19 May
On
In Portraits, Pre-Prom
With

The plan was to shoot outdoors, but the weather had other ideas.  Since it had been raining off and on in the afternoon, I assumed we’d be indoors….don’t want to ruin the dresses in wet grass, so I was prepared.  JUST as the girls got inside, the skies opened up.  Whew!  Good timing!  And I’m actually glad we shot indoors.  I think we ended up with more posing options.  All of these were taken with off-camera flash bounced into the wall/ceiling behind me.

Start them out smiling because that’s what they’re more comfortable with…..



….and then you get this when you ask them to not smile….  🙂















The “deer head” room was not in the plan…..but somehow we ended up there 🙂





20 February
On
In High School Seniors, Portraits
With

On the coldest day of this year….at least so far….here’s to warmer days when we can go IN the river rather than walk ON the river…..and also to softball and spring sports starting soon!

Raegan…..

August 27, 2014. Raegan Clatterbaugh Senior Portraits. MCHS Class of 2015.

August 27, 2014. Senior Portraits. MCHS Class of 2015.

August 27, 2014. Raegan Clatterbaugh Senior Portraits. MCHS Class of 2015.

August 28, 2014. Raegan Clatterbaugh Senior Portraits. MCHS Class of 2015.

And a little bit of black and white film….

August 28, 2014. Raegan Clatterbaugh Senior Portraits. MCHS Class of 2015.

August 28, 2014. Raegan Clatterbaugh Senior Portraits. MCHS Class of 2015.

16 January
On
In High School Seniors, Portraits
With

(I’m a bit, well, WAY behind on the blogging thing.  I’ll be trying to do a little catching up over the next week or so.  Sorry about that.)

And here’s Caroline, Madison County High School Class of 2015.

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06 October
On
In Film, High School Seniors, Portraits
With

A little wind is always fun….
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This was the first time I’ve ever used this spot on the river.  Really nice there….but the water needs to be low…which it is now.  Also did a few photos there on Sunday, but it’s getting a bit cold.  It took a while for my toes to warm up…but definitely worth it 🙂

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And a rare black and white film smile.   I usually like non-smiling for black and white film…but it’s hard to get much better than this one….

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…..unless it’s maybe this one….

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…and a little color film.  I don’t shoot too much of that because I don’t have the patience to wait for the scans to come back from the lab.  This digital world has ruined me…

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16 September
On
In Family Portraits, Portraits
With

First a “Thanks!” to the Duncans for coming over for my little experiment.  I’ve been wanting to shoot a film-only session for a while now and they were kind enough to come over an model for me one afternoon.  Working with older film cameras is a totally different experience than shooting digital.  The camera is manual focus so that slows things down a bit.  I have to stop to change film every 12 frames.  But, I like all of that.  I like taking a little more time between photos.

For the film heads out there, most of these are Portra 800 overexposed two stops (so shot at E.I. 200).  I did also shoot one roll of Portra 400 (at E.I. 200).  The overexposure gives those nice saturated colors and warm tones you see below.  This was a overcast day, but the film really “warmed it up” 🙂   I didn’t touch the photos below, these are straight scans from the lab.

August 18, 2014. Duncan Family Portraits.

August 18, 2014. Duncan Family Portraits.

August 18, 2014. Duncan Family Portraits.

August 18, 2014. Duncan Family Portraits.

August 18, 2014. Duncan Family Portraits.

09 September
On
In Film, High School Seniors, Portraits
With

Madison…from Orange 🙂

Thought maybe I should lead with a smiling photo….since I post so many non-smiling ones.  Don’t worry, I shoot lot of smiles…

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…and one on black and white film….

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03 September
On
In Film, High School Seniors, Portraits
With

File these under “Foggy Morning Senior Pictures”.  The little bit of fog in the background was perfect for pictures.  It was definitely worth getting up early for.  These first two are digital, the rest are film.

August 22, 2014.

August 22, 2014.

If all of my film photos turned out as good as the ones below, I’d give up digital for portraits.  I still don’t trust myself enough with film, but I couldn’t be happier with the way these look.  And, Caitlin had A LOT more to do with that than the film did.  She was just perfect.

August 22, 2014.

August 22, 2014.

August 22, 2014.

I’ve been shooting at least one roll of black and white film at my recent senior sessions.  I develop and scan the black and white film myself, so there’s a quick turn around time.  The photo below is color, Ektar 100.  I have to send that off to be developed and scanned, which takes at least a week, I rarely have patience for that! 🙂  But, I do love the tones of color film.  I guess I just need to work on the patience thing….

13 August
On
In High School Seniors, Portraits, Sports Portraits
With

or Mack 🙂  William Monroe High School Class of 2015

I have to say, the William Monroe softball pitcher/catcher combo of Mack and Lindsey  made for some great senior portraits!!!

Here are a few of Mack’s….

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And a few below on film (Tri-X 120mm with the Hasselblad)

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16 July
On
In High School Seniors, Portraits
With

It’s my favorite time of year….high school senior “season” :-).  And first up for you this year is Hadley.  MCHS Class of 2015.

July 07, 2014.

July 07, 2014.

July 07, 2014.

I also shot a bit of film during her session, Portra 400.  I love the look of film, it just has a different look from digital….can’t really explain it….

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23 May
On
In Portraits, Pre-Prom
With

I’ve missed doing pre-prom photos since Ellen is no longer prom age, so it was nice when Tristan asked if I would do a few photos of he and Ailee before this year’s MCHS Prom.  I warned him that mine wouldn’t be the traditional before-the-prom photos, and he was totally into that :-).  They were eating dinner on Davis St in Culpeper, so that’s where we did most of the photos, all of the ones below.  Anyway, here are a few.

May 17, 2014. Tristan James and Ailee Roberts Pre-Prom photos.
This photo right here….one of my favorites of all time!!!!!!!!!!

You’ll recognize a few of these Davis St locations from some of my other photos….they’re too good to pass up.

May 17, 2014.<br /> Tristan James and Ailee Roberts Pre-Prom photos.

May 17, 2014.<br /> Tristan James and Ailee Roberts Pre-Prom photos.

May 17, 2014.<br /> Tristan James and Ailee Roberts Pre-Prom photos.

May 17, 2014.<br /> Tristan James and Ailee Roberts Pre-Prom photos.