Decade

Today is my tenth anniversary and my birthday!  Jeca and I have known each other since we were 10 years old, but didn't start dating until we were in our early twenties.  Actually, it all started when I was photographing one of my very first weddings.  Jeca was a bridesmaid.  


It has been so much more than I could have hoped.  The next ten should be even more amazing.


To celebrate a decade, we had our good friend (and even better photographer), Hassel Weems, photograph us at the church where we were wed.  While he shot most of the images digitally, he did agree to do a few on film.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-100C shot with my Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.

Morning View

This was the view in my camera room as I walked to make coffee in the mornings.  The chairs cast a very cool shadow on the back of my seamless background.  It is no more.  Many exciting things are coming.  Stay tuned.

Free Triptych

My lab charges for the whole roll of film whether you shoot one image or 38 (the Contax uses every inch), so I experiment with the unused frames after a shoot.  I have overexposed images 4 or more stops, I've shot images of my dinner, and I've played with slow shutter speeds.  Here is a series of the last.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji 400H shot with Mamiya 645 AF and 80mm f2.8 lens.  I don't remember the shutter speed, but I'm pretty sure these are cooked.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  

Tallahassee Tale

I was lucky enough to photograph Amanda and Jesse's wedding in Tallahassee a few weeks ago.  It was a perfect weekend.  Trinity United Methodist Church and the Carriage House at Goodwood Museum and Gardens were both beautiful locations.  I hope to make it back one day.


Special Note:
I know it is out of focus.  I didn't mean for it to be that way, but I really love it.  It is absolutely a happy accident.  


Special, Special Note:
How many images does it take?  This is an idea I've explored for some time.  Below are only 34 images.  Is it enough?  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Tech Notes:

Color images are from either my Mamiya 645 AF on Fuji 400H or Canon A2 on 800Z.  The black and white are Fuji Neopan 1600 with my Contax G1.  Everything was processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  Photoshop was used just to crop the images.

Blacksmith Booth

Here are a few images from the wedding last Saturday.  Can't wait for the film to come in.

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-3000B shot with Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.  Scanned negatives from the film.  Photoshop was used to retouch, invert, flip and add contrast.  

Say It With Ribs

I'm Southern.  We celebrate and mourn with food.  So, I made ribs today.  They weren't pretty, but oh, were they good.  I got this shot just as another thunderstorm rolled in so the light was a little blue.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-100C shot with a Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.

Station Soiree

Less than two weeks ago I photographed Megan and Sid's wedding and the film is in!  The wedding was beautiful and the reception was incredible.  I've always loved the Terminal Station in Macon, so I was thrilled to see it decked to the nines.  Here is a small (well, maybe not that small) sample of what we got.

Tech Notes:

The color images from the church and the detail shots from the reception were photographed on Fuji 400H using my Mamiya 645 AF with 80mm f2.8 lens.  The color images from the reception were photographed on Fuji 800Z using my Canon A2 with 24-105mm f4 L lens.  The black and white images are on Fuji Neopan 1600 (pushed to 3200) using my Contax G1 with 45mm f2 lens.  Everything was processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  Photoshop was used for cropping, adding the white border and minor touch up work.