Enjoying the Journey: An Atlanta Grant Park Engagement Shoot (Brunch) with Sara and Dane

We don't take for granted what it means for any couple to invite us into their lives to capture some of their most precious and important moments.  It is also a unique honor (and challenge) to have folks who you love and know very well trust you to do the same.  Sara and Dane are very special to Kari and I.  They are the loving, sincere, artistic, compassionate, hilarious couple who along with some other radical, alternative, justice seekers make up a group we like to call "The Revolutionaries".  Among this group of friends, you'll always be loved, challenged, pushed, uplifted, supported, forced to be honest, and encouraged to "Enjoy the Journey".

Thanks to Sara and Dane for letting us spend a few moments with them before they said I Do...and thanks for the breakfast.

Atlanta Engagement Photography by Kari and Carlton Mackey

A Cocktail Event to Benefit the Atlanta Music Project at the Artmore Hotel

 With fire, the open air, and beautiful music, The Artmore Hotel was the perfect setting for last night's cocktail hour to benefit the Atlanta Music Project. 

 Images by Carlton Mackey (The Official Photographer of the Atlanta Music Project) http://www.mytruevision.com/

My True Vision Photography's PHOTO OF THE DAY

Youth Soccer Practice, Jamaica.

Photo by Carlton Mackey.

(from upcoming documentary photo exhibit)

My True Vision Photography Proudly Announces Partnership with AID Atlanta for New National Campaign

Image from the Upcoming From Where I Stand Coffee Table Book.  Photo by Carlton Mackey.

My True Vision Photography is proud to announce its partnership with AID Atlanta in the release of AID Atlanta’s new national campaign, From Where I Stand.


AID Atlanta’s mission is to reduce new HIV infections and improve the quality of life of its members and the community by breaking barriers and building community.  Its new campaign, From Where I Stand, is set to be released in November in an effort to reach young black gay men and show that “the stories of young black gay men cannot be told through statistics.”


The AID Atlanta organization was formed in 1982 out of the devastation that occurred when the HIV/AIDS crisis reached Atlanta. However, what began as a small, grass-roots campaign quickly turned into the Southeast’s largest AIDS service organization.  Since then, AID Atlanta has remained true to its mission.


The motivation behind AID Atlanta's From Where I Stand campaign came from a new study released Aug. 3, 2011 by the Centers for Disease Control showing a 48% increase in the number of new HIV/AIDS infections (2006-2009) among black men who have sex with men.  (GA Voice Cover Story)

Upcoming Billboard Ad - From Where I Stand Campaign

Headed by Charles Stephens, the From Where I Stand campaign will consist of a website, coffee table book, billboard ads, and a documentary. Other members of the campaign team include: Clinton Jolliffi, Craig Washington, Steven Igarashi, Andre Toone, and Chase Andrews.  For photographic images and the visual narrative of the campaign, they partnered with Carlton Mackey of My True Vision Photography.


Kari and Carlton Mackey are the husband and wife photography team who own My True Vision Photography.  The couple believes in the power of art as a vehicle for positive social change.  They utilize their company as an extension of their community and civic engagement.  Carlton Mackey also serves on the board of directors of Wonderroot and is the Chair of the Ethics & the Arts Initiative at the Emory University Center for Ethics.

To support this campaign, please visit www.facebook.com/fromwhereistandatl

My True Vision Photography's PHOTO OF THE DAY: Helping Hands

"...a little help from our friends."

From the Destination Wedding Celebration of Gingi and Chris Nixon

Image by Kari Mackey

Faces of Rastafari - Preview of Upcoming Documentary Photo Exhibit

After traveling with one of the world's leading scholars of the Rastafari movement and its history, last night I returned home from a documentary photo assignment in rare community tucked away deep in the hills just outside of Kingston Jamaica.

Bobo Shanti members live apart from society. Their base is in Bull Bay, Jamaica.

More to come.

Documentary Photography by Carlton Mackey.

My True Vision Photography's PHOTO OF THE DAY: The Atlanta Music Project

My True Vision Photography is proud to be the official photographer of the Atlanta Music Project...Music for Social Change.

Image by Carlton Mackey




It is surprising what effect music can have on people!”
- Ali Velshi CNN 

Atlanta Engagement Photography: Sara and Dane

A sneak peak at the very soon to be Mr. and Mrs.
Image by Kari Mackey
Atlanta Engagement Photography / Romance Session