Hope For Nolan

I took a few photos to help out my good friend Chandler Roberts. She hosted a benefit concert at the Bongo Java After Hours Theater to benefit the charity Hope for Nolan. It's a great story, read more about it or info on how to donate here. The show went awesome, and the small venue made for a great intimate feel with the music. Matt Wright, Paul Johnson, and The Weight of Glory also performed.

Last Design... At Least For Now

So, here's the last piece of design work I've done recently... at least for now. It's album art, distributed digitally, for the Kyle May Trio's Christmas CD "It's That Time of Year." If you're into good, uptempo Christmas Jazz music, you can pick up the CD on iTunes here. And keep in mind, all the proceeds go to Toys for Tots. Cheers!

More design work

Another post of design work, this time again in the style of Hatch Show Print. I think they turned out pretty well. They are for Belmont's own inaugural Kappa Alpha Theta charter members.

Day 2 of Design

This one is also a business card, for myself this time. Hope you enjoy:

Design Work

So, I've been doing quite a lot of design work lately. Not really because I've been pursuing anything; it's just kind of come up. So check back every day for the next couple and you might see a few new things...

To start, here is a business card design that I did for my girlfriend (which makes it absolutely no less legit lol). I think they turned out well. Hatch show print was the obvious influence:

... and the rest of the photos...

The rest of the photos of JJ Mann and Brandon Baker. See the others here. If you're a fan, post it up in the comments!

More bball shots

Here are two more shots from that same shoot. These are of Jeremy, my good friend and awesome assistant for the night. We were just having fun after the shoot, and took these:

Sneak Preview of Basketball photoshoot

Sneak preview of basketball photoshoot, just for you all who check my blog from time to time:

Just for fun picture...

Just messing around after a shoot yesterday...

Last few pictures of Nikki and Hannah Lee...

Not a full post but...

... because I haven't put anything up in a long while, here's one half of Applegate Nance at a songwriter's night.

Local Honey Fall Fashion Weekend

Here's a couple runway shots from Local Honey's Fall Fashion Weekend. It had live music, fashion, drink; all in all a good time (even though it very nearly got rained out). But enough words, check out the pics:

Ocean is Theory Show Pics

Here are a few photos I took of Ocean Is Theory at The End, a small local indie dive. I think they have a gritty, intense look about them. I thought black and white was fitting for this set; it just gave a better feel to me than color.











Technical Notes:
The End was dark. Real dark. Camera setting-wise, I was really pushing it. I shot with my 85mm 1.8 opened up all the way, and most of the photos were shot ISO 6400. I'm comfortable shooting that f-stop, but I would have preferred a smaller ISO for less noisy photos. But I couldn't back off my shutter speed (around 200-400) without sacrificing sharpness. So, I worked with what I had, and don't regret it. Even if the conditions are less than ideal, you can still make decent photos. It's more about artistic vision than technical settings.

More Nikki

More pictures of a girl and her dog...







Technical Notes from the day (for those who are interested in that sort of thing):
It was a cloudy day, so I didn't have to worry too much about dark shadows. For a few of the photos, I used a small flash held by someone off camera, but I decided that for the natural, family look of these, I didn't really need it, the cloudy day gave nice light enough. I used a more telephoto lens to give a really nice blurred background, making my subjects look nice and crisp. When we went inside, I used the diffused light from the windows to give some soft and directional light from multiple directions.

Nikki Sample

Here is a shot from a shoot I did of Hannah Lee and the dog she loves so very much, Nikki. The two are inseparable. More pictures from this shoot to come!

Fireworks!

Fireworks! So, I know this is a little late (being after the Fourth of July and Labor Day, but at least I'm in before New Year's lol) Here are my quick tips to shooting fireworks:

1. Bring a tripod. It will probably dark, and you'll need a steady shot because you'll want to use...

2. Longer shutter speeds. This is great for catching those long trails as the sparks fall.

3. Be aware. You need to have your camera already pointing in the right direction, because you most likely won't have time to move it and reposition for a firework going off. You need to already be there.

Those are my three quick tips. Have fun!







Fourth of July! My Fourth of July was great. And now that the weather's starting to cool off, I'm starting to miss it even more.

A few more shots from Kenya...