About the Cover Photographer
Brigette Carruth, the Our Town Cover Photographer, started In Focus Photography in 2003. Her varied work includes corporate head shots, families, and bridal photography. She is an active member of her church, teaching 7th grade Sunday school and playing the flute in the orchestra. In her spare time, she enjoys watching her boys play basketingball.
Brigette's Contact Info
770-617-3805
On the Cover
D’ANGELO BYNUM
At only 21 years old, D’Angelo, (also known as “D”) has made quite a name for himself as a fighter, but even more so as fine young man and teacher. He currently teaches at Alpha Fighting, Cooks Impact and All Star Fitness. He really enjoys teaching the kids classes of Brazilian Jujitsu, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and tumbling. In fact, he loves teaching kids so much he plans to start Chattahoochee Technical College next semester to earn his Teaching Degree.
D’Angelo grew up in the Paulding/Powder Springs area. He graduated from McEachern High School where he participated in wrestling, soccer, and cheerleading. While at McEachern, D was the recipient of the Powder Springs Leadership award and the McEachern Sportsmanship Award.
He still lives in the area with his mother, Sara, his father Randy, and his brother Randolph. His sister, Jamilla, lives in North Carolina.
D leads a very athletic lifestyle and a healthy one as a vegetarian. When he’s not teaching, he’s working out. For the last year and a half, he has been learning Jujitsu. He hasn’t been fighting for very long, and was actually recruited while teaching a kids tumbling class. He hasn’t lost a fight, and his third match is coming up on January 9th at Alpha Mixed Martial Arts and Fitness. (See the Calendar of Events for more info).
D’Angleo is a self proclaimed funny man, who likes to tell random jokes, be spontaneous, eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hog hunt. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to know D and are looking forward to seeing him “really” fight this time.
We would like to thank Terry Johnson of Alpha MMA and Fitness for being a sparing partner for D’Angelo so we could get some great action shots, but most of all for allowing us to photograph in the gym.