I’m getting ready to head up to Virginia to photograph Patricia and Zac’s wedding. But first, I wanted to give a quick peak at their Colonial Williamsburg engagement photo session. How is it that Colonial Williamsburg is always so daggone beautiful? Can’t wait to spend the weekend with this lovely pair and their families.
I recently had the opportunity to photograph a lovely wintery Durham wedding with the very talented and exceptionally enjoyable Sarah Der. Alison and Jacob’s beautiful grey, white and cozy day made me a true believer in winter weddings. Yes, we have winter in North Carolina. Here’s a quick look at their very fun day.
I’m working on Elena and Joe’s video Save the Date, and I just had to share a few screen shots. This was ridiculously fun to film and edit. I’ll post the whole video soon!
Rarely do I turn down the opportunity to spend a little time in my old Colonial Williamsburg stomping grounds. So I took a quick trip to Virginia to meet up with Lyndsay and Dustin for their engagement photo shoot. After dodging some storms the day before, we ventured down the beautiful Colonial Parkway to spend the morning in Yorktown. Thanks for putting up with the mosquitoes and my arts and crafts project. I’m looking forward to the beautiful spring Colonial Williamsburg wedding!
Jocelyn and Rob are doing construction on the Raleigh home they’ll soon share together. They thought it would be a great place for an engagement photo shoot to mark this important time in their lives. I think so too! I love adding bits of the couple’s story into an engagement shoot. Thanks for the sweet idea guys.
I’m excited to finally post Bri and Alex’s documentary wedding video. It’s always great to be back in Richmond, Va., (my old stomping ground) and Bri, Alex and their families and friends made it well worth the trip. Bri was about as laid back a bride as you can imagine, and her dress was flat out stunning. The Country Club of Virginia puts on a pretty beautiful event. And did I mention there was a caricature artist? Definitely a crowd favorite.
Thank you guys for letting me be a fly on the wall on your big day and for trusting me to capture the story of your wedding.
This is the trailer for the multimedia documentary web project I produced for my masters thesis. You can see the entire dreams delayed project here.
I wanted to tell the overarching story of access to higher education for undocumented students using three different approaches. The first was to find a teacher who works closely with students (undocumented and not). And through whose eyes you could see the daily trials of undocumented students. Kat is the type of teacher every parent hopes their child has. She cares so deeply for her students, and she feels that this is her battle as much as it is theirs.
The second approach was to find a student who had already made the decision to be vocal about his immigration status. Jose often speaks publicly, and to media outlets, about his struggles as an undocumented student. He is very aware of the risk he takes each time he reveals his identity and his immigration status. He says he does this because he feels like he is running out of options, and if real change is going to happen, the individuals who are being affected need to come “out of the shadows and into the streets.”
My third approach was to try a different visual technique for concealing someone’s identity. After an excellent suggestion from Elena Rue, I decided to shoot Alice and Daniel’s story primarily in tightly composed details. Details are a powerful tool for intimate storytelling, and one that does not require a full shot of a person’s face. This approach pushed my technical as well as emotional boundaries. Because I had to shoot differently, I had to see differently. I would crouch down, look for new angles, and focus on visually compelling details that did not rely on two eyes, a nose and a mouth. It pushed me emotionally by making me get passed the “intruder nerves” very quickly. Not only did these young people have to be willing to let me into their lives, they had to be willing to let me into their personal space. I could not have asked for more open, understanding, and inspiring subjects than Alice and Daniel.
