Tegan and Kaylee {Fashion Shoot} Choteau, MT

So this post is a bit over due. Whoops! Life has been one thing after the next lately, and I'm not complaining, I love it! I am kinda tired though. Right before our whirlwind Vegas trip we had a fun fashion shoot with Angela Bouma of Timeless Photography and Chris Rebo of Rebo Photography.  It was fun shooting in a full studio and experimenting with lights. I showed up with the idea in my head to just play around, and let the creativity flow. The shoot was styled by Angela along with her doing the hair and make-up. Nicely done lady! Tegan and Kaylee were our gorgeous models and they were a blast to work with! These images are definitely not my "everyday" stuff, but its those moments where you grow as an artist and are pushed out of your comfort zone. I personally haven't worked with a lot of studio lighting, so it's comforting to know I could walk away from a shoot and be happy with what I got. Jeremiah and I even played around with some film and just those back today from the lab. The bottom half of the post is shot on Portra 400 and developed at Pro Photo Connection.

Special thanks to Cara at Mum's Flower's for the gorgeous head piece!! I carried it around all day with me just because it smelled so good :)

Angie found the most amazing run down apartment building for the 2nd half of our shoot! I seriously was about to get a broom and some tools to fix it up and move in, I loved it!! I'm surprised none of us walked away with "The Black Lung, pop"

Elizabeth and Andrew + Las Vegas, Nevada Wedding Photographers

So this is a weird post, because Rachel and I had no intention of shooting a wedding in Vegas. We were there for a WPPI, and Showit United, a photographers tradeshow and conference. A few days in, a couple of photographers we had never met, announced on Facebook that they had decided to get married early, in Vegas, at the "Pop Up Wedding Chapel". They invited whomever wanted to come, so we naturally had to attend, because we don't go to enough weddings;) Joking aside, we thought it was awesome, and I honestly never get tired of seeing people in love make the insane crazy jump that is marriage.

We all sent them off in true wedding style, complete with bubbles. We were blessed, not only to witness this, but also to make new friends. God has a plan, and sometimes it seems that he shouts it from the strangest places, even Vegas.

I'd like to thank our whole little wedding party, Sarah Bardo, Donnell Probst, Jennifer Bischof, and Samantha and Reid of Orange Photography. It was a blast! and I can't wait to see you all again next year at Showit United:)

P.S. Still waiting on the film to come back from the lab, so I'll post those later:)

Vegas on Film

Last night, Rachel and I got back from WPPI, and Showit United. Right now both of us are completely brain dead and overwhelmed(In a good way) We had a blast, and were totally blown away and amazed by all the awesome talented, and cool photographers we met. The company that we use for our website, and also how we met:) Showit, put together an amazing series of speakers, events and tons to keep us occupied. We had a full registration to the normal WPPI platform classes, but didn't make it to a single one. We walked around Vegas as much as we could stand, and I was reminded how much I hate spending more than a day in Vegas:) We will have a couple more posts up in the next week or so, with more on what we did etc, but I wanted to post some of the shots from the film I shot while we were there. All of this is Kodak Portra, a roll of 400, and a roll of 160. Just desaturated the black and whites. Got them processed at a local lab, and the color isn't nearly as amazing as Richards Photo Lab, which is what I've used in the past. Another reason why Richard Photo Lab is amazing.

Lots more to come... Including an impromptu wedding wedding that we shot on the strip, stay tuned:)