Earlier this year I received a call from my friends over at Reebok who had a mission for me. Travel out to Houston a few days later to film and photograph JJ Watt at his home along with one of his friends from the United States Navy SEAL community and a couple Reebok Designers.

I’ve had the pleasure of going on safari a few times at the end of my trips to Rwanda, photographing basketball culture. These are some of my favorite images from those trips.

I had the opportunity to photograph my alma mater, UMass, play BYU in football at the home of the New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium. This was actually my first time shooting a live football game and let me tell you, I had an absolute blast.

My good friends at Reebok called me in to photograph 2 time Crossfit Games champion and Olympian Tia-Clair Toomey of Australia. We had an absolutely blast working together at Reebok Crossfit ONE in Boston.

A few months back I was approached by a group of guys who had recently purchased a manufacturing plant in the Northern New Hampshire town of Lancaster.

Boston nonprofit, Shooting Touch G3, held a basketball game between local girls on their AAU team and the female police officers of the Boston Police Department. The Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healey, joined the G3 girls who won on a buzzer beater by one basket.

I recently had one of the greatest requests ever....to photograph an elite crossfitter lifting kegs at my favorite brewery, Harpoon. The images and created GIFs were then used on the Reebok and Harpoon social channels. A beautiful collaboration!

Today is the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, a day to recognize the positive influence sport has on the advancement of human rights, and social and economic development.

My favorite image from the trip is not the backflip or shark, it's of 17 year old weightlifting phenom, CJ Cummings. When he got back in the boat after his first snorkel above a coral reef we asked him how it went and his response blew us away..."Pretty cool, that was my first time in the ocean."

Adventure writer Todd Balf shot for Runner's World Magazine and his essay about running the Wings for Life Run that supports research studies about spinal cord injuries. Published in the December 2017 edition of Runner's World.