Story Photographers: October 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Personal Story: Fireworks at the NC State Fair

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If you have read this blog for the past few months you know that we live ridiculously close to the NC State Fairgrounds. It was our first fair week living over here... sometimes it was fun walking out the front door and smelling the food, or looking out the window every night to watch the fireworks. On the other hand, I will not miss the detours I had to make every day as I leave my little neighborhood, the crazy parking, and the sound of world war 3 at 9:45pm every night.

Alas, the fair ended Sunday... meant to post this Monday morning, but Wednesday will have to do!

So in celebration of such a joyous event, I thought I would share a little firework action with you. I find that when I am just shooting for fun (I know, can you believe that happens?!) I tend to play with light. It's usually night time and I am finding ways to document light in a different way. I love trying to find funky ways to capture fireworks.

Here they go!

Hmm... birds?

This might be my favorite...

I can only think about the '80s when I see this one... well and silly string.

The end!

Once again, this month has flown by. Get ready for a crazy month in November! I have a gajillian shoots throughout the month and I can't wait to share all of them on the blog... thanks for checking them out!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Design Story: The Salvation army

"look what I did" - David

These display canvases now adorn the entrance way of The Salvation Army in Raleigh, NC. The place needed a little update, and we were happy to help out. The Salvation Army will soon be moving to a brand spanking new location in Raleigh a little farther from downtown, and these beauties will be moving right along with them.

Yay Simply Canvas!!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Engagement Story: Jessica and Jeremy

David and I anxiously waited by the fountain and hoped that the couple we were about to meet wouldn't think we we're crazy! Jessica and Jeremy traveled from Charlotte, NC to do their engagement shoot at the NC State Fair. We went early to figure out what spots would be best in the chaos that is the fair... and hoped that Jessica and Jeremy were the type to let us do anything. Boy were we in for a treat. From the moment we met them I knew we were a good match. We had the best time during their shoot!! Jessica was in a cute skirt and still did everything we suggested- love them!

As we were walking to our first spot, we noticed this little stand. I am not sure the fair guy loved us stopping by, but he gave us permission anyways!

The lighting was delicious!

Jessica won! She beat two men and a few kids- love that.

Good one David! The colors were so amazing out there... and the sky was so clear and blue!

Quiet moment during fair chaos.

Nothing like stopping to take a dip in the middle of "traffic".

Smooch over corn dogs.

A little fun in the fun-house.

David hopped onto the carousel with these two... love it!

My goodness they are cute... and tall enough to ride the carousel.

The fair calls for some vintage editing... I could not help myself.

Did I mention they were cute? They stayed cute even though we had to share our bucket seat with a family of three (who were so nice to tolerate the four of us- thanks guys!).

This one just has a cool feel to me... you can see David on the left. We were packed in quite nicely.

HAD to make at least one look like a Polaroid.

Without the flash...

With the flash...

Jessica and Jeremy- We had the BEST time with you two! It is even more exciting that we have future shoots with you. Thanks again for being such great sports!

Monday, October 20, 2008

Wedding Story: Melanie and Randall

Ah, that chill in the air is finally sticking around! I hope it is here to stay. This past Saturday I had to pack away my warm weather shooting clothes and bring out the cooler weather attire- YAY!

David and I headed to Jacksonville, NC to shoot the fabulous wedding day of Randall and Melanie. If you follow my blog, I am sure you will recognize Melanie from her her older sister's (Mandy) wedding back in August. It was so fun to be back with such a sweet family. There is a younger sister, Maggie, but their Dad assured me that I would have to find business elsewhere for at least a couple of years so he could hold onto Maggie a bit longer.