Elaine & Padraic’s engagement at Merry-Go-Round Rock
These two. Wow. From awhile ago, but I loved every minute of this session, from the Harley to the drinks at the end. These two were SOOO much fun!
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Katie & Jared’s engagement in Jerome
Katie and Jared were so fun to hang with in Jerome…we wanted to hit up the mining town, but it closed when we got there. But we wandered around outside and made lemons out of lemonade, and then hit a random dirt road that went off into the mountains for sunset. Nothing more fun than being able to just explore and find cool spots you’ve never seen!
Abi’s senior session!
I’ve known Abi and her family since she was a little girl. It’s unbelievable to me that she’s somehow a senior in high school suddenly. What a blast to hang with her, her best friend and Abi’s mom Kathy. Such a fun time and I love these images!
Plus my daughter Lyla came along and makes a couple of appearances!
Devin & Bailey’s sibling senior session!
A senior session for last year that I loved but never blogged. Thanks so much Joanna for getting this one together for me 🙂
Cori & Matt’s engagement in Simi Valley, California
A six-mile round-trip hike with Cori and Matt in California. What an adventure! It was a little bright out to start, but the light at the end of the day was gorgeous and we had such a killer time. My feet were killing me, but totally worth it!
Pillar in the Rain
(please click to view on black // canon 5d mark ii, canon 85mm 1.8, f/16, iso 100, 1/13th // buy print)
My wife was proofreading my upcoming Stormchasing Arizona photojournal (should be ready for preorder next week!) and she commented on how much she loved this particular photo. So to thank her for the 4-5 hours she sat in front of my book, editing and ensuring it was better than I could do myself, I thought I’d post this guy today.
These are the Bradshaw Mountains north of Phoenix. I had never really been to this area before, nor down this particular road, so it was awesome to be able to check it out with a great storm blowing over the hills. I pulled out the 85mm for this shot, not wanting a vast angle of the storm, but instead the falling rain shrouding the mountains with the sun lighting it all up from the left horizon.
I may have taken this shot anyways, but I was a lot more interested in the scene because of that little pillar of rock. Curious what it looks like up close, may have to check it out someday.
Good morning, Kansas
(click to view on black // canon 5d mark ii, canon 85mm 1.8, f/8.0, iso 100, 1/400 // buy print)
Please click on this one to view in the lightbox, I think it looks a lot more accurate.
This photo represents such a beautiful moment for me, it’s an image I’ve held back for awhile, for whatever reason. I took it on the open roads of Kansas the second day of my stormchasing trip to the Midwest this past May.
I had landed in Denver the day before around noon, drove to Nebraska’s northwestern corner…then into South Dakota…then hovered around those two states until maybe 11pm. I knew at some point I had to head south because storms would be popping in southern Kansas the next afternoon and it was about a nine hour drive.
So I was up until around 4 in the morning driving into Kansas. I slept in the back of the car until the alarm went off at 6am. And so I kept driving. It was still a bit dark out, but the light was coming up.
And for some reason…it was hazy almost my entire trip out there.
I’m driving down this road headed for the interstate when I see the sun start rising off to my left. I’m tired. I hadn’t talked to another person in quite awhile. There was this overwhelming sense of freedom deep inside me. I had no rules to follow, no one telling me where to go. I just woke up and started driving.
And then I see the sun outlined against this hazy, Kansas sky. I know we all touch up our photos for color, etc., but all I did here was a tighter crop and some contrast in Lightroom. The sky just looked like it was painted on by an artist. And the silhouette of the wind mill is just what Kansas is about to me.
You’ll notice some faint lines stretching across the image. To the right of the image was a very tall antenna of sorts, with these cables keeping it tied firmly to the ground. I dunno…I didn’t mind them much.
I can’t explain too well the feeling I had while taking this picture…but I know it will stick with me for a long, long time.