Hope and Tim’s wedding

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:05:22 +0000

Wow, I am terrible at blogging! I’m going to catch up though, promise. Here’s some pictures of a great couple.

I love this picture because it was their first time seeing each other and no one was supposed to be in there or see them. When the front door opened though, the curtains would blow open… so maybe I had my assistant open the door a few times. whoops.

Hope and Tim Sneak Peekers

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:29:26 +0000

These guys are so great, I had a lot of fun shooting their wedding.

James Perrin

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:40:16 +0000

Kelly and I first saw James’ art at the Zeitgeist-hosted show at the Terrazzo luxury condominiums. We were both blown away when we saw his art and tried to figure out how we could get some of it in our living room(still trying to figure that out). About a month later we met James at a meeting for Open Lot, the artist collective and studio space my wife and I are involved in. So now his studio is right next to Kelly’s and he is one of our best friends!! We call him Jamesies. This weekend I went down to Zeitgeist Art Gallery to document a few of his paintings for a Nashville Association of Art Dealers brochure. I’m also mixing in some pictures I took of James at Open Lot.

This painting is probably 10 or 12 feet wide. Huge!!!

For all you photographers, this is the setup I used: Two Alien Bee 1600’s with soft boxes triggered with Cybersyncs. I started at 45 degree angles on either side and found that I needed to move out to more like 30 degrees to avoid reflection on the oil. The black painting may have been even further out because it was especially prone to reflection. I used a measuring tape to make sure the lights were as symmetric as possible. Also on the black painting I decided to tether my D700 to my computer using a plug-in I found for Lightroom. It was really helpful for work like this where balanced lighting and focus are especially important.

Brandy and Phillip

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:01:38 +0000

Brandy and Phillip are both iron workers in Kingston, TN, which makes them automatically awesome. In fact, Brandy works in a top secret facility for the government and that’s all I can say about it legally. Their relationship will be forged (had to do it) this March. We started off the day at my wife’s studio space out in East Nashville where I was hoping to get some industrial looking shots to complement their occupation. We then went to Opryland Hotel because of all the pretty Christmas lights. Unfortunately, everyone else and their mom came to see the lights as well, but we still managed to get some nice photos and had a great time! To see more of these photos go to my online gallery.

Love!!

We were having Brandy imitate poses from the book,“David Lee Roth: What a guy!” (above)

Ellen and Greg

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:18:39 +0000

This wedding took place in Dunlap, Tn. at a farm owned by Ellen’s grandparents. It was the perfect place for a country wedding(even in December), everywhere you’d look there would be some rustic treasure; fence posts covered in fluorescent-green moss, rusty chains and hinges, faded barn-red wood, an old aluminum silo with a faded sign painted on. It was almost hard to know where to start! Ellen and Greg were a pleasure to work with, both of them were easy-going and obviously in love with each other.

To see the rest of the story go to my online gallery!!!

Amie and Lee Cooke

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:00:41 +0000

A few weekends ago I shot Amie and Lees’ (is that apostrophe correct?) wedding as second photographer with my friend Betsy Limbaugh. I have known Lee for years and it was a pleasure to work with him and his new wife because she is just as fun and weird as Lee is! I mean “weird” in the awesome way, not the nerdy way. To see the entire day go to my online gallery.

Wes and Courtney

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:09:32 +0000

A few weeks ago I did some engagement photos for Wes and Courtney. We started at the Opryland Hotel because their first date was going there to see the Christmas lights. It was fun taking pictures there because the landscaping is so well done and changes drastically throughout the building. This challenging part was keeping the hotel rooms out of the shots.

Next we went to Three Rivers park which is next to Nashville Shores. There is an amazing walking bridge which crosses the Cumberland River, I’ve lived in Nashville 11 years and had no idea that was there until I went scouting for their shoot. I wonder what else I’m missing around here. Hopefully I’ll find a new BBQ restaurant soon.

I was really happy to take these pictures because they are such a cool couple. I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in March! To see more of their pictures go to my gallery.

Barby, Jody and Kinsley

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:18:57 +0000

Last weekend I got to take some family portraits for Barby, Jody and Kinsley. They live in Spring Hill so we split the difference and met in Liberty Park and then to downtown Franklin. They are all super sweet people and very photogenic. You can see more pictures in my new online gallery here.

Firetruck

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:57:37 +0000

Last week, after picking up a prescription from my doctor, I saw that the Brentwood Firefighters had their trucks parked in front of the Brentwood Kroger to raise money for multiple schlerosis. If you’d like to donate to their cause just click on the previous link.

After convincing one of the firefighters to let me take his picture I went over to take pictures of the ladder truck. While doing this, two high school girls walking by asked if they could be in the picture and then their friend drove by and wanted in as well. I told them I was shooting for Firetruck weekly! I’m not sure if they knew I was kidding.

Imogene and willie

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:10:04 +0000

Yesterday I took some pictures for Imogene and willie, a custom jeans store on 12th ave. South here in Nashville. The store is owned by married couple/design team Matt and Carrie Edmunson. The store is an old white gas station and is arranged beautifully. You can see in the pictures below that there is a lot of symmetry and thought put into the display-which makes composition much easier on me. Imogene and willie make their own line of jeans right there in the store, sell vintage, new old stock and other designers’ jeans as well. I think they also design some of Ralph Lauren’s higher end denim. I had a lot of fun hanging out with these guys.

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