Kasey & Andrew came prepared with cute props, quirky outfits and a bit of champagne to make the shoot their own! They have been hilarious and relaxed to work with. They completely adore each other, and I adore them! Kasey & I recently completed her bridal shoot as well, which I can’t wait to share after the wedding!
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April 25-27th, 2013
Norman Music Festival is a staple for me every year- so much fun! The only bad part is that it’s almost impossible to catch everyone you want to see, but here are the sets I made it to!
Them Hounds:
Defining Times:
The Grown-Ups:
Tyler Hopkins & The Rebellion:
Oilhouse:
Josh Sallee:
Chelsey Cope:
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights:
Sherree Chamberlain:
DEERPEOPLE:
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April 24th, 2013
For Sara and Tim’s engagement session, we strolled around downtown Edmond, then found a few woodsy and grassy spots for some more nature-inspired photos. They were adorable, and their candid affection created some really great moments! They looks so good together! And did I mention- very photogenic?
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Allison & Patrick’s engagement session was published in the May 2013 Brides of Oklahoma newsletter! If you’re planning a wedding, they’re one of the best resources in the state! Go to their website to sign up for the newsletter. See my previous post for more photos from the session!
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Allison & Patrick are just the sweetest. For their engagement session, we hit up some OKC spots that are special to them: Coffee Slingers in Automobile Alley and the rooftop of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (where they got married just this past Saturday!). By the way- if you’ve never been to OKCMOA’s Cocktails on the Skyline on Thursday night in the summer… do it.
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Can’t believe how grown-up this girl looks! She’s a natural model talent. Mary helped me out with a last minute promo shoot, and we did a fun modeling session around Piedmont!
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March 9-16th, 2013
This was my second year to attend WPPI in Las Vegas, the biggest annual convention for professional portrait photographers. I was with Catie Bartlett once again, and our new recruit Jodi Campbell. (We missed our Carly Carlson this year!) We decided to drive this year… and in the words of G.O.B. Bluth, “we made a huge mistake”. Ok, maybe not, but lesson learned and we’ll have to try something different next year. Because 18 strait hours, from Oklahoma to Vegas (and back), in the car is torture. But we had a lot of cool photos opps- a blizzard on the way there, and sight-seeing on the way back.
We stayed in the MGM Grand this year, which was THE BEST, and really the only way to go. Robby & Savannah Doland attended the convention separately, but I was so excited we were able to meet up- love those guys! The biggest lesson I RE-learned this year is not to try to attend a class EVERY block, but rather choose a few topics to focus on, thereby getting a lot more out of it. I probably had a lot more tip if I’d written this post a few months ago, haha. But that was the biggest thing to stick with me. I was a lot better about it this year. I was also stoked to see some of my photo idols in person and sit in on there classes, such as Sue Bryce, and Rob & Vanessa Adams! Rob and Vanessa are incredible talents, and I had the privilege of learning from them both in depth during my trip to Seattle for Creative Live! (But that’s for a later post.)
I focused on stretching the legs of my Canon 5D Mark III, 45mm tilt-shift lens, and my fun new toy- the Fujifilm Instax 210. From here, I’ll tell the story in pictures. (Any photos of me were taken by Catie or Robby.) Many of these images are available to purchase as a print. Please email me if you’re interested!
Triple exposure somewhere in Arizona:
Double exposures on Las Vegas Blvd:
This year we got wind of one of the raddest parties happening during WPPI- LAZERS & BLAZERS! More double exposure experiments, dressed up all fancy before heading out.
Also, if you can’t fully appreciate how jealous you should be about this party… here you go:
http://vimeo.com/61754257
Toward the end of our trip, I had to show Robby & Savannah around my all-time favorite spot in Vegas- The Neon Museum.
Fulfilling our tourist duty:
On the way home, we hit the Hoover Dam (I’d never seen it before)…
…and the Grand Canyon (second visit for me- the first time being also on the way home from my first trip to Vegas):
Grand Canyon Pano:
Somewhere in New Mexico:
As always, can’t wait for next year! Finally posting these photos has made me so anxious. Who’s in??
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Since I’m quite behind on my blog posts, Elliot Riesenweber has already arrived into the world. But that means I can show you the maternity, hospital and newborn photos all together! Jacob & Christine are good friends of mine, so I had the privilege of documenting their entire first baby experience!
Maternity (March 27th, 2013):
Hospital (April 21-23, 2013):
Baby Elliot (April 26-29, 2013):
This life event was also part of another creative experiment of mine, so stay tuned for that later this year!
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A final blog post about my zombies-meet-high-fashion photo series “Zombies Are People Too”. Even though there was only one photo from each shoot, model, and location, I had many favorites. It made it difficult to narrow my selections down for the final series. Introducing… the Zombie B-Sides! In other words, a few extra photos that I couldn’t just tuck away without ever showing. Along with these extra releases, this post features some behind the scenes photos with my makeup artist, Jessica, making the magic happen!
See the full, final series in this blog post, and some photos from the show opening at Brass Bell Studios in OKC in this one.
My self-portrait zombie shoot was assisted by Catie Bartlett.
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My zombies-meet-high-fashion show debuted at Brass Bell Studios in Oklahoma City back in October of last year- finally posting some photos from the show! Thanks again SO much to everyone who came out, either to support me, or from sheer curiosity. I tried to put my camera down for most of it and just enjoy the culmination of so much work, and to that end I don’t have many photos. However, my camera got passed around to few different people, and the following photos are the result. See the full photo series that was debuted in this blog post. Here’s to the memory of a fun evening!
And yes, those are brain cookies.
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