat & Documentary Wedding Photography, Music, Event, Vacation, Real Estate, Commercial and Lifestyle Photography. She has owned and operated a very successful freelance photograph

y business, Cozmik Photography LLC, and has contributed to numerous publications such as OnTap Magazine, CosmicVibesLive.com, The Vinyl District, Red Bull Music Academy and The Florida Underground. Her work has been published in Guitar Player Magazine, Relix Magazine, the Washington Post, Red Bull Music Academy, Metro Weekly, The Freelance Star, Today's Photographer, Washingtonian, DC Mag, The Deli, Washington City Paper and Offbeat Bride to name a few. A graduate of LaReine CHSP in 1991 with Honors + Art Scholarship to FSU, Washington School of Photography & The Corcoran Scool of Art & Design Rikki is a rare breed of photographer by today's climate: formally educated in the Field of Photography with over a decade of study in Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Business Marketing and Photojournalism, and has definitely made her visual voice known across the East Coast over the years, shooting over 1k unique weddings and concerts, and being the trusted visual artist of couples from ALL walks of life plus realtors and business owners as well as many local, regional and international recording artists. Her work has graced the websites and record albums of artists such as Cyro Baptista, Vieux Farka Toure, John Lee, LaRue Boogaloo, King Britt, Ultra Nate, The Flaming Lips, Chaise Lounge, Garbage and The Psychedelic Furs to name a few. Her photographs have been published in Relix Magazine, Guitar Player Magazine, Today's Photographer, The Gazette (Maryland), The Freelance Star (Virginia), The Deli (Baltimore) and The Washington Post. An avid music fan in most all genres, she has covered many concerts and festivals, including Firefly Fest, M3 Rock Fest, Floyd Fest, III Points Festival, Elektrik Fantasy Festival and shot on stage with artists such as The Flaming Lips, Fitz and the Tantrums, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Violin, Liebnecht, Jack White, Jimmy Cliffe, The Wailers, Blind Melon, Roger Waters plus many more, and toured with world-renown Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista nationally as friend and band photographer. She has even braved the "pit" as the only female photographer for The Dead Kennedys action-packed performance at Rock-n-Roll Hotel in February 2013, proud of her battle scars including a cut lip, bruised knees and mild concussion. Having mastered a thriving one-woman photography business in the Nation's Capital for over 2 decades, she has now relocated 1k miles bringing her unique talents and skills to South Florida's Coast for the past 10 years. With so many decades of experience working with gay couples since marriage equality passed in DC in 2010, she is not only highly sought-after in the LGBT Community, providing very affordable pricing and award-winning images, but she is quickly becoming the go-to visual artist among many gay-owned businesses and avant-garde musicians in the region. She is also carving a very successful niche as the only skilled vacation photographer whom many hotels recommend to families looking to have their beach memories captured on the SoFlo Coast. And now with her latest and greatest project to date: Funky Coast Wedding Pros, a ground-breaking wedding directory & direct booking site which connects unique couples with unique creatives, she will no doubt make a huge impact in the startup world as a true creative entrepreneur and fighter for equality and artists rights. You can support Funky Coast right here:
gofundme.com/FunkyCoast

Rikki takes great enjoyment in working with all genres of musicians & artists, providing rock star images on a gigging musician's budget, helping them with their websites, albums and EPKs. Many recording artists across the east coast & beyond have taken notice of her work with Sting, The Flaming Lips and Roger Waters. Also known as "The House Photographer," she has been called upon to cover performances by House Music Royalty: Louie Vega, Ultra Nate (who nicknamed her), Green Velvet and Deep Dish for starters. Her love of House Music and Electronic Dance Music began decades ago as a teenager, and has inspired her craft. She has been the Official Event Photographer and Media Coordinator for Elektrik Eventz LLC and Elektrik Fantasy Festival since 2013. A lifelong Visual Artist, dual business owner, and full-time hustling Lady, shooting for over 30 years, Guns says she is simply "...living the Dream. The work I do in this Life isn't work, because I love doing it too much - for people, for Family, for music and for the Love of Art. I love stopping time and being the visual narrator for so many people's lives." She is most definitely a strong female force to be reckoned with and has a visual voice ready to be heard world-wide. Her clients and colleagues agree. Unafraid to climb, crawl, jump or throw a stiff elbow - Rikki Guns ALWAYS get the shot.

