What’s that? Did someone say senior photos?? Well, yes. While portraiture isn’t a primary focus of mine (since I specialize in weddings)… I just couldn’t turn down this opportunity! If you didn’t already know, I’ve been involved in a ministry called Young Life for about as long as I can remember. That involvement has led to incredible friendships with families, parents and students around the community. This year I was approached by each… all asking me to shoot for them! Since I’ve known these parents and students for years, this was actually a very special project for me.
I’m so proud of these guys (and gal)! Here are just a few…
Danielle, Alex, Ethan, Brooks, John and Chris… CONGRATULATIONS and thank you for your friendship! I’m grateful for you guys! 
The dynamic duo strikes again! In case you missed my previous wedding post, I don’t mean the actual dynamic duo. You’ll find no capes or utility belts here! Well, maybe one. But I’m referring to the collaboration between a good buddy of mine, Jeremy Harwell, and myself. We’ve joined forces for a few weddings this year and this is the second installment on the blog. (On a side note… may I just say that I recant my statement about Ruth + Jonathan‘s post being the longest ever? This one definitely takes the cake!)
Introducing Laura and Thomas. Jeremy and I had such a great time shooting for these two! Laura and Thomas were fun, laid back and just about every guest there matched their personalities. Thomas also happens to be a photographer so between the two of them, no details was left out! I think the pictures can vouch for them. Their wedding was absolutely gorgeous!
Given there are a bajillion pictures in this post (don’t count them though), I’ll keep the writing to a minimum.
The following images are a mixture of both Jeremy Harwell and my work.
Locations: Lotus Hair Artisans, The Georgian Terrace, Cator Woolford Gardens
If you’re new to my photography, you may not be familiar with the F-Project. In fact, even if you’re horribly familiar already… you still may not know the recent changes to the project! Either way, we’re all in great company! So just what is the F-Project? One crucial bit of advice that I learned heard several years ago:
If you want to make it in the photography industry for the long run, you have to make sure to carve out time for personal photography.
Yep. You read that right. Personal. Unpaid. Time away from my clients. Adding to my work load photography. Over the last five years, I’ve wrestled with this concept… always wanting to honor this advice, yet ultimately deciding that sheer progress was a better use of my time. Only now am I realizing that every time I’ve neglected those free words of wisdom, I’ve actually been taking another step backwards from my desired destination. Personal photography is so crucial because it pushes my creativity, continues to nurture and grow my abilities and most importantly… recharges my energy, interest and love for the very thing that brought me into this business to begin with. Please don’t get me wrong. I love shooting weddings. But there’s just something to be said about taking on a shoot for absolutely no one other than yourself.
The F-Project is my ongoing personal photography project. However many times the style and direction has changed, it has always kept its initial vision. My goal is to creatively capture portraits of my (F)amily and (F)riends. This is an undertaking that’s incredibly near and dear to my heart because it combines both the people I love and my love for photography. What could be better??
So without further ado, allow me to introduce Olivia. In a nutshell, she’s one of the coolest, raddest cousin-in-laws ever. All of Courtney’s extended family have always been extremely close and I’ve had the great privilege of getting to know Olivia and her family over the last several years… she was even the flower girl in our wedding! Joined by my sister-in-law/stylist extraordinaire, we hit the town in search of my first great installment of the F-Project for 2010. And yes, I realize it’s August. This brings me to the next great piece of advice I was given a long time ago: Good things come to those who wait.
THANK YOU, Olivia and Jesse for making this such an incredible shoot!
(And a special thanks to Jeremy Harwell for letting us raid his storage room!)
Move over, Batman and Robin. There’s a new dynamic duo in town. Are their names Ruth and Jonathan? Well… yes, actually. (These two were so much fun to work with!) But I was referring to another dynamic duo. This year I’ve had the incredible privilege of shooting alongside a great friend of mine, Jeremy Harwell. We’ve been friends for years and yet have managed to only now work together on a few weddings! How this didn’t happen sooner, I’ll never know. But what I do know is that we sure make a great team!
The following images are from the first wedding we collaborated on and are a mixture of both of our work. I think it’s safe to say that we served Ruth and Jonathan well! Case in point: I’m not sure I’ve ever included this many photos in a blog post!
Thanks again, Jeremy! Here’s to many more collaborations in the future!
As a Texan at heart… we get pretty excited over 4 – 5 inches!!
by Nam
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