AND FIRST UP? YOU GUESSED IT, THE BEAUTIFUL OWNER OF THE SALON AND MY MUCH BETTER HALF, RACHEL.
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development in studio: rachel l.
IN THIS THE SECOND ADVENTURE IN THE STUDIO, WE HAVE THE LOVELY RACHEL L. TAKING THE FLOOR FOR SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC DISCOVERY. HAIR AND MAKEUP BY RACHEL BIESTMAN OF THE DARLING LOFT.
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development in studio: mary
Round 3 in studio development time. This session was with the absolutely wonderful Mary, who you might recall from this session or maybe this one. It was a fun time to hang and play around with the new surroundings, and I can’t thank her enough for what she brought, not only in her beauty but her patience and creativity as well. HAIR AND MAKEUP BY RACHEL BIESTMAN OF THE DARLING LOFT.
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development in studio: lena
It is the wonderful Lena’s turn to play around in studio while we figure this place out. Hair, makeup, and dance instruction from fellow artist Cara Woodward.
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just walking around evans looking for spots
It was there, just randomly, a beautiful glut of purple just smack dab in the middle of this lot. Every time I went for a walk over a 3 week period, just sitting there quietly growing, minding it’s own business.
Taunting me. Every single day. “You know you want to shoot me…do it soon before someone else finds me.”
Now this is a common refrain in my head when I come across a potential location for a session. However, as you all know, things are not all that normal during this timeframe. Plus, walking by it everyday was taking its toll. But, when you happen to be married to a beautiful woman who also happens to be an extraordinary hair and makeup artist in her own right, sometimes it makes sense to just succumb to the voices and just go shoot. So we packed up 2 of the 3 kids and took a little drive in the late afternoon sun for a photo session in an abandoned lot, a government building parking lot, behind a local business, and finished up at a neighbor’s driveway.
We hope you enjoy the following 30 minute quick session, and know, that if you want some purple action for yourself, it looks like it is still alive for now before the heat hits, so use the contact at the bottom so we can get you to it before it dies.
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a little mother's day jaunt...
This post started out as an R & R (Rant & Rave) about social media and my distaste for it. I had gotten quite far in my little diatribe and then left myself with the quandary of creating a proper segue to get to Rachel and the dress that she made from some apparently well sought after fabric. So, suffice it to say, while I will make it known that I hate virtually everything about social media, I would rather leave you with the beauty and skills of Rachel as you look through below photos from our little 40 minute Mother’s Day jaunt.
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an afternoon with the ladies
A little time to showcase the ladies. We took a little jaunt off to a local parking lot to play around for about an hour, and as usual when dealing with kids, just let the shudder fly ‘cause you never know what you are going to get. But, when dealing with this crew you know you are going to get a dose of silliness mixed with cuteness. So what you see below is a mixture of hitting it just right and the spots in between.
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and how well do you know augusta?
Most of us have a bit more time on our hands under the current situation, so we thought we would add a bit of fun to everyone’s day this week with a little contest.
Below you will find five installments, 4 pictures a day, that will be rolled out this week, the 20th through the 24th. Do you know these buildings? The details of these buildings? Some are landmarks, or local businesses, residences, some are visited by thousands a year and some have fallen into disrepair and have not been visited in some time. So to pass the time, and maybe bring a little enjoyment to some of you out there, we thought we would have a little contest to see, cue game show music,
How well do you know Augusta?
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20 minutes outside with langston: a study in monochrome and color
Completing the set, the eldest of the siblings gets his time to shine as we travel to a many visited site by the Fury’s Ferry boat ramp. Our man turns 12 this year, a time for me that was roughly 32 years ago, so there is a lot of learning going on between the two of us. As I like to tell him and his sister, he is walking a tough path being our first, as he encounters the world for the first time and ldoing double duty earning just as he is teaching us how to parent in many situations. At times you can see it in his face and mannerisms what it is like to be a developing young man in this world, but give him some time and the true essence of his sweet personality will shine through lighting up the world around him. And if you’re lucky, you might just get one of his signature dance moves from him. He is our first, and oh how we love him so.
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8 minutes outside with lilah: a study in monochrome & color
Not to leave Lilah out of the mix after the last impromptu Collette session, I decided to take advantage of a lovely cloudy day give Lilah a little time after I picked her up from school and we walked back to the car. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, kids are so much easier to photograph because they give you so much of themselves, they are not restricting themselves because of how they think they might look. Funny faces are par for the course, awkward smiles, and just genuine being who they are is what makes shooting kids fun. So take a gander below and enjoy a young girl who can a lot to smile about in life and it shows.
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15 minutes with collette. a study in monochrome & color
I should be working on some edits. I should be going to the grocery store. I should be cleaning something. I should get her out of the house before her nap. Before long it will be time to get Lilah from school. Emails, emails, emails. But I do have a new portable background I haven’t played with enough yet. The lighting is good in the playroom. My reflector is just right over there. My camera is juiced and ready to go after my photo shoot last night.
15 minutes later and 2 hours after that, well, here we are.
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a half shot family session with the park family
I had the absolute pleasure of having another go round with the Park family several weeks after Rachel and I were chosen to work their wedding. That was my first introduction to their wonderful world, capturing some tender moments during the ceremony between Holly, Jesse, and Avett. We had spoken during the wedding day about setting up a family photo shoot after the shenanigans had died down. And that is what we have here. We took a little trip to Phinizy Swamp, a place I had not been to in several years, and took a short walk around the main area, battling other photographers and their clients for space in certain places. Luckily enough, many of the places I looked to use as backgrounds many people just walk on by or don’t go into because, well, you’re not supposed to. Shhhhh. But do be wary of the poison ivy. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, and without further ado, here is our Half-Shot results.
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a single shot portrait session with dara
Every once and awhile Rachel (IG)comes across a dress or article of clothing which demands a photoshoot. Ok, if I am honest, we have a whole closet of items that she has accumulated that demand a photoshoot, but, the timing of life, family, business and such don’t always allow for it. Couple that with the demands of finding a model who fits said clothing item and coordinating our lives with theirs, it can get complicated at times. However, Rachel does have the advantage of working many beautiful and charming ladies at Salon Surreal (IG), and lo and behold, we were able to coordinate some time with Dara (IG) who was extremely giving with her time for the shoot.
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a single shot senior session with meg
It’s been a little while, but then again, if you have followed this blog for years, this tends to be the cycle. Now that we have entered a bit of a break between busy cycles it’s time to deluge everyone with what we have been up to. So let us start this journey off with a bang and recap our senior journey with the wonderful Meg. This is not the first go round with this family as Rachel and I had the opportunity to work with her sister, Katie for her senior session downtown. This time however, we took Meg on a little trip through Evans visiting the usual sites of urgent care parking decks, dentist parking lots, behind a strip mall, gator pond, and old warehouse parking lots. You know, Evans’ finest.
Please enjoy our journey below, and as always, hair and makeup provided by Rachel Biestman.
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a half shot senior session with julie
In our natural state, we generally like the long form photography session, what we call our Single Shot Session, spread out over a couple of hours, leisurely walking or taking short trips to various sites, wardrobe and hair changes, yada, yada, yada. But 4 hours of time when you include hair, makeup, and travel is not always a luxury people can afford, especially for Senior photography where said senior has a multitude of activities and responsibilities demanding their time. Which leads us to our quick, down and dirty Half Shot Session available for any our portrait sessions.
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a half shot family session with the eubanks
I have had the honor recently to work with the Augusta University Pediatric Unit in photographing some of their patients with amazing stories and the Eubanks family and Lion’s story was the latest. You can read more about it here on the Pediatric Triumphs page for Augusta University Health. The session was our Half Shot Session, our version of what most call a mini session, and run about 45 minutes with the goal of highlighting Lion and the support from his lovely family. With a limited amount of time we stayed right on the campus outside of the Pediatric building, but tried to utilize the uniqueness of our environment to the best of our abilities. We started out on the street side of the building…
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a single shot senior session with calla
And this is the beautiful Ms. Calla, a senior we are honored to have had the opportunity to take on a little jaunt along the roads of Evans for her senior session. A little mix of some familiar locations remixed a bit with some new “we’re taking pictures where?” locations. And without further ado, we’ll jump into what has become somewhat of a launchpad location for me, the backside of our local gym. It has turned out to be a convenient location for that first 15 minutes where we get to know each other and what it feels like to have a camera thrust into your face and I get to see how the reaction. But if you will note, we got a few new angles and vistas thrown in at the end as it can be a versatile little space.
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a quick dance with mary
We upped the ante a bit with our latest little trip with Ms. Mary. If you remember our last visit with Mary, we had a nice leisurely walk around the government buildings, library, and of course, trash containers. This session started out similar as we started out in the back of the Evans Fitness Center near the trash containers to take a moment to get familiar again with the process. However, you will notice a little foreshadowing to later events as she brought a touch of her dance moves into the back wall portion of the session below.
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my year in the miller theater, volume 7
Welcome to Volume 7, our continued exploration of the wonderful Miller Theater and my time running rampant thru it. As for the building itself this volume, we spend a lot of time on the roof exploring it’s expanse and the environment beyond. In the portrait section, we have the lovely Jessica F. taking us to some new areas of the theater, including our first foray into the under stage dressing room area. Thanks for stopping by and check out the photos below!
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a quick walk with mary
I don’t know, is it safe to say my wife stalks women? Ogles them? Has thoughts of running her hands through their hair? Is this beginning to sound like one of those letters to the forum in a dirty mag from 80’s/90’s? Will Rachel (wife/makeup artist/hairstylist/wardrobe coordinator/photo assistant/general badass) and Mary (the beautiful young lady gracing this post above and below) appreciate the opening lead-in down Penthouse forum lane? Probably not, but I don’t think either would be surprised…
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