MNH2010

The summer after I graduated from college, I took an EPIC (I’ve never used that word before) road trip. 6 of us in one RV over  9 western states in 14 days. We called it May Not Happen because for the year leading up to the trip we knew it may not happen…things could come up, we wouldn’t have enough money, etc. etc. but it DID happen. and we are having a May Not Happen (that is actually happening) weekend starting TODAY. We’re happily adding more people to the original nomads and they are all coming to Denver. Eleven friends over the next 24 hours. Let’s take a little walk down memory lane from MNH07.

(AMAZING last photo taken by one Sethro Warren)

Chicken Farm

I’m going through EVERY picture I’ve ever taken while I develop a 15 slide portfolio for a grad school application and came across this image which I look back on fondly…have you spent days with baby chicks on a chicken farm in rural Tennessee? I have.

Josh & Katie…part 2

Again, for a fuller visual story of their wedding day, check out our (Hailey + myself) combined pictures HERE. These are just a few of my personal favorites from Josh and Katie’s beautiful and freezing (but the pictures on the pedestrian bridge in Nashville was totally worth losing a few fingers) wedding earlier this month. What an honor and delight for Hailey and I! Seriously. We loved being around these two lovebirds.

Josh & Katie, Part One

This is just the beginning. These are some of my favorite images before Josh & Katie’s ceremony in Nashville but I’m really excited about the moments, and the quiet winter light. This wedding was a collaborative effort between Hailey Hardin and myself, as we work towards uniting our points of view, various skill sets, and abilities. Hopefully we’ll have more details later about that, but just know that we work together really really well and we like it. That makes for a peaceful, fun wedding day and we want more Josh and Katies! We are just 2 vagabonds and we will literally travel anywhere to work together.

I shot the above photographs and I’ll be posting more, but Hailey’s blog features a more complete visual story of their wedding day with both of our photographs fitting together like a puzzle.

Finally, a real pony.

It’s surprisingly inexpensive to have a pony come to your backyard for an hour.

Instant Washington D.C.

Over Christmas I carried the Instax with me and I went to visit my sister who lives in D.C. I’ve been there quite a few times but it’s always nice to take a quick look at the monuments and memorials (here the Lincoln and Washington). Can’t say it enough although the Instax is already becoming a bit cliche, it reminds me of the magic of first learning about picture-making in college and the hours in the dark room and the image first appearing…

Yellow

I’ve been unaccountably drawn to yellow lately.

Winter (Florida)

Thought for the day.

“Photographers must be problem-solvers.” (- A Photo Editor )

Light. Time. Money. Personalities. Expectations. Weather. Creativity. Transportation. Gear. The unexpected.

Could not agree with this more. Besides, the solutions or compromises are often surprisingly rewarding.

(Photos of some of my neices/nephs leftover from the thrifted 35mm at thanksgiving.)

The Burns Family…

I couldn’t conclude this post without including this picture of me and Rose (incorrect grammar, correct order of our names corresponding with the picture, so there). I wish I had a picture of us on hand from when we were kids (best friends since we were 5 years old when my old best friend moved and I had an opening and asked Rose if she wanted to fill it) or from when we were college roommates, or from our road trips or her wedding or etc. etc.

As always, I was honored someone wanted to pay me to hang out for an afternoon and try to capture individual personalities and relationships in the only way I know how. If you are interested in this kind of lifestyle photoshoot for your family, which I’m pretty sure the Burns would say was relaxed and fun, please let me know!

I’m off to Nashville! See you after the weekend.

P.S. Tim and Ali’s pictures are just below.