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Lifelong Visual Artist & Photographer

3 decades shooting
2 decades film
1 decade formal education
HOW MUCH ARE YOUR MEMORIES WORTH? Formally Educated in the Field of Photography
* Lifelong Visual Artist ~ Music Lover ~ #LGBTQmunity ally
* Preferred Wedding photographer at www.MarriageDC.com, www.RingInLove.com & www.OffBeatBride.com
* Former Trusted Wedding Photographer at
Holy Cross MCC, Pensacola, FL
* Former Preferred Wedding | Lifestyle Photographer for
#ACLU Pensacola, FL
* The Florida Underground - Photojournalist
* The Vinyl District - Music Photographer
* On Tap Magazine - Event | Music Photographer
* www.CosmicVibesLive.com - Music Photographer | Journalist
* Red Bull Music Academy - Contributing Music & Blog Photojournalist
* Elektrik Eventz LLC- Media Coordinator
Member of:
IFPO (International Freelance Photographers Organization)
AIP (American Image Press)
USPC (US Press Corps)
NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals)
PPA (Professional Photographers of America) - CPP, Certified Professional Photographer
Sierra Club (Nature & Landscape Photography)

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09/25/2024

FINALLY getting around to the 1st look at my ( ) shots from show at back in August and WOW- seeing these moments makes me smile so hard 😁 I couldn't resist sharing! .. it's been a rough several weeks with my 95 year old Pop in & out of the ER 😢 But he's stable now, and I can try to catch up a little on my work.
for everyone's love & understanding with all that's happened these past few months - thank you ❤️
Your shots are coming SOON!

05/23/2024

Her name was . She was "The Most Wonderful Girl" 💋🤘🏼
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05/14/2024

Hey Loves,
After 30+ years I'm saying bye-bye to my brand: Cozmik Photography
and Hello to just me: Rikki Guns. Stay tuned!

03/07/2023

Do you even ***ir?

As a with 3 decades experience and a former professional & , I can ease you into it like no one else. 💋
DM for the 411.

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01/25/2023

Sweet West Palm Beach, Florida family vacation moments.❤📷
Book your Airbnb Pro Shoot Experience with me, I've got 3 gorgeous locations to choose from or I can host you at a location of your choice:
1. bit.ly/AirbnbSingerIslandShoot
2. bit.ly/AirbnbPBislandShoot
3. bit.ly/AirbnbDelrayBeachShoot

Interested in something different? Contact me via my website: www.cozmikphotography.com

04/27/2022

Ok, I'm gonna change it up.
19 artists/bands I've shot. 📷
1 I have not.😝
Can you guess which one?

1. Fitz & the Tantrums
2. Ultra Nate
3. Sting
4. Flaming Lips
5. Nancy Sinatra
6. Deep Dish
7. Louie Vega
8. Youngr
9. Jack White (musician)
10. The Dead Kennedys
11. Johnny Mathis
12. NKotB
13. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
14. Derrick May
15. Thomas Dolby
16. Bassnectar
17. Cyro Baptista
18. Elephant
19. Willie Nelson and Friends Museum and General Store
20. BT

08/14/2021

Ahh, memories of helping budding young photogs ❤...this experience actually inspired me to begin teaching classes years ago - yes, 1-on-1 in-the-field hands-on tutelage by a formally-educated, insured, published pro with over 3 decades experience shooting both digital AND film as well as a lifelong visual artist.
Let me teach you all about that beautiful tool that stops time, and how to stop time exquisitely.
www.cozmikphotography.com

While shooting the Manson-Cooper concert at Merriweather a few months ago I noticed a girl with a Nikon Coolpix trying to get a zoom shot from the lawn. I saw her struggling with each try, every image washed out and a big blur, so I offered to help her with her settings and showed her how to get a better shot. I handed her my card and wished her happy shooting. This is her sweet message to me (I literally just saw it today):

"Hello Erika!

I just wanted to thank you so much for taking the time to give me a brief yet very helpful camera/photography lesson the other night at Merriweather! I can't tell you what an honor & privilege it was for me, a novice, trying to improve my photography to get such advice. The bands were awesome & the help from you so much appreciated. Your work is amazing... I just wanted to show you a couple of the shots I did get with much thanks to you..."

This is one of the shots she got :-)
Thanks for your message and sharing your shots with me Heather Bauerline Smith!!! Keep it up!!!

07/31/2021

remember.
Because this is how our craft began. I can still hear the sound of 'advancing'... 😏

07/20/2021

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As an accredited, formally-educated, insured and certified professional with over 3 decades experience, it really burns me when I see stealing REAL photographers' work and passing it off as their own just to get clients. But this is what the mediocre do to get your money, and YOU the client suffers. It's at its finest.
LOOKING FOR A LEGIT ? Do your homework, or you could be another victim of a . ✔Check their social media or website images with .
✔Google the photog's name, don't go by the "studio brand" alone, because they just might have changed their branding because they have multiple lawsuits against them for fraud or even a few news stories showing they stole money from clients & never delivered photos.
✔ Ask to see their contract, business license and insurance UP FRONT *only a REAL protog will be able to supply this to you!
✔ AND ALWAYS ALWAYS request an in-person consultation. Ask about their education, experience and the gear/post-production software they use; do they use filters/presets or do they actually edit each image individually with care. Who you decide to trust with your life moments is SO important!
YOUR MEMORIES ARE WORTH IT, AND SHOULD *ONLY* BE TRUSTED TO A PRO. ❤💋

