Just a few days before my wedding, I was turning down all sorts of assignments as I got busy with the details of the week.

But one of them was too good to pass up. 

The New York Times sports photo editor Jeffrey Furticella asked me to photograph Chris Cole.

He's a hot-shot street skater who was gearing up to participate in the final event of Street League, which is apparently like the Super Bowl for skaters.

I met Cole at his house where I shot portraits all over the property, he skated in his backyard park for a bit and he showed his daughter the dead rattlesnake that he found on the side of the road.

Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot and the awesome layout in the Times.