Nancy Davis

Head shot session with one of my brides from last year, the lovely Nancy Davis.

Jem & Omar

Omar & Jem were married yesterday out at the B&B Inn in Apex. I lovely ceremony and a lively reception.


Nose to the grindstone for a while. I have over 2000 files that need to be post-processed and several print orders to get working on.

Have a Happy Fourth of July everyone!

This is the old camera I've been using for the Through the Viewfinder series. I bought it at the Raleigh Fairgrounds flea market.

The photo is nothing special, but I was waiting for a client to show up and was using this subject to get the lighing right.

who got married?

Shelley and Jimmy. That's who!

While working on the images from Shelley & Jimmy's recent wedding I came across this one and started to chuckle. It's a pose I do fairly often at weddings. The results are sometimes great (such as this) and others display total confusion as the party ask's what the hell the photographer is doing.

Just keeping it light, that's all!

LeAnne & Stephen

Wow.

Where do I begin to even describe this awesome wedding. So many cool people. A very photogenic location. A family that I really enjoyed being with. A wedding celebration that was top notch.


I know this photo above is bigger than most of the computer screens looking at it, but it was a big wedding. This is just a mere glimpse at some of the photos. Not even the top 30!

I'll be posting more from the 1300 photos I took this weekend. I'm quickly building a back log for post processing my images and need to get some quality time with Photoshop over the next few days.

LeAnne, Stephen & Families? Love ya.

Mrs. Banner's kitchen

Banner Elk museum. Banner Elk, NC.
Throught the viewfinder of a Kodak Duaflex III with Nikon D300.

Botanicals through the viewfinder

While on assignment yesterday in Fayetteville, I spent my lunch at the Fayetteville Botancical Garden. I brought my Kodak Duaflex III for some through the viewfinder shots (TTV) with the hopes of capturing an old barn or farmhouse but the garden was right off the road and I didn't have much time. I figured I would give it a try on some flowers and what I could find at the garden. The Fayetteville Botanical Garden is absolutely stunning. It was very diverse and lush.

Another photographer, who's work I greatly admire, posed a question on my flickr account on what I'm thinking will work for TTV shots.

I don't have much experience with TTV and that causes me to not put much effort into the shot. Meaning, I don't plan for hours or set up the shots beforehand. The few times I have shot TTV it's always been to see what I find and hope for the best. I try to find subjects that lend themselves to the antique looked brought on by the old Kodak but I also feel that modern landscapes and portraits are worthy too. I have the TTV bug now. I want another Duaflex to try. I want to make some cool environmental portraits with it and might whip it out this weekend on a client. Heck, it might work on some type of food shoot as well. There are no rules and I plan to explore further.

pink guitar

I've got a big assignment this coming weekend and really wanted to spend some time with Hannah before I head out. We planned to go swimming but the swim team had taken over the whole pool. What to do?

Let's go back and play. Hannah got to play with her new pink guitar and had written a song just yesterday. I got to try out my Edirol R-09HR digital recorder as well as my new Alien Bee 800 studio strobe with beauty dish. We were both happy playing with our new toys.

I processed this with a develop preset I downloaded from Lightroom Killer Tips blog(Matt Kloskowski). The preset was called Sin City Light and basically desaturates a bit and boosts the contrast. I look I find myself using for adults but not kids. I think it works okay.

We put together a little show. Nothing more than us kids goofing off with cameras and guitars but I'm quite proud of it, especially to see her write a song. It's a minute long and might take a bit to download.
Link to the show...
I think Hannah was inspired by the Brandon Leffel senior portrait show I did last month. She's asked about it several times.
We have a good time playing together.

Two blog posts about my daughter in a row? Hannah has taught me more about photography than anyone I know.

Easy being a Dad

...when your daughter is darn near perfect.



Happy Father's day to all the families out there. Take care of each other.

a couple from Shelley & Jimmy's wedding

Fun couple, fun wedding and some hot weather! Everyone made the best of it and had a fun time. Shelley was always smiling!