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Engagement fuji 400h fuji x nevada Red Rock Canyon

Stephen and Paige – Red Rock Canyon Engagement

Stephen is an old high school friend of mine. Back in the late 2000s we did a little mountain biking together and we also worked at the same resort for a few years. Schedules lined up nicely this past May during our road trip to a California wedding, and so Stephen and Paige took us out to Red Rock Canyon for their engagement session.

Stephen has a good RBF. I won’t say the same about Paige because I don’t know her as well and I’m just not sure if she’s into that description. Let’s just say Paige has a good serious RF.

All in all, this was a great session to help me to ease back into portrait photography after the great wedding drought of 2020. Stephen and Paige may not have detected it, but I was nervous as heck. It had been over a year since my last engagement session. It seems Red Rock Canyon and a familiar and photogenic couple was all I needed to get back into the groove of things.

Afterwards, Aneila and I had added some extra days (weeks) up in Central Nevada in order to do some more exploring…climbing mountains, chasing horses and riding dirt bikes in the desert. During the extended stay in Nevada, I snagged my favorite landscape photo of all time: Wild mustangs running along a panorama of snow covered mountains. You’ll notice this entire end-of-paragraph is underlined, which means it is a link. Click it and you’ll find the entire post about that photo, the story behind it, the printmaking, frame making, and Etsy store link where it can be purchased!

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adventure film fuji 400h

free spirit mountain bridal portrait at sunrise [concept]

free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet

I’ve been waiting to share this shoot since the day it took place. This is the kind of work I wish to do. The evening before, Aneila and I foraged the wildflowers for the bouquet and wreath on some family land near our house. We woke up at 4am and hit the trail by 5:15. As the fog lifted, a magical scene unfolded. #longlivefilm.

free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet
free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet

click on this mountain panorama for a full-res view!

free spirit mountain bridal portraits session at sunrise with foraged wildflower bouquet

model: Aneila

bouquet: foraged locally by Aneila

film scans: Indie Film Lab

dress: ModCloth – "Wisp Reminds Me"

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california film fuji 400h

the ways – pacific family portraits – montana de oro state park, california

the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california

Back in March we visited our California cousins, the Ways. We spent a whole week hanging out and wrapped it up with a mini family shoot for Zach, Hanna and Forest on the Pacific. Indie Film Lab nailed the fuji 400h scans.

the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california
the way family family portraits on the pacific at montana de oro state park in california

Since we’ll be back in California next spring, we’re offering a special wedding discount in 2017 for California weddings. Spread the word!

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film fuji 400h portraits Weddings

scott and lauren – wedding at colonnade club in charlottesville

summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film

"love is a game that two can play and both win." – eva gabor

summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film
summer garden charlottesville wedding shot on film

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adventure Engagement fuji 400h travel

adventure portraits

my wedding and engagement photos are drifting in this direction and I love it.

stars and shooting star engagement session

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film fuji 400h Weddings

jim and suzanne – married

fuji film wedding portraits with a soft pastel look

"it’s spring fever. that is what the name of it is. and when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" – mark twain

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film fuji 400h Personal

spring

colorful detail image of a tulip in the springtime on fuji

spring is here for real

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destination destination wedding film fuji 400h kodak portra Weddings

evin and karly – wedding at ashby inn in paris, va

september wedding in paris virginia

i still like to pretend that we were in paris, france

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anniversary film fuji 400h kodak tri-x

josiah and samantha – married for one whole year

film photography anniversary session fuji400h and tri-x

"gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." – albert einstein

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Engagement film fuji 400h kodak tri-x portraits

kevin and nicole – classic love-letters engagement session

fuji 400h military couple in uniform with letters they wrote to each other 1950s farmhouse engagement photo shoot

In early January, we were able to meet up with Kevin and Nicole to capture their love story. Upon receiving Nicole’s story, I knew right away that this shoot was going to be classic. Kevin is in the military. Twice in the past two years, he has been away for an extended period of time, reducing their communication to handwritten letters.