Ringgold, Georgia almost 4 months later

On April 27, 2011 Ringgold, Georgia was left in devastation from a EF-4 tornado. As much as I wanted to go take photographs then, I waited. Being so close to the action of the tornado was shocking for everyone in our household as well. Less than 10 miles down the road from our house an entire neighborhood was ripped apart. However Ringgold is where the most devastation occurred.

Almost 4 months later after the tornado it is still so apparent of all the damage. On August 10, I went into Ringgold as I had a couple times since the tornado but this time to document the still recovering and devastation from the tornado. This pictures really do not do justice to just how upsetting the damage still is after these months. Ringgold is rebuilding but it will be a long process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our engagement shoot!

As most everyone knows Jeremy and I are getting married on 9.10.11. The other day in the blistering heat we did our first engagement session with yours truly. We had fun and plan on going back and getting some more things. Of course I always have a ton of plans for us and Jeremy is always willing to play along. Look back for more for our engagement sessions to come!

 

 

 

 

Impromptu Shoot

I love impromptu shoots.

Let it Snow!

I love snow, mainly because in Georgia you don’t get it very often. This is from the second snow this year! Man I love it!

Long Overdue

Happy 2011! Hopefully this year will be great! I’ve got a lot of photo projects going on, and trying to work out. Not only that but I’m planning a wedding. So 2011, is going to be a busy, fast paced year. Everyone can keep up with my photography on here, as well as the wedding details on Jeremy and Marcee are getting hitched.

I’m working on a website and will keep an update on what’s going on with that, as well as when its up and running!!

Portfolio

My portfolio from school is finally up on Flickr, check it out!!

Fall has arrived

I love this weather here. It is amazing! Great time for fall portraits! Let me know if you are interested!

 

Moving on, Change of scenery!

Sorry for the always delayed post. The portfolio show was amazing. Everyone looked great, and the show was a ton of fun.  We will move the show from Art Station to the GTC gallery November 4, 2010.  Gwinnett Tech was one of the best things that I ever had the privilege to be a part of!

 

I make the biggest impulse of my life so far. To pick up and move about 300 plus miles from Georgia. Pretty much “back home” for me. Although not everyone agreed, its what I did. I have to say that where I am now, is one of the prettiest sceneries that I have seen in a long time. There is no more hustle and bustle of Atlanta. I can see the stars at night. It truly is a wonderful place.

One of the other great things about this change is that amazing opportunities of new locations to shoot!  I will be posting new pictures for often, I hope.

More Specialized Study

A couple of weeks ago…I also photography one of my long time friends Katie for my specialized Study. I dressed her up like a 1920s Flapper. Although it took a while to get everything rolling, everything worked out well. Kaite, is always that personthat is down for anything and everything so it was really fun to photograph her!

Rebekah

First off, I have to say that Rebekah is a wonderful model and will do anything and everything that you ask or don’t ask of her. Second, nothing that I shot would have happened without the help of my wonderful assistant Nichole. The theme of the day was 50s housewife.

The day was all planned out but we had alot of snags in the way. First off, there I was taking my own lights out to shoot with. They are not battery powered so we bought a charger that hooks into the car battery to run the lights. After getting everything set up for the shoot and Rebekah was dressed and ready to go, the car wouldn’t start. We realized at that point that for the last 30mintues to an hour, the car had not been running but just turned over for the AC. So there we were stuck, in the middle of no where! Nichole tried to call her roadside assistance people but they did not get in a rush. While we were waiting on them, Rebekah and I started shooting, got some really cool stuff that was just what I had thought of. By mircale the car started, so we let it charge for a bit and headed out.

On the way back we stopped in a small town to take some more photos, these had a really different feel even in the same outfit! I love these, everything here was Nichole’s idea and pushing me, like she likes too! The day may have been stressfulfor everyone involved but I love the end result!