NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has made waves both on the racetrack and behind the camera. Wallace, through his photography Instagram account, @bubbawallacephotography, has documented his journey through photography, starting with his father’s Nikon camera to now his Sony A7R3.
Recently, Wallace delighted fans with a heartwarming holiday post featuring his wife Amanda and their three-month-old son Becks Hayden Wallace on the New York City subway. The caption read,
"Been a minute. NYC is lit! Merry Christmas!"
This post marked one of Becks’ first appearances on social media since his birth on September 29, 2024.
Speaking in an interview in 2019, Bubba Wallace credited NASCAR photographers like Nigel Kinrade and Russell LaBounty with teaching him how to go from automatic to manual photography.
"They kind of took me under for a little bit and they would tell me things to look at and things to adjust"
He described his photography goal the time, saying,
“A holy grail time-lapse, which is day, night, day or night, day, night. You get to go through all the clouds rolling and the stars come in at night … and you just get awesome colors.”
The Wallace couple have shared a few updates this week from their trip to New York City for the holiday season.
A look at Bubba Wallace and Amanda's relationship
The story of Bubba Wallace and Amanda Wallace began in a Spanish class during high school, though their romance didn’t start much later until 2016 following a chance meeting at a college football game in 2015.
Wallace described his first impression of Amanda, saying (via People magazine),
"I just remember seeing her and I was like, 'Wow, she's beautiful.'"
Amanda, born on March 30, 1994, graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Banking and Finance. She worked as a Senior Finance Analyst at Bank of America before changing careers to artistic work. Their love story culminated in a grand wedding celebration on December 31, 2022, in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended by 250 guests.
Speaking to PEOPLE magazine about their marriage, Wallace shared,
"Getting married, and starting a new life together, I'm just so excited to have a good one in my corner. We have so much fun together."
The family also includes their Australian shepherd-poodle mix, Asher, adopted in July 2020, whom Bubba Wallace introduced on social media, saying,
"Let me tell ya bout my best friend. Asher meet the world."
In April 2024, the couple announced Amanda's pregnancy on Instagram with a creative post:
"Spring has sprung, Summer will be rad. Fall is the first time, We’ll be mom and dad! Baby Wallace coming October 2024"
Becks Wallace was born on September 29, 2024, turning the couple into a family of three.
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