High-key + Flares

Photos from a shoot with the beautiful Sarah from the end of January.

I love white. I love cream. I'm addicted to anything light. It's obviously coming through in my work. I wanted to accentuate this by creating light flares in high-key lighting.

This is a two light set-up. The key light is modified by a beauty dish, the back light is pointed at the background and is placed behind a v-flat, to guard the light from hitting the model. The back light is used as two lights -- it shoots into the background and also the v-flat is moved just so the light can flare into the camera to create a glow.

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My dear friend Constantine told me recently that it is obvious in this set of images how I'm able to make models comfortable, and can bring out  something more in them that many photographers cannot. The best compliment. :) I'll take it.

I'll meet you in Nashville + Road trip

Finally Kimberly Inez got a weekend off of work. I'll meet you in the middle?

Aaron and I traveled to meet Kimberly and Ethan in Nashville, since it's right smack in the middle of St. Louis and Asheville. Here's Aaron's and my road trip to meet them and our journey back. Along the way we chased the birds, drank cups on cups of coffee, made new friends, visited Barista Parlor, Imogene + Willie, Marche', and we got stuck in snow, but we made it there and back more alive than when we left. +

2013 Self portrait + New year

This image really describes a lot of my experiences in 2013. In some ways I'm glad to have a new year, a fresh start, but in others, I look back on the previous year and see so much cultivation.

In 2013 I up-and-moved to the middle of the country, away from my heart in the NC mountains to be welcomed into John Fedele's Production Studio. I knew no one, felt alone, but grew more than I knew was possible. After months of pursuing friends and myself, I have finally found a home here. 

I'm looking forward to the harvest in 2014.