The Scene. The Story. The Soul.
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Revisit, Reset, Rewards and Regrets
Read more: Revisit, Reset, Rewards and RegretsRevisit This photoshoot, from earlier this summer, was an unintentionally stressful day. Spending time photographing Helen Mills is usually one of the best joys in life and this shoot was supposed to be the same. Unfortunately, my eagerness to experiment was to be its undoing. At least that’s how I felt in the days and…
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Aubrey Johnson Seniors – Part Deux
Read more: Aubrey Johnson Seniors – Part DeuxIf you’ve been following along with my blog, you may have noticed some foreshadowing at the end of my previous article. I had spent the day with Aubrey Johnson, taking some great photos of her at unique locations, but they were almost exclusively done indoors. We could see in the forecast that good weather was…
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The Future is Female – Senior Portraits with Aubrey Johnson
Read more: The Future is Female – Senior Portraits with Aubrey JohnsonSometimes you schedule a session far in advance and when the day comes, the weather is hot garbage. Well, perhaps in this case, it’s better to describe the day as cold garbage because the temps were freezing and it was incredibly windy. To top it off, the pictures were being taken out of town in…
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The World Was Ours. Sunrise at Lake Michigan with Janel.
Read more: The World Was Ours. Sunrise at Lake Michigan with Janel.Sometimes an unrealistic idea pops into your head and percolates despite the constraints of reality. “A sunrise photoshoot at a desolate beach would be amazing!” I tried to dismiss the thought but it rattled around and wouldn’t be forgotten. “Remember that beach thing?” “You haven’t shot anything recently.” “BEACH! DAN! BEACH!” After growing tired of…
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Sometimes pictures aren’t enough. A day with Helen Mills in Bloomington, IN.
Read more: Sometimes pictures aren’t enough. A day with Helen Mills in Bloomington, IN.The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words and with the photos I took after my most recent shoot, you would think I wouldn’t have much left to say. If you spent a day with the absolutely confounding Helen Mills, you’d agree that 24 pictures just aren’t enough. So, why is Ms.…
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Loads of Fun and other Laundromat Puns
Read more: Loads of Fun and other Laundromat PunsFinding amazing models and unique photo locations is sometimes as simple as asking. On the Instagram, I follow a few Indiana specific hashtags and I stumbled on Angie Miller, @birdgerhl_, a stunning yoga instructor from Studio You Yoga, where she practices in Greenwood, IN. I struck up a conversation and next thing I know, we…
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Flying First Class with Janel, Abandoned Illinois.
Read more: Flying First Class with Janel, Abandoned Illinois.Every once in awhile, you learn about something truly epic and a few weeks back, that knowledge bomb was dropped on Janel and me. What did it mean? All we knew was we needed to head to the suburbs of Chicago to explore an abandoned plane. There is a British Aircraft Corporation BAC-111 plane, with…
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Exploring and Modeling in Abandoned Indiana
Read more: Exploring and Modeling in Abandoned IndianaIn this world of Instagram, Facebook photographer groups and YouTube tutorials, it’s hard to see my work as unique. I want to take photos that no one has done before, but how is that possible when everyone has a high quality camera in their pocket and the ability to share their art instantaneously? With fall’s…
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High Intensity, Stunning Results
Read more: High Intensity, Stunning ResultsI want to mix up my photography posts from showcasing my favorite images of a particular shoot, to imparting some of the wisdom that, hopefully, I am gaining while undertaking new challenges along the way. I had the opportunity to shoot a training session at Koda CrossFit in Norman, OK with a close friend of…
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Serendipity with Bobbie Jean
Read more: Serendipity with Bobbie JeanA little while ago an opportunity popped up to use Second Level Studios and I jumped at the chance to give it a try! Not only that, one of my favorite people to shoot was available to go with… until the night before when an unexpected conflict arose. This meant I had to search for…
