Hi!

My name is Alexandra (Alex) Thomas. I’m a 22-year-old photographer & videographer based out of Austin, TX.

I’ve had a camera in my hands since I was 18 months-old when my great-grandmother gave me a disposable film camera.  I toddled all over her house that day, taking photos of everything I saw, & in that moment I knew this is what I'm meant to do.  I officially started my photography business at 14 years old & I have been taking photos & videos every day since, all around the world.  

Around that same time, my career path was originally set to become a veterinarian as I was beginning studies & volunteering in the animal hospital at the local shelter. That all changed when I attended my first MISSIO concert & fell in love with the music industry.  After seeing MISSIO & Zeale live at House of Blues Dallas in 2017, I researched to learn all that I could about the music industry. Eventually, I would have the honor of working with & learning a lot through both MISSIO and Zeale throughout the years.

That same year I went on my first small tour run as photo video merch & TM, skipped my high-school graduation to work as a photographer at Hangout Music Festival, worked for a local music venue as the house photographer, & volunteered for multiple music publications as a photojournalist.   I continued to photograph concerts all over the US & filmed my first music video all by age 16.  

At 18 years old, I met my tour family in Prophets and Outlaws (PAO). I spent three years on the road with them doing photography, videography, digital marketing management, tour management, merch design, website design, publicity, & much more.  I had the honor of directing, shooting & editing the video & creating the marketing campaign for their 2021 single with Pat Green, “Little Bit of Love”.  Through this song & my marketing campaign, we managed to to raise over $10,000 in the first week of the songs release for The North Texas Food Bank, providing over 30,000 meals to hungry children, seniors & families across North Texas during the horrible snowstorm that left many without food or shelter.  The music video was shared on Fox 4 News in Dallas with an interview of Pat Green & PAO lead singer Matt Boggs talking about the song, encouraging more donations & more kindness at this difficult time.  

At 18, I also started hosting a yearly benefit concert raising money for The Trevor Project, a non-profit suicide hotline for LGBT+ youth across America. This involved coordinating The Trevor Project, all musicians, venues, & crew. Every penny made from ticket sales went right to The Trevor Project to help those in need.  Having struggled severely with depression myself, I always want to do what I can to help those who are at their worst moments & encourage them to keep fighting their demons because it does eventually get so much better.

In 2021, I started my own music publication, Tour Life Mag, with the goal to help get more women, POC, and LGBT+ creatives in the music industry, assisting them any way I can with the knowledge & experience I’ve gained over the years of nonstop work in many different roles of the music industry.  

Since creating AETPhotos nearly a decade ago, I've worked with 100s of photo & video clients in all different fields and 10+ digital marketing management clients from musicians/bands, music venues, publications, party planners, clothing brands, restaurants and companies all over the U.S.

I'm always looking for new adventures, so don’t hesitate to reach out to me at aetphotographer@gmail.com to work together.