I had an awesome time on Sunday hanging out with Dannie and Jonathan for their engagement shoot. They let me take some photos using my film camera and I just got them back from Dury's so I wanted to share them while I finish working on the digital files. I will share more about the shoot when the full post is ready.
Kelly + Kyle + KY
I love Kentucky. It is full of open landscapes and rolling hills. I drove up to the Paducah area to meet Kelly and Kyle on her family's farm. I love going out of state for shoots because I feel like I have scouted and used every section of Nashville. It can also be kind of nerve racking because you never know what locations the couple has picked out. I was pleasantly surprised with my options for the day.
My Girls in Black and White
I busted out my film camera the other day. I'm not really sure what made me do it, but I'm glad that I did. Shooting film is a totally different experience than shooting digital. When I shoot digital I just snap away like a maniac because I know that I basically have an unlimited amount of shots. Shooting film gives me 36 shots. It really challenged me to think about each photograph that I was taking. I was shooting black and white film for this shoot but today went out and bought some Kodak Portra 160 so I should have some more Film posts in the near future. As usual, when I get new toys I use Lacy as a model so I drug her out of the house on a chilly day to do a 7 minute 36 shot maternity shoot. Here are the results:
Me
I like to meet couples at coffee shops. I love the atmosphere, the coffee, and getting to spend time with the couple. From these hang out sessions I've come to realize that sometimes the couple has no idea what I look like and I end up watching them call me on their cell phone. For this reason I've decided to start posting more photos of me. My hairstyle changes a lot so I thought it would be a good idea to post photos showing the different stages of growth. If we are hanging out soon look for the long haired man.
Grand Canyon
I realized that I never posted any photos from our trip out west in February. Lacy and I went to the Grand Canyon before I headed to Las Vegas for a photography conference called WPPI. We flew into Phoenix had lunch with one of my best friends Sewell before making the drive up to the 'big hole in the ground' as my grandpa liked to call it. I had Lacy snap a photo of me and Sewell, but managed to lose the photos somehow. We were in then Grand Canyon one full day before deciding to leave in order to escape a snow storm of 11-16 inches . We left just in time. We had rented a Toyota Yaris and were driving it down I-40 as we watched cars sliding off the interstate because of the 3 inches of snow that had fallen in just an hour. The Yaris proved to be a mighty snow beast and we made it safely to Las Vegas. Before we made our escape I snapped a few photos. The first photo is a night exposure. The canyon is being lit by the moon light.