You Are Not a Photographer
Fstoppers Matt Grant

06/19/2021

Hot damn! An actual 1 Hour Photo lab. In a strip mall. Gotta dig up my decades-old undeveloped rolls! Wonder if they give you doubles... 🤔

06/11/2021

Man... what an awesome memory. I MISS SHOOTING CONCERTS & HANGING WITH THE BANDS!!!
w/ Everclear 🤟

02/20/2021

Ahhh, that time I got a concussion and a busted lip in the name of my craft and PUNK FU***NG ROCK. 🤘 Dead Kennedys

DEAD KENNEDYS!
2-13-13 -n-Roll Hotel
©eriKa horn http://www.coZmiKphotography.com
for CosmicVibesLive

01/12/2021

Ahh, memories.
❤📷

12/10/2020

Thank you Adobe Photoshop.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

10/27/2020

Cozmik Photography now takes appointments on their Page.

10/27/2020

Oh how I miss shooting concerts and festivals.....
PHOTO: LIVE 2013, Fairfax, VA

MUZIK - cozmikphotography Summerland Tour @ Celebrate Fairfax, Fairfax VA - 6-2013 LIVE

09/07/2020

PRO PHOTO RETOUCHING.
Because & frizz exist.
Every year I get SO. MANY. requests to retouch school photos.
Initial packages with these school-contracted "factory" photography companies are cheap for a reason: so they can charge you 3X more than you paid for the shoot (to fix flyaways, brighten a smile or erase a blemish? Really?) Things like frizz and cowlicks can absolutely be taken care of PRIOR to clicking the shutter, and at least some blemish retouching done after - but they're not. Why? Sure, lack of education, professionalism and experience play a part, but it's mostly to get more $$$$ out of you.
So go ahead, get their cheapest photo package, then come to me for your retouches. 💋 And next year, hire ME for your kid's senior photos.

08/01/2020

Ahhh Firefly Music Festival memories...
Jack White with some creative "natural elements" ⛈⚡

End of Day 1 at Firefly Fest....last minute "they" decide no pit photos for Jack White. It's raining, and I have to fight my way into the crowd. Never imagined what a few raindrops would do to make some very unique shots - fitting for shooting White. More to come.....
©eriKa horn http://www.coZmiKphotography.com

Wake & Shake #GrooveMarket Launch 2.26.17

06/06/2020

A fan shared this today, a moment I shot at The Groove Market, a unique & organic gathering a few years back, produced by Elektrik Eventz ... and it says EVERYTHING.

🎶✊🏿❤✊🏻🎶

Wake & Shake Launch 2.26.17
© Cozmik Photography for Elektrik Eventz

03/29/2020

Hope everyone will
1. Stay HOME and safe (everything can be delivered!)
2. Take this time to look at your life differently, get out into Nature (no peopling!)
3. Trust that my calling as an artist and journalist supersedes the fear "they" think I should have as a human living in a ...
I am capturing life in a different light in the midst of all this. And I can't wait to share those shots with all of you.

03/07/2020

A true DC has left us today, and my heart is heavy... Not only did I have the pleasure of working with this man, but I danced many Sunday night cyphers at Eighteenth Street Lounge to the fine grooves he would lay down - and trust, he laid them down righteously at ESL for decades. Our Nation's Capitol has lost one of its true House Music O.G.s and Underground Pioneers.
Rest in Beats, Sam "The Man" Burns. Thank you for blessing us with your heart, your passion, your friendship and your gifts. ❤️🎶

Wes Wilson, San Francisco Psychedelic Poster Artist, Dead at 82 - Best Classic Bands

01/28/2020

R.I.P. Wes Wilson. Visual Art .

Wes Wilson, San Francisco Psychedelic Poster Artist, Dead at 82 - Best Classic Bands Wilson was known for inventing and popularizing a ‘psychedelic’ font around 1966 that made the letters look like they were moving or melting.

Picture Of Mice Fighting At London Underground Up For Wildlife Photo Of The Year

12/16/2019

BRILLIANT capture!! I absolutely think this should win, for the simple fact that wildlife continues to be wildlife despite humans and all their industry. ❤🐁
LADbible

Picture Of Mice Fighting At London Underground Up For Wildlife Photo Of The Year The action shot is named 'Station Squabble'

11/25/2019

I love Ellen. This Millennial bit she does is really SPECIAL (also quite SAD at the same time), and this one includes the oh-so-ancient 35MM FILM CAMERA (from like 10 long years ago). If your photographer has NO KNOWLEDGE OF 35MM, think twice about hiring them. Seriously.
ENJOY!!

10/26/2019

Some moments from that very special evening with B'more native-SoFlo jazz legend Tom McCormick & Friends at Arts Garage last month - hope it was worth the wait!

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