John A. Carlos II is a freelance photojournalist, portrait, commercial, and wedding photographer in Columbia, SC working with The Post and Courier, The Free Times, and more.
"Thank you for visiting my page hope you will enjoy the photos and stories I tell here." - John A. Carlos II
I'm a photojournalist, living in Columbia, SC. I'm an avid soccer fan aka real football, a lover of BBQ, and a #beer connoisseur. Join me on my photographic ramblings.
Dodged & Burned:
A PhotoBlog by Columbia, SC photojournalist John A. Carlos II
A Month-In-Photos: June 2019
July 1, 2020
A selection of some of my best photos taken in June 2020
2020 remains crazy, the protest that started in May continued, as COVID-19 numbers continued to rise across the state and in the rest of the country.
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A Month-In-Photos: May 2020
June 4, 2020
A selection of some of my best photos taken in May 2020. Last month white people were protesting because they could get a hair cut, this month people are protesting over the killing of George Floyd, and police brutality against the black community, continued today in Columbia. I covered the protest for three days. On the first day, I witness the collapse of societal norms. As peaceful protest turn violent, when buildings were vandalized with spray paint and broken windows, unattended Columbia police cruisers were smashed, and then set fire by a crowd that was at its boiling point.
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A Month-In-Photos: April 2020
May 4, 2020
A selection of some of my best photos taken in April 2020. It has been a very slow month for me... not that I'm complaining. Another crazy month even though all of my calendar was canceled because of COVID-19. For the 2nd month, I've been limited to just a few assignments. I hope y'all are doing good and May the 4th be with you!
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A Month-In-Photos: March 2020
April 6, 2020
A selection of some of my best photos taken in March 2020. I considered not even doing a post this month, I was going to just post a picture with the words canceled in bold on a white background. But then I decided to do something, even though I might not get paid to take them.
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A Month-In-Photos: February 2020
March 6, 2020
A selection of my best photos taken in February 2020.
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A Month-In-Photos: January 2020
February 6, 2020
New year new me? Only time will tell, but this year is going to be a good one. January may have been slow. But I still was able to capture some photos. Here is a selection of some of my best photos taken in January 2020.
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A Year-In-Photos: 2019
January 19, 2020
2019 was crazy, it went by faster than I'd like. In this blog post, you'll see a selection of my best photos taken in 2019. I wish I had someone else that would have posted this for me there are so many photos that didn't make this list that possibly should of I just can't think of all the photos that I took that would be worthy of this honor...lol...Enjoy!
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A Month-In-Photos: November 2019
December 19, 2019
A selection of some of my best photos taken in November 2019. A lot of portraits I didn't have much else to photograph this past month, I took photos for an upcoming Free Times Lexington guide and I took a bunch for Serve & Connect.
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A Month-In-Photos: October 2019
December 18, 2019
A selection of some of my best photos taken in October 2019. There was too much politics this month, I could have and maybe should've photographed even more. I didn't get to photograph the President again but got to cover the crowd outside of the event which might have been better.
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A Month-In-Photos: September 2019
December 18, 2019
A selection of some of my best photos taken in September 2019. Lots of photos from this month, in fact, I'm still processing through a lot of the images. I got to photograph a lot of Football and Hootie & The Blowfish!
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A Month-In-Photos: August 2019
September 5, 2019
A selection of some of my best photos taken in August 2019. Lots of photos from this month, in fact, I'm still processing through a lot of the images. Football is back and I couldn't be happier, there is going to be a lot of sports photography being made in the coming months.
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A Month-In-Photos: July 2019
August 2, 2019
A selection of some of my best photos taken in July 2019. I really didn't pick up my camera much this month, but I did have a couple of assignments from The Post and Courier.
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John A. Carlos II specializes in a journalistic style of photography
JAC2 Photo offers photography services in the following fields,
weddings, commercial, portrait, event, and editorial photography.
John's photography has been featured at:
The Free Times, The Post and Courier, The University of South Carolina, Serve & Connect, and more.