I felt lucky and elated that memorial day weekend. This past year has opened up my heart and soul, catalyzed by new friends and experiences. This particular day was spent with Brian, Adam, Julie, and Nathan. Nathan drove while the rest of us created our own eclectic playlist. We stopped at yellow boxes, yellow flower fields, and a yellow, detritus coated office. Nathan taught me a word back in August: MacGuffin. I can't help wondering what mine is.
To the tune of Mind Bokeh by Bibio
This photoshoot came with a concept for me. Halloween is hella inspiring. Orange pumpkins, bleeding black eyes, and garish gravestones were well suited as physical motifs for what I was feeling. Jared and Danielle, two close friends of mine, worked together to appear as lovers of ambiguous love, ambiguous age, and ambivalent emotion.
To the tune of Third Planet by Modest Mouse
Solly, one of my most abundant faces in my photos, welcomed me into her home in Denver, Colorado to bring in 2016. I rented a wide angle, low f-stop Tamron lens with stunning depth of field and strong bokeh potential. We spent most New Year's Day walking around Rino, drinking bloody beers at a brewery, and photographing her pretty face against the tasteful graffiti and unprescribed color combinations that narrate the city's streets.
To the tune of I Wanna Die by Jolie Holland
Oh, my dear Solly. I love you as family. Shooting with her is effortless and comfortable. I'm most comfortable shooting in darkness, typically with props. The only true concept I had here was the utilization of two branches to create some sort of creature. Most of my photos I find are inspired by Crewdson and his omnipotent words, "I feel very strongly that every artist has one central story to tell. The struggle is to tell and retell that story over and over again in visual form.. and try to challenge that story. But at the core that story remains the same. It's like the defining story of who you are".
To the tune of All I Need by Radiohead
