Saturday was an action packed day consisting of assisting at a wedding and a portrait session in Salisbury, NC with an amazingly awesome young lady by the name of Lara. Lara is a senior at Catawba College and wanted some images that would document the final few weeks of her college career. My beautiful bride to be assisted me during this shoot and did an amazing job. I’ll be posting more images from the portrait session later but until then, enjoy a sneak peek.
For some time now, I have been pondering on the word Cultivate and how it correlates to relationships. Relationships are with out a doubt some of the most important things we come across in life and they take time and effort. They have to be tended to and nursed into maturity. No matter what kind of relationship you may be in, it can be difficult to grow the relationship into a healthy one without guidance and encouragement and that is what the Cultivate Project is going to be about.
The Cultivate Project will be a series of blogs that deal with relationships and how to nurse and grow them into something unimaginable through the implementation of Scriptural ideas and concepts. Several pastors that I consider to be great friends will be guest bloggers to give encouragement and guidance. Although everything isn’t set in stone yet, we are all very excited about this new project and we hope to make an impact on people and how they treat and develop their relationships with others. The Cultivate Project will tentatively launch in July.
More information will be posted soon but until then, enjoy the poster above.
It’s been a while.
I have been super bogged down with projects galore and I thought I would give everyone a sneak peak at one of those projects. Here are a few images from a series I am working on currently for an exhibition later this year. This was a very fun shoot to put on. Both models are very lively, cheerful ladies and working with them was a honor. There will be several more of this images coming soon. Stay tuned.
This image was isn’t actually part of the series but I thought I would include it for good measure.
A beautiful couple, Chad & Julie, tied the knot on the 26th of December in Boone, North Carolina. The wedding was very intimate and included only family and close, close friends. It was a lovely wedding and it was very obvious that Chad & Julie are 100% crazy for each other. Below is a sneak peek of some images to come from their wedding.
Her laugh is contagious
Over the past month or so, I have been going to my grandmothers home and taking images of things and places that I remember very vividly from when I was young. I was the youngest of 5 grandchildren so of course I was the one that everyone tormented. What is funny is that the places that I have the most memories of are the places where I almost died numerous times. I don’t really recall what led up to these events happening and I don’t really recall what happened afterward but I do remember the moment where I felt the most pain. All I can say is that I’m lucky to have lived these 22 years. The images below won’t really mean much unless I kinda narrate the story. I hope you enjoy.
Below is well-house that is beside of “Nanny’s” home. The lock for the door is of course on the outside which makes for a great prison. My older brother and cousins would invite me to come in and then sprint outside and close the door behind them, locking me in. For hours. At least they brought me chicken nuggets.
On the backside of the well-house was this random pile of wood. I was told to jump in… from the top of the building.
I did it. Numerous times.
Have you ever read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and Pendulum?” I cringed when I read that poem in High School because it reminded me of the day that my family erected this wonderful tire swing. To assure everyone that the rope would hold, my brother made me lay down underneath the swing. It was of course a fail proof plan.
My grandmothers home was heated by oil. When you would hit the oil drum with a stick, it would make a neat “gong” sound. My brother tried to tell me that the drum would sound like a lion if you rode your bike into it.
I heard no lion.
I don’t post these comments and images to make people feel sorry for me or anything. I post them because I love them. Looking back on everything, I had an amazing childhood that created great relationships with my family members. I would gladly lay under that tire swing any day for them.
Recollection: Part 2 coming soon.
So I was just killing some time this morning before going into the studio and I stumbled across this new trailer from Disney.
I am very excited. I started playing the Prince of Persia games when I was about 12 on the Super Nintendo. To see that a production company has finally picked up this wonderful story line is very exciting and I cannot wait until Summer 2010.