Just for fun

Just a quick post. We had an Intimate session the other day. At the end of the session I remembered about this mask that we had for a bridal show a number of years ago. I pulled it out and asked if we could get a few pics with the mask. I shot 6 or 7 images and here are two of them, I dig 'em hope you do too!
Yes, these were shot in our studio.

Legacy

The wrinkles in Flora's hands were more evident against the young skin of baby Olivia. Though they are separated by 97 years, they are connected through the blood that runs through their veins. Four generations of women, four lives, though each different, are tied together as family.
We had an amazing honor of photographing a four generation family as part of our Legacy session.

We are re-introducing our Legacy Limited Edition Session this month. This is an amazing opportunity for us to capture the relationship we share with one another before it becomes too late.
Desiree will be sharing, in an upcoming post and email, her story of why we are so passionate about these sessions. Her story comes from her regret in not taking the time to bring her grandmother into the studio to get pictures with our grandsons before it was too late.
The Medina family took advantage of the time they still had and we were able to capture their relationship and preserve that for their family forever!

Long distance love

Courtney and Steve are getting married in a couple of months and are living a couple of thousand miles from one another. He flew in for the session and left in such a rush he left his suit behind. So before the shoot they had to go suit shopping.
It was a pretty windy day, especially out at the airport. Not many of us get a chance to do a session like this.

Keri & Cody

Every time Keri and Cody come over I can count on Desiree being unavailable for at least two hours. She has really enjoyed being able to sit down and talk with them. We were really looking forward to this shoot.
We went out to Boca Negra canyon. We have been shooting out there for a number of years and have never run into any other photographers. This time there were several others around, nobody got in our way and we went where and when we wanted. For our next shoot they told us to do whatever we wanted to...
I really can't wait for that one! be watching for some fabulous stuff soon!!!

Kickin' it ol' school

We had a session set up for one of our secret locations. Just a couple of hours b4 the shoot our couple contacted us and said they really wanted to change the location and do it downtown in some retro styling that they are pretty fond of. I am so glad they did call. Even though it was freeeeekin' cold, we had a great time. The hat, the mink, the TLR, Classic...
We look forward to Kay and Charles' wedding especially the hot chocolate!!!

Hier Kommt Alex

Die Toten Hosen had a song title 'Hier Kommt Alex.' It was really the only smart title I could come up with. Anyway, we had a great time working with Alex and his family again.

Stephanie & Brady

Yes we were at the river again. We really do love this spot by the river. It has a beautiful look and can be really diverse. Anyway, I just wanted to get these up before I procrastinate and it be too late.

El día del desierto

The day of the desert. This way an entire day that we spent with an amazing couple from Dallas. We started the day before sunset in a small ghost town on Hywy 70 in southern New Mexico. We drove out to White sands and waited and waited and waited until the missile testing was over so that we could go in and do some images. Because this was the windy season and this time the wind was so bad that they had to close down I-10, we couldn't wait all day and decided to head back to this ghost town in the Organ mountains. On the way back there was a Sand dune that had overcome the security fence and we were able to pull over and climb up the dune and do a few pictures. After shaking the sugar white sand out of our hair, we hiked a mile and a half (the bride in her dress and tennis shows)up to a cool little ghost town up in the mountains. We finished the day with on the side of this huge rock ridge. On the way back to the car there was a Diamond Back Rattle snake right in the middle of the trail. We scared it off the trail and aside from a bit of a scare everyone had a great time. We ended up with dozens of crazy pictures and are excited to finally get them all done!

This was one of the first images of the day. It was just before sunrise. I found this little ghost town on Google earth. I was looking all along the hyways for a ghost town and I saw what looked like foundations and a wall. The wrecked car in the was was just a bonus!





Amongst the foundations was a single wall that was still standing. It had a perfect view of the Organ Mountains and was just cool. Dusty really knew how to work it.



This was one of my favorite images. There is one in this series that I like more where the dress falls down just over her knee. She is looking up a bit and it is just an amazing image...

OK ,so a little story telling. When Dusty and Danny asked us to photograph them they gave us really an open slate. They said 'we want you to do whatever you want.' Well tell us that and you are going to end up doing some things you probably never imagined you would do. We got some rope at the hardware store and pulled my gun out and thought we would tell a little wedding day love story!

Danny really didn't deserve that... but having a dead wife and a husband with a gun, just didn't seem quite right.

This images was originally not one that we were intending on doing. We were in the parking lot at white sands waiting for it to open. We didn't want to spend an hour in the car just litening to music and waiting, so we hopped out into the parking lot, pulled out some old suitcases that we had for another image and started shooting. This and the next image are both from the parking lot of White sands.

This images was next to an old hotel that was nestled up next to the cliff walls of the Organ Mountains. It's in an old ghost town that has all kinds of cool little areas to explore and photograph.

the long (distance) engagement

Gregg and Amanda both work in advertising, both are in love with one another, both love spending as much time as possible together and each live a couple thousand miles apart. Gregg lives in Brooklyn, NY and Amanda right here in the Duke city. Gregg was in town for a few days and we were able to meet up with the two of them just before Greg had to catch his flight back home. They came to the studio and we went across the street and took a short walk through Old Town. And though I walked off a couple of times without Olive, (the dog) even she seemed to have a good time...once we got back to the studio! Anyway, Congratulations you two and we are looking forward to working with you two again.