These are my best friends and I love them. At this point in their lives, they live on the East coast of the U.S. attending their separate graduate schools (:-(). This time next year, however, they will be happily, lovingly married. Without Ben and Steph, I wouldn’t be who I am today. Sure it’s a pretty extreme statement but it’s true. They introduced me to my wife! That’s just one of the many reasons that made me so incredibly excited for the four of us (wifey makes 4) to hang out and take pictures of their love.
Enjoy and please let me know what you think. I can not wait for these two to get married! Check out the full gallery here.
I love how these shots with the off-camera flash came out. It did seem pretty extreme to be using it on such a bright day though.
I’m