Candace's Bridal Shoot!

So, I know this is a bit late coming, but this is Candace's Bridal shoot that we did before her wedding! She was such a brave bride! It was absolutely frigid on the afternoon of her session, and she battled it like a champ! I felt so bad that she was shaking between locations she was so cold! But how talented is she?? You can't even tell she was the least bit uncomfortable in the pictures! Crazy:-). Here are a few that I really liked!


Red shoes!

I think Candace looks beautiful in this shot:-)



Possible favorite!


I love the look:-)

Exciting News!

I finally have finished my website, and it is officially up and running! You can't imagine how happy I am to finally have it done! Visit theindieimage.com!!! Don't worry, I will continue to post highlights from shoots here, but at the website you can find galleries specific to the type of images you are needing:-). Now you won't have to dig through all these posts to see babies, or weddings or music! Yay!


Check it out!

Candace and Josh are Married!!!!

Whew! My very first wedding of 2010 was the wedding of the lovely Candace and Josh! They were married just a few short weeks ago. They had such a sweet ceremony and a fun party! Since there are so many shots in this post, I'll try to keep the chatter to a minimum! But I had a wonderful time with these wonderful people:-) Plus I would like to thank the always delightful Amber for shooting with me!

Yes, her dress is in a tree.






I wish I could do this for every "formal" shot!

The fellas. Best jump shot ever.

The ladies.

Josh and Candace wrote each other sweet little notes before the ceremony:-)

Wait a minute...

...that's more like it!




This is in fact what Josh had to do at 2!

Married!!


haha Amber grabbed this shot, and I would love to know who put the lips on their guest book:-)



<3


Sweet daddy hug!



Oh yeah.


This crowd kept me laughing for sure!


And they're off!


I wish you guys a marriage full of love and abundant joy!

Favorite Things.

With that last post still fresh on my brain, I figured I would share the one project I did do for myself recently, for no particular reason. I have set of shelves above my desk (where I spend most of my time), and those shelves are home to many of my favorite things. It started out as a place to display my photo books and small camera collection. But in the months since I moved in and put them up, it has become a home to most anything I love that has to do with photography, with a few other wayward items that I am partial to. The shelves themselves are covered in book pages from a Mormon book I found at an antique store. It is not significant that they are Mormon, just interesting. I didn't realize it until after I had started the process. One night I decided to make those two shelves the subject of my lens. Kinda like a self-portrait of sorts. I didn't rearrange anything, but simply photographed the things I've looked at a thousand times. Some of it is abstract, faces half hidden, words cut short or out of focus. It is how it looks even now (with the exception of a few new books). Even the treatment says something about me... it's grainy and grungy and old looking...just the way I like it. I dare not say it is art, and for most of you it won't be interesting I'm sure, but for me, it's a start at getting back in touch with what I love about what I do.

Four Cameras and JPG Magazines. Issue 7: Self-Portraiture.

Brazil.


My Grandfather's Brownie and some tintypes.

Another camera sitting on the trailers for "SAW" and "Shaun of the Dead".

Zombie finger puppet sitting on my name spelled with old type letters. Did you notice the "a" is really a "g"? I didn't for a very long time.

"Hell" and the crow. The book is photographs by James Nachtwey, and it has a funny story on how I obtained it.

R.I.P.

Time and Imogen Cunningham. I've shot one roll with this $1 TIME camera and it remains undeveloped.

Holga, civil war bullets, Edward S. Curtis. Oh Holga, I wish I used you more.

Beloved and Holga. To the left is a picture of a band, to the right, the only picture I've taken with the Holga that I really like. Taken in Brazil.

Shelby Lee Adams. Familiarize yourself.

One of the best gifts ever. "Horse" by Michael Eastman.

Little Brownie.

American South and American West and my dad's family camera from his childhood. "In the American West" is probably my favorite photography book that I own. Avedon amazes me.

Detail of the cover. Half-out-of-focus.