Cover of Reach Magazine
Back in February I took a dive vacation to the tiny island of Bonaire to focus on my exploding interest in underwater photography. I was down there for two weeks and did about 30 dives. It was the longest time I’ve spent diving continuously since my travel-the-world days right out of college — back then I was on an extended year-long adventure. Mostly I was rock climbing, but I supported myself by working here and there as a dive instructor in Thailand and the British Virgin Islands.
At any rate, I had a blast getting back under the sea. I came home from the trip and sold a story about my trip to Reach Magazine. I wrote and illustrated it, and It made the cover. I have another story in Reach in the next few months about how to take good photos. That’ll be fun to see in print too.
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Another Sigma ad
The latest issue of the アサヒカメラ, also known as Asahi Camera, just arrived in the mailbox today, and it featuring another one of Sigma’s Our World ads that I shot last fall. This image was taken at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument in central Colorado — it was covered in snow, hence the white “sand.” Super cool place. It’ll be fun to keep watching these ads show up!
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Dreamtime is carbon neutral for another year!
I’m proud to announce that the studio has renewed its small business partnership with CarbonFund.org, one of the nonprofit leaders in carbon offsets. That means the entire business is carbon neutral (actually, carbon negative because we offset more than we use).
We’re always trying to do our part to reduce our footprint. We partake in the easy stuff, of course — using rechargeable batteries, recycling, keeping all paperwork as electronic as possible, doing electronic proofing, using CFL lightbulbs, etc. But our partnership with CarbonFund.org is a step forward. Our annual donation offsets more than 70 tons of carbon emissions each year through renewable energy and reforestation projects in North and Central America.
If you’re interested in greening up your wedding, check out visit carbonfund.org, or give us a shout out for some cool green wedding ideas. These include everything from using locally grown flowers to hiring an organic catering company or booking a wind-powered venue. One couple used flatware made of corn, while another decided to have all wedding gifts be donations to a nonprofit of choice. If you’re interested, we carry a variety of vegan friendly wedding albums, as well as a book that’s totally carbon neutral and made of completely recycled materials. Cool stuff.
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First ad out for the Sigma Our World campaign
Here’s something exciting — my first image is in print for the Sigma Our World advertising campaign I shot in late 2008. This was part of the 2009 corporate calendar, and it features a shot of pro climber Ethan Pringle on Anaconda, a heinous 5.13+ trad line on Lumpy Ridge that’s only seen a handful of ascents.
Ethan hung out in Estes for a few days scouting some lines in the middle of a pretty ridiculous 2008 sending spree. He’s a certifiable badass and one of the world’s best all around climbers. He’s climbed 5.15a sport (Realization), solid 5.14 trad (Cobra Crack), onsighted 5.14, bouldered VImpossible, and, well, you get the picture. He’s super inspiring to watch charge, and he’s a lot of fun to hang out with.
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Now Rudi and Russell are famous!
I guess it’s just that time of year for people to be famous! Here’s a shot I grabbed at Rudi and Russell’s wedding in the Bahamas, right after they said their vows. This image is one of my favorite ever — it’s won several awards and now it’s on the cover of a magazine! Be sure to pick up a copy when you get a chance.
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I’m famous
Been published lots of times, but I’ve never been the subject of a photo or story… until the December issue of Rock and Ice came out. I was featured in the Parting Shot on the last page. In huge orange capitals, the cover screams “THE WILDEST WHIPPER YOU’VE EVER SEEN” and it points to a series of ridiculous photos that Andy Mann snapped of me in mid 2008 in Penitente Canyon, which is in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. This is embarrassing but cool. Embarrassing that I took this kind of fall in the first place, but cool that I didn’t crack open my head and die. Mom, dad: don’t look. I still can’t believe this fall – if it weren’t so painful it’d be comical. Well, it still is comical, but anyway. I still remember it in super slow motion. I remember every single nonosecond of it all, as well as my entire thought process.
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In November I go to shoot Laura and Von’s incredible wedding on the tiny Belizean island of Ambergris Caye. It was so much fun! I headed down there a few days early to poke around and and explore, and got to dive in the Great Blue Hole, one of the world’s most famous dive sites. It’s a 400-foot sink hole filled with sharks and stalagtites – crazy. Then I got to start shooting all the festivities of the wedding, including a snorkeling trip that was highlighted by a huge moray eel biting off Laura’s mom’s fin. The wedding itself was on the white sands in front of the Victoria House. Von and Laura and their friends were wonderful, and I’m pretty pleased with the way their wedding images turned out. There’s so much emotion and smiles and color and personality. And I get to see them again in just a few short weeks for their Denver reception. Looking forward to it!
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Not sure what I think. I guess I think they’re kinda cool every once in a while.
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Brides Magazine Contest Winners
Just found out that a few of my images won awards in the second annual wedding photography contest from Brides Magazine. Pretty humbling honor to have two images chosen out of the probably thousands that were submited. And in an international competition in a huge magazine!
The first was from Rudi and Russell’s wedding in the Bahamas, where they ended their wedding by running through a tunnel of their guests. It was such a cool way to finish off what was really an absolutely beautiful ceremony. The judges wrote, “The color is so vibrant and there is this youthful energy about it. The white outfits help draw the focus to the bride and groom.” It placed 8th in the Ceremony category.
Then in the Kids category, the following image won 9th place. This was from Mel and Yon’s wedding in Vail. This little kid was totally hilarious — he got up in the middle of the ceremony, walked to the front of the aisle, and stood there with a digital camera snapping away during the ceremony, about 2 feet from the couple. He had a huge smile on his face all day. Here are the judges comments: “The colors really jump out at you and the playful spirit radiates throughout this image.”
The contest was promoted jointly by the WPJA and Brides Magazine. Last year in the same contest, one of my images was a finalist in the Dancing category. Pretty exciting!
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The Knot
Kate and Mark’s wedding from last summer in Steamboat wound up in the latest issue of The Knot — check it out!
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Yoko and Michael were all smiles during their wedding at Vail’s Betty Ford Alpine Garden. They were quite possibly the most hilarious people I’ve ever met. I shot this with my Norwegian friend TJ, who came out to shoot weddings with me for a whole month. Some of these favorites are mine, some are his — including what I think might be the single best image I’ve ever seen from a wedding. I wish I’d taken it! It’s the first image below. Go TJ! Here’s his site: http://www.terjeaamodt.com. I think what I love about it is how perfectly it captures Yoko and Michael. They just make each other laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.
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Jen and Carlos first contacted me in early 2007 while I was in New Zealand, and after a few emails I knew I had connected with some incredible people. During the summer of 2007, we stayed in touch as the two of them traveled the Caribbean searching for the perfect place to get married, and they finally found it at Little Dix Bay in the British Virgin Islands. After hundreds of emails, a few close games of Scrabble on Facebook, and a bunch of phone calls, I finally arrived in the BVI with Alicia and met Jen and Carlos at the end of the summer. They immediately plied me with rum and punch and the next thing I knew I was in a swimming pool chatting about whoknowswhat with people who I felt I’d known forever — even though I’d met them an hour prior. This is the beauty of JenLos!
Their wedding was an amazing few days with so many highlights I don’t even know where to start. We had a under/over water portrait session in The Baths, a crazy jumble of granite boulders on the beach. We went diving and saw a huge ray circle us within touching distance. JenLos were married on a beautiful beach as the sun set, and then partied hard, drenched in sweat, for hours on end. And the next day I witnessed some of the most touching moments I’ve seen as a photographer, when Jen and her family scattered her mom’s ashes into the Caribbean blue. Editing those photos was a profound experience for me.
Anyway, it came as no surprise when a few weeks after their wedding, JenLos joined us on a crazy houseboating, waterskiing trip on Lake Powell. How cool is that? We’ve already talked about next year’s trip.
Jen, Carlos, a huge congrats to you two. Can’t wait to meet up again. Where will it be?
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Just wrapped up editing Julya and Yuriy’s awesome wedding at the Donovan Pavillion in Vail, CO. Huge props to Emily Campbell at Bella Design & Planning, out of Breckenridge, for organizing such a smooth afternoon.
Yuriy and Julya were married in a cool ceremony outside the Pavillion, and then we hopped in my car (see photo below) for a quick portrait session at the top of Vail Mountain. These two were so much fun to photograph — super excited and up for everything.
Congrats you two!
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Sabrina and Hamish picked the most beautiful day I’ve ever seen, got married on the Vail wedding deck in a kaleidoscopic ceremony complete with butterflies, and then turned the party knob waaaaaay past full blast for about 6 hours straight. Not sure if epic reception was thanks to the pomegranate margaritas, the inflatable swords, or the fact that a trio of raging Aussies stole the band’s instruments for half an hour to play Waltzing Matilda. Whatever the case, this was the most awesome party I’ve been to. Anywhere. Ever. In. My. Life. Check out the slideshow at the end!
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Caroline and Ty’s wedding photos — Beaver Creek, CO
Just finished up editing Caroline and Ty’s awesome wedding in Beaver Creek. I had a great time shooting the day, including their incredibly intimate first meal together: chicken nuggets from Wendy’s, in the back of a limo. As I looked through the shots I started noticing some of the signs they’re standing under while waiting in line in a newlywed embrace. One is for some sort of breakfast food substance, and the slogan is “Sweet and savory, together as one.” I had to laugh.
They had an incredible reception at Beano’s Cabin, up on the side of mountain, and Caroline gave the lighting crew at Pink Monkey Solutions free reign to do whatever they wanted inside her reception tent. It turned out to be beautiful. And her cake was totally off the hook thanks to a great job by Vail’s Mountain Flour.
As the night went on, the photobooth got out of control, as did the dance floor. Check out the slideshow at the bottom of the post for a little look-see, as well as a few of my favorite stills.
Yet another incredibly well organized day thanks to Jen and Claire at idoweddingservices.com. They rock.
Congrats Ty and Caroline!
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Brandy & Tony at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas!
Wow! That’s all I can say. Brandy and Tony are so awesome, and they put together one of the best weddings ever. Don’t even know where to begin — it was a whirlwind.
Be sure to read the whole post — there’s a slideshow at the end. 
It was a cool six days, and shooting at the Atlantis Resort was one crazy experience. It’s a photographer’s dream, really — so much interesting architecture, vibrant colors, cool textures.
I flew in Thursday and shot a dessert welcome, followed by a rehearsal dinner on Friday, followed by an awesome wedding day on Saturday. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were all fun!
Here are a few of my faves (Yes, there really was a fire dancer! How cool is that?!)
The photobooth was out, for sure, and lots of ridiculous images showed up on my flash card, including this one, which was the last pic of the night. It’s like Christmas all over again when I download the photobooth cards. It’s so much fun, and you never know what you’ll find.
One of the funniest things that happened was that the wedding got crashed! Ha! It was my first experience with a real wedding crasher, and even though it wasn’t an intentional crashing, it was a crashing nonetheless. Meet “The Crashers”
Atlantis is big on aquariums, which I love. Big on big aquariums, I should say. There’s one bar that you walk into, descend down its stairs, and then walk through a giant glass tube suspended in the middle of a shark tank. Whoah!
After the wedding was over I had a chance to hang out and explore with Brandy, Tony, and the fam… And, of course, there were lots of shark tanks involved. Aside walking through that shark tank, we slid on a water slide in inner tubes through through a shark tank, we slid without inner tubes through shark tanks, we ate in a restaurant that had shark tanks instead of walls. We even got to pet dolphins. Whoah!
I had so much fun shooting the big day, and I’m so honored that Brandy and Tony had me do it.
Thanks, guys! You rock!
Here’s a slideshow — it’s on the long side, but then again, it was 6 days! Click the center play button to check it out.
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Awesome story on green weddings at the Vail Trail
If you’re interested, Sarah Stewart wrote a great story on green weddings for Vail newspaper, The Vail Trail. You can also check it out below, but also, here’s a link to the story. I got a chance to be interviewed by Sarah, and I think she did an awesome job — the story is full of cool ideas and tips.
‘I do,’ the green way
Couples choose to make their weddings more environmentally sound
Sarah L. Stewart
April 16, 2008
At first, Rae Lori Sandler didn’t even want to send invitations to her wedding at Vail’s Donovan Pavilion — she wanted to save paper and send out e-mail invites instead.
When friends and family convinced her that was tacky, she settled on recycled paper.
“I just want it to be as low-waste as possible,” says Sandler, who will marry Joshua Simon in October.
The couple, who live in Denver, also vetoed their caterer’s suggested menu of Chilean sea bass, given that fish’s precarious population. Now they’re considering an all-organic menu. And their guests — who will carpool to Vail — will be greeted with welcome gifts they can actually use, including a backpack, Nalgene water bottle and granola bars.
“We wanted to start our family together making a statement about how we want to live our lives,” Sandler says.
Simon and Sandler are one of many couples nationwide opting to make their weddings more environmentally friendly, according to The Wedding Report, which tracks wedding-industry statistics.
High Country brides and grooms may be a little ahead of the green-wedding curve: Several local wedding planners estimate that at least 50 percent of their clients make some effort to make their weddings more eco-friendly.
“I think everyone is at least inquiring about it,” says Juli Rathke, publisher/editor of Rocky Mountain Bride Magazine in Breckenridge. “They are interested in being responsible at some level.”
What green means
Since there’s no measuring stick for what constitutes a green wedding, its definition varies, Rathke says.
Some weddings incorporate just one or two eco-friendlier elements. But the dedicated couple can make just about everything that goes into a wedding more green — the invitations, the menu, the decorations, the venue, the gifts, the photos, even the dress.
The betrothed have a long list of ways to make their wedding more green: Trade conventional fare for organic food, wine and beer. Find a venue that recycles or, better yet, uses alternative energy. Schedule a daytime wedding to save the energy lights require. In centerpieces, use non-disposable containers and live plants in place of cut flowers. Have guests make donations to a charity in lieu of traditional wedding gifts, or in place of the token souvenir wedding favor. Hire an all-digital photographer, which eliminates the waste and chemicals film requires. Buy carbon offsets for guests’ travel. Choose a vintage wedding dress instead of buying a new one that will spend forever after in a closet.
Megan Gilman, board chairwoman for the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability, is planning her own green Vail wedding for July. Instead of paper placecards on tables at the reception, Gilman and her fiance will use river rocks with guests’ names hand-painted on them. To save bottles, they’ll have beer on tap. Even Gilman’s engagement ring, a family heirloom, is a shade greener than a brand-new ring would be.
“We’re going to do every little thing we can think of to make sure we’re reducing trash as much as we can,” says Gilman, who owns the Avon-based energy consulting firm Active Energies with her husband-to-be.
But going green doesn’t have to mean forgoing luxury. In February, RockResorts, Vail Resorts’ lodging company, announced its green weddings initiative. Now, couples who wed at the Arrabelle, Lodge at Vail and other RockResorts hotels can choose everything from an organic wedding cake to cleaner-burning soy candles during the ceremony.
“They can go pretty darn green if they want to,” says Julie Klein, director of environmental affairs for RockResorts.
Green business
When Klein married 11 years ago, planning a green wedding took a lot of determination.
Books full of recycled paper invitations didn’t exist, so she made her own. Finding an organic caterer took some searching — even in Boulder — and, in the interest of supporting the local economy, the couple recruited someone from the street to make tamales. Klein and her husband even brewed their own beer for the reception and commissioned a nursery to grow their centerpieces.
“I was bound and determined, because that was the way I wanted to do it,” she says.
Just over a decade later, part of her job is making sure other eco-conscious couples don’t have the same trials finding vendors — such as florists, caterers and photographers — who care about the environment.
“We know to try to encourage people to do this, we’ve got to make it easier for them,” Klein says. “If the market doesn’t already demand it, it’s going to demand it.”
Nathan Welton, a wedding photographer who lives in Estes Park but travels to Vail for about half the weddings he shoots, is one vendor who’s made his business more green.
He shoots only digital and offsets the carbon he uses traveling for his company, Dreamtime Images, through www.carbonfund.org. He’s also developing a nationwide directory of wedding vendors who make similar efforts and co-authoring a book on green lifestyles, which includes a chapter on weddings.
Some local wedding planners feel it’s already simpler to plan a green wedding here than other locations that aren’t as focused on the outdoors.
“It’s easy to plan green events here,” says Jenifer Hammond, who owns I Do Wedding Services in Avon. “It just comes naturally to our area because the focus is outdoor play and health.”
A real difference?
Recycled water bottles here, an organic wedding cake there — in the long run, does a green wedding really matter?
Weddings are big business in Eagle County, which issued 585 marriage licenses last year. Assuming they all wed here, that equates to more than 1,000 newlyweds, and thousands more guests — each one producing their own trash.
“It’s a huge extravagance for one night,” Gilman says.
And, she notes, the waste begins long before the ceremony, from invitations, RSVP cards and envelopes to the carbon expenditure of guests’ travel.
“You can’t just look at those things and ignore them anymore,” Gilman says. “(Being green) is such an integral part of our lifestyle now.”
But she and her fiance — and other green-conscious couples — face a dilemma of making their wedding day special yet still being environmentally responsible.
“We try to just do the best we can,” Gilman says.
As green weddings become increasingly common, that balance is becoming easier to reach, Rathke says.
“What these couples are finding is they really can pull it all off,” she says. “It’s definitely something that’s not going to be going away.”
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Green wedding photography with carbonfund.org
A few weeks ago I formed a small business partnership with Carbonfund.org to offset all of Dreamtime Images’ carbon emissions. My offsets cover my air and car travel, my energy use, and anything else the business does to release carbon into the atmosphere. I’m really proud of this since it touches on the core of my business. Pretty much everyone who hires me has a deep love for the natural world, and they want me to capture images of them surrounded by the beauty of the outdoors. So I’m pretty excited to do my part in preserving it.
The minimum partnership requirements for offsets were actually a lot bigger than the carbon footprint of my business, so the business offset spills over into our personal life. Our home, personal travel, and all other emissions we’re directly responsible are offset through three types of carbon reduction projects.
One project involves reforestation in Nicaragua. Paso Pasifico has partnered with Carbonfund.org to help private reserve owners and small-scale farmers restore abandoned pastures to native forest. This project is really important to me; I studied tropical ecology in college in Panama, Costa Rica and Panama, and every time I go back I still get blown away at how barren the landscape is and how important its restoration is. The next set of projects revolves around renewable energy, with my donation funding wind, solar and hydoelectric projects around the country. Then there are a series of energy efficiency projects, such as reducing the emissions from 18-wheelers and other large trucks.
The way carbon offsets work is kind of complicated, but in short, Carbonfund.org can figure out how much carbon I’m responsible for, put a monetary value on it, and then use that money to fund other projects to reduce carbon emissions by that same amount. Lots of huge companies have partnered with Carbonfund.org, including Dell computers, Yakima bike racks, Orbitz, Discovery Communications, Amtrack, and dozens of others.
Carbonfund.org is a great organization: it’s a 501.c3 and it keeps the cost of offsets so low that they’re accessible to everyone. Some of the other carbon offset places you might find on the internet are for-profit companies with no transparency. How much their owners and directors make is a secret — and it’s probably a lot since they wind up charging four to five times more for offsets than Carbonfund.org.
If you’re interested in learning more about Carbonfund.org, check out the site. There’s also a module to let you figure out the carbon footprint of your wedding and then offset it. I’m hoping to help them develop the wedding end of their organization more, and maybe run promotions in the future for carbon free weddings.
Stay tuned for more green wedding stuff!
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Inside the Album, Part V
At the WPPI tradeshow in Vegas, I got to poke around about 10 billion vendor booths in a conference hall bigger than many small countries. You wouldn’t believe the amount of stuff there — everything from studio management software developers to album vendors to companies that print your studio logo on stickers and buttons. Buttons?
Anyway, I stopped by the PictoBooks booth and was floored. Every once in a while I make a PictoBook, which I think are about the coolest book out there, but I haven’t had a chance to look over their entire collection of albums (which they had on display at the booth). Wow.
I’m kind of realizing that a lot of flush mounted wedding albums wind up looking pretty similar, but the PictoBooks really stand out in the crowd. The cover materials are all unique — you can get them with metals, woods, leathers and even a faux-graphite material that looks pretty neat. I also like the way the cover cameos are made; the prints are covered in a thick layer of clear acrylic with smooth edges. It’s almost like a bubble.
I’ll have an in depth tour of one of these books in the coming month, as I currently have one on order, but I wanted this post to show off some of the cool cover options I discovered. I’m going to revamp my album offerings this year, and will now be offering books from ZookBinders, Pictobooks, Finao, Leather Craftsman and Willowbooks. Excited to let you all know more about them as the year progresses.
Sorry for the poor quality of these images — they’re all I could manage with a point and shoot while being jostled around by 12,000 wedding photographers (seriously, that’s not an exaggeration — the show really had 12,000 attendees!!).
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Vegas, Baby!
In March I hit up Vegas for the 2008 WPPI wedding photographer convention, which made Sin City even weirder than it was before all us 12,000 photo geeks showed up. (12,000! That’s not a typo!). I cruised out there with John Heisel, enduring lots of stormy weather and perhaps the mankiest hotel room on earth in Cedar City, UT.
The convention was definitely an eye-opener — lots of inspiring talks by some of the movers and shakers in the industry, an out-of-control tradeshow the size of several football fields, lots of random photo shoots, and, of course, partys! Woohoo!
The convention took place at the Paris hotel and casino — the domed ceiling is actually painted like the city skyline, complete with clouds. The elevators up to the guest rooms had movie ads on them, so I took some self portraits with Jack Black, et al. I’m a dork. Sorry.
In that last post I mentioned I got to check out all the vendor booths at the trade show, and I signed up with a new online proofing service, changed around the album lineup a little, pestered the Canon reps about new cameras, started carrying Finao albums, got some new canvas prints made for some local hotels, picked up all sorts of camera stuff, blah blah blah. It was fun.
Toward the end, I cruised out on the Strip with a bunch of other Colorado wedding photographers, one of whom dressed up as a bride (kudos to Kammi at http://elegant-image.com!). We also had Brynn Hyatt along — she was in the cool blue dress. I brought my wireless flash setup (the same kind I use at weddings — pocket-sized and portable) and came up with some cool shots. Never done this kind of posed, faux wedding stuff before, but it was kind of fun. Also a bit of a scene, but whatever.
Check out the last shot, taken by my friend Kevin Bergthold — he borrowed my little flash transmitter and snapped a cool pic of me breakdancing. (Note: I don’t actually breakdance. I only pretend to. I’d love to learn.)
Word to the wise: if you ever see someone dressed up as a bride in a really weird place, without a husband, and surrounded by six to ten photographers, she’s probably NOT a bride.
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Imitating my hero
I guess imitation is the biggest form of flattery, so along those lines I’ve been trying to replicate the crazy look of Tim Tadder, who is my photographic hero. He is an absolute lighting master, and I think the best in the business when it come to edgy, modern outdoor commercial work. If you haven’t heard of him, check out his site. One of my favorite advertising shots of all time is his image a swimmer at the edge of a lake, shot from behind, pulling on her swim cap. See it here. It’s so beyond rad there’s not even a word for it.
Tim’s a super nice guy and really gave me some encouraging words and good advice when I went out on my own and started shooting full time, but he wouldn’t tell me how he got his look! So ever since, I’ve been trying to reverse engineer not only his lighting setup, but his post processing workflow in Photoshop. The other night I was messing around in the living room and I created the closest replicate yet. Not as good, but not too shabby either. I think you have to have the lighting just right in order to actually do the Photoshop work, which was a whole different story.
The subject? Sorry! I know this is sad, but nobody was around! It’s a self-portrait of yours truly.
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Book project in the works! Woohoo!
I can’t really detail this too much right now, since this project isn’t completed yet, but I’m too excited NOT to say anything. To be super super super brief, I’m helping to illustrate a book on eco living and eco weddings by Angelica Weihs, a green wedding planner in Los Angeles. Here’s a note the author wrote to one of my couples:
Hi,
I got your contact from your amazing photographer Nathan. I am writing a book describing the path of an green wedding and portraying couples who have experienced them and the professionals who have helped them to manifest their vision. It is a lifestyle book, re-defining luxury as the chance to live consciously. I saw your inspiring pictures and would love to tell your story.
Look for an updated blog post in the coming months! Here’s an extremely abbreviated synopsis from one of my couples:
We used local indigenous flowers, conch shells, local palm trees as aisle markers, green transportation for the bride (a horse!), electric powered golf carts, local Bahamian food, etc. We have lots to say about out adventures in scouting out a sacred place, the elements(fire, earth, air, water), etc. Simplicity was our goal: we wanted our wedding to reflect the way we live our lives. Organic, healthy, earthy, conscious, etc. Bring it on!
I’m so psyched, honored and thrilled to be a part of this project. More later, stay tuned, I’m so bad at keeping secrets!
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My awesome dog
Took a break from designing some stuff and took a picture.
What is he saying?
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Yoga to avoid postpartum depression
Here’s a cool little project I got to work on the other day. Sona Dimidjian, a psych professor at CU Boulder, is doing research into how yoga helps pregnant women avoid postpartum depression, which apparently 10 to 15 percent of new mothers experience. That’s a surprisingly large number! As part of a community outreach program, Sona asked me if I’d be willing to photograph a pregnant yoga instructor doing a series of poses, with the end goal of publishing the photos into a poster and an e-book. She is also considering making a small bound book to give to them women who are taking part in her clinical study.
I figured this was a really awesome opportunity to help people out, so I cruised down to Boulder a few days ago and we did the shoot in Sona’s living room. Huge props to our instructor — I have no idea how she does it! Her baby’s going to be a yoga master! The shots for the poster were more for illustration than anything else, but I did snag a few nice candids of our model and her son. I’ll try to put up a link to the finished product when the whole project is done, since it promises to be really cool!
