I soon found out that running any sort of a successful business was way more work than I had the time or energy to manage. Running a business solo requires me to fill multiple hats from advertising, running the business side of it, and also doing the actual work of taking photos for clients. I simply found myself overwhelmed with everything else I had going on in my life.

My business never panned out, never made me enough money to pay for the camera gear and other equipment I purchased for the business let alone paid for my time to take photos for clients. I ended up funding the entire business out of pocket for the entire time the business existed.

Not to mention my friends, family and others constantly discouraging me from following my dreams. I also grew tired of friends and family expecting me to offer services to them for free.

Truth is, anymore everybody with a camera claims to be a photographer. I grew tired of advertising my business only to have others chime in on my ads with their own businesses trying to steal my spotlight.

Photography conferences are a joke as well, they teach you information that is barely useful. Most people with successful photography businesses don’t make 100% of their money from photography, they have side gigs as well. Photography simply isn’t profitable as a business on it’s own in my personal opinion.

In the end I only kept snapgeek.com alive to promote and share my photography work. I decided however it was time to retire the website as the business is long dead.

So I leave you with the remains of my online portfolio which u may view if you desire.

Most controversial

The most controversial topic I often hear about is people asking why I share nudes online. People simply can’t wrap their heads around why somebody would willingly expose themselves nude to the world.

I often get comments like:

• Why do you share nudes online?
• Why would you want people to see you nude?
• Aren’t you ashamed?
• Nobody wants to see you nude!
• Your privates are only for your partner to see.
• Your privates are meant to be private!
• What are you a pedophile?

While I do understand people’s concerns about why they do not want to be seen nude. I personally do not have any hang up at all with being viewed clothed or nude. I’m not ashamed of my body, I’m comfortable in my skin. I’m happy simply being nude regardless of who sees me.

Before you get it twisted… I DO NOT:

• Share nudes with minors nor do I intend for minors to view my photos.
• Flash others to get a rise out of them.
• Share nudes in DMS with total strangers.
• Have any sexual desire regarding nudity.

Some folks I know have tried to defame me by calling me a pedophile. These people think that I share nudity or I often times go nude for the wrong reasons. I do not believe that me simply being nude, or sharing about my nudist journey makes me a pedophile. My intentions behind sharing and promoting nudism are pure.

My intentions

I have many good intentions behind my posts, and my sharing of nudity online. Some of my intentions and reasons for sharing nudity online are as listed below.

• Educate others about the nudist lifestyle.
• Show others that being nude isn’t sexual.
• Highlight nudity as a normal state of being.
• Normalize nudity so others stop sexualizing it.

I believe we can’t normalize nudity if we don’t show nudity in normal day to day activities. Simply telling people that nudity isn’t sexual isn’t enough if we can’t back it up. I like backing up my proof that nudity can be normal by simply showing it in photos.

“To be naked is to be oneself.” — Ruth Barcan

Every photo I share to the general public is simply just me, unclothed, and entirely non-sexual. If you see my photos as sexual then you simply need to change your perspective on nudity and learn to be more open minded.

Please leave me a comment and tell me if you can relate.

Nudism is the practice of social & personal nudity as a natural lifestyle, focusing on body acceptance, freedom and connecting with nature. Some nudists practice nudism in private at home, while others practice nudism socially. Nudism has many core principles and philosophy associated with it.

Core Principles & Philosophy of nudism

• Body Positivity: Celebrates the human body in all its forms, viewing it as natural and worthy of respect, not shame.
• Health & Wellness: Believes that nudity offers physical and mental health benefits, fostering body image and self-acceptance.
• Freedom & Authenticity: Promotes personal freedom by removing clothing as a barrier, allowing for more honest interactions.
• Non-Sexual: Emphasizes that nudity in nudist settings is non-sexual and focuses on wholesome, non-voyeuristic appreciation. 

What does nudism mean to me?

I believe nudity in general is not inherently sexual, simply being nude is a natural form. The human body should be celebrated not be hidden behind restricting, uncomfortable clothing that doesn’t allow the skin to breathe properly. I see nudism as a way of promoting body positivity, a way of being your true natural self. Most importantly, I find being nude far more comfortable than clothing and allows me the freedom to be myself.

How does society view nudity?

Society forces us to believe that all nudity is sexual, even when one isn’t committing a sex act. Society is prudish at best when it comes to bare skin, or any form of nudity especially when private areas are exposed. Society views topless women as sexual as well but topless men are not sexual which I find very goofy and backwards thinking.

If you ask anybody who follows social norms they believe you should only be naked for two reasons: Having sex and taking a shower. I disagree with that entirely.

How did I get involved in nudism?

When I was a teenager I used to try to cover up my body to hide my “shame” from the world. I believed that I was ugly or unattractive and since I stutter that made my confidence sink even lower.

Even though I hated clothing, covering up didn’t fix anything or make me feel better about myself. I finally decided to do the entire opposite and started going nude at home in the privacy of my room at my parents house. I eventually started exploring going naked by roaming the house naked while everybody was asleep and even snuck outdoors entirely nude to feel the air on my entire body.

Once I felt the outdoor air brush against my naked body I knew that nudity was something I enjoyed. At first I didn’t know there were others like me who enjoyed being nude. I thought maybe I was an outcast, or that I was simply weird for not wanting to wear clothing.

It wasn’t until I researched Nudism that I knew I wasn’t an outcast, that there are others like me who enjoy simply living life without clothing.

After I moved out of my parents house I continued my lifestyle as a nudist. I practiced nudism in my own home with my partner at the time. Over the years I grew the desire to be naked more and in more places. I started looking for places outdoors that were private and not visited often by textiles where I would strip off my clothes just to feel the sun and breeze on my naked body.

I started sharing my nude photos online in the 90s to try to meet other nudists and find other like minded folks. A lot of folks frowned at me for sharing photos of myself entirely nude online and claimed I was just seeking attention. I persisted though and kept sharing and had many profiles where I had shared nudity. Some of these profiles are gone and have been replaced with new ones over the years.

At one point I met a few people from the Camelot Nudist Club in Iowa that has now since disbanded. I joined them at skinny dip events, house parties and more. My friend Rob joined me at the skinny dip event & we had an amazing time.

Finally in 2021 I visited my first nudist resort in Illinois called Blue Lake. This was my first experience at a nudist resort and I had an amazing time at the resort. I have been back to this resort every year since I first started going there and made some cool friends there.

Relationships

I’ve had a few long term relationships and all my girlfriends including my last one who was a nudist hates the fact that I openly share photos of myself nude online. I would say every one of my past partners has told me “There is no reason to share nudity online” or “You share nudity for attention”.

I could see how somebody would think I share photos of myself nude for attention online but that simply is not the case.

All of my relationships have ended the same way, with my partner leaving me because I choose nudism over their opinion of what nudism actually is. I accept that people have their own opinions but I don’t stop and worry about others opinions of me. The right people will accept me while the wrong people will turn me away.

Why do I share nudity?

I have many reasons why I share nudity of myself online, there is no one simple easy answer. When I am nude I simply feel whole like this is me, unfiltered, unashamed, and is simply the best version of myself. A nude photo of myself is simply just another photo of me, I don’t see my nude photos as a “nude photo”. These photos are just photos of me, in my natural form, uninhibited, not being sexual. These photos are “just me” in my normal form.

Conclusion

I don’t believe nudity is inherently sexual, nudity is natural, non-sexual state of being. I enjoy being nude for not only comfort, but because I feel my skin needs to breathe and not be restricted by clothing 24/7.

If you enjoyed this article please leave a comment below and tell me your thoughts!

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Below is a video of me unboxing the drone.

The world naked bike ride is an international, clothing optional bike ride that is both a protest and a celebration. The ride highlights the vulnerability of cyclists, promotes body positivity and protests against oil dependency.

You can learn more about the ride in St Louis by visiting their website at: https://wnbrstl.org

I participated naked!

I took part in the World Naked Bike Ride in St Louis, MO this year and I rode my bike the entire route over 10 miles entirely nude! I decided to not wear a single stitch of clothing because after all I’m a nudist and I’m not ashamed to be seen nude. This ride had hundreds if not thousands of onlookers taking photos, making videos, and more of all the riders. I likely appeared nude on a lot of people’s devices but that’s ok.

One fun aspect about the ride is the crowd in random places is busy handing out bottles of water, beer and more to the riders. It’s quite entertaining watching them hand out drinks to a bunch of naked riders exposing it all for the cause.

I had so much fun on this ride that I’m already planning to do more WNBR in 2026 and will do all of them naked of course. Below are some photos of me taken before and during the event. I wish I would of taken some while I was riding nude too but atlas I did not.

How it all started

For years one of my ex gf has spent her time stalking me online and offline looking for ways to throw me in jail/prison in an attempt to keep my daughter from me. She also saved countless nude photos of me that she found on various forms of social media to use against me in court.

On July of 2021 she figured out a way to get me arrested on a 1st degree harassment charge which has a sentence of 2 years in prison, however on Dec 15, 2021 I ended up getting 2 years supervised probation on a plea bargain and a fine of $855. If I had known at the time that the corrupt judge and my corrupt probation officer would spend the next 2 years trying to toss me in prison I would of fought the case and not taken a plea bargain. I took the plea bargain though because I had no idea how to deal with it & was afraid of going to prison. Let’s be honest this is the first time I was in any sort of criminal trouble in my life.

My ex gave the judge some sob story and the judge ate right out of her hand granting my ex a 5 year no contact order and also ruled on the terms of my probation that I had to leave all social media & wasn’t allowed to post nude photos of myself or others online. No idea why this was even a term of probation but atlases it was.

Probation Violation Hearings

1st violation

On 5/26/2022 my probation officer claimed I had created a twitter account and got additional conditions of probation set forth against me. I actually did NOT create a twitter profile but wasn’t able to prove that I did not. The additional condition of probation was that they would start monitoring my personal devices with Accountable2you software that I also had to pay for monthly.

2nd violation

On 9/2/2022 my probation officer turned me in again on a 2nd probation violation and had me arrested on a $10,000 bond which I quickly bonded out of jail within 10 minutes of turning myself in. This second violation they claimed that I posted nude photos of myself on a website called ndstgeek.com that I do not own nor have access to post on and that I was actively posting on earthnaturists.com which is another website I don’t own or have a profile on. This case had multiple orders for continuance for roughly 10 months, I was planning to fully fight this case as I truly didn’t do anything wrong.

On 6/7/2023 right before the hearing my attorney found out that they had a made up 3rd violation they were going to charge me with if I fought it and throw me in prison for 2 years regardless. I was advised to take the plea bargain which resulted in me being sentenced 21 days of jail time starting on July 1, 2023 at the Appanoose County Jail. They never charged me with a 3rd violation.

It is now after December 15, 2023 when I’m making this post and I am now free of probation and can rejoin social media and post whatever legal content I want online once more. The above said however I’m sure my ex will continue to stalk me online which I may eventually go after her in court for stalking me.

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I received an e-mail on 5/18 to let me know that my replacement DJI Mini 2 drone is in the mail to my house. Fast forward and the drone has arrived in a brand new sealed box which I opened, updated and got synced to my controller again. I’m rdy to fly once more!

Regarding my son’s drone, I got the part to fix his DJI Mini 2 on 5/18/2022. I promptly installed the replacement power board and his drone is once more flying again.

I plan to teach him some tips on how to figure out good days vs bad days to fly it but also how to not crash it right away.

While I could of easily repaired it myself, I decided to send it off for a replacement since I have insurance that covers this sort of thing.

My son owns the same drone

Interesting enough I learned after crashing mine that my oldest son actually owns the same drone that he bought back in March which he crashed the first day he owned it and hasn’t flown it since. Needless to say he didn’t have insurance on his drone.

My son attempted to fix his drone but wasn’t able to get it done so he brought it over to me to fix. Upon receiving his drone I got the new part installed and noticed he screwed up the power board while he was unsoldering it so I ordered a new one of those on ebay so I can replace that.

With any luck I’ll have his drone flying within a week and have plans to use his drone until mine is replaced. Once I get mine back I plan to teach my son how to fly his drone so hopefully he doesn’t crash it right away again.

There is so much I want to write about and tell my followers but for now I need to refrain from doing so. Until, I am able to speak more freely just know that I am alive, I’m just going through some very tough times currently and you won’t see me on social media for a long long time if I decide to return at all.

Due to my online stalkers, future posts here will be less personal and more geek/techy oriented so if that bores you then I apologize. It’s just that writing too much about my personal life online seems to have negative effects lately.

If you have never heard of Old Threshers Reunion before let me first tell you a bit about it and why it is an important and fun event for my family to enjoy year after year.

Old Threshers is a Steam and Tractor show that is held in Mt Pleasant, IA every year during Labor Day weekend which has everything from steam engines, antique cars, trucks, tractors, gas engines, horses, and even steam trains and electric trollies. If none of that is your cup of tea they also have nightly concerts at the reunion at the grand stands and many of the singers are famous well known country singers to boot.

The reunion is mostly ran by Volunteers who run the trains, trollies, food tents and more. Yes these people aren’t getting paid for this but that’s ok because the memories from this event are lifelong.

You can learn more about the event on their website.

Why we go?

Typically when we go to Old Threshers Reunion we camp the entire time in a tent at the campgrounds and we go because the kids simply love the events and everything that is going on there partially: Log Village, Trollies, Steam Train, Concerts, Steam Engines, and other random shows that go on there. Going to Old Threshers Reunion is almost like going back in time and learning how things were done before the new age of gasoline engines (even though they have some here).

Hopefully I can find a way to tell the story of this place in a way that interests others into going in 2022.

Conclusion

If you live around the Mt Pleasant, IA area or simply want to meet me come find me at the Old Threshers Reunion this year in Mt Pleasant, IA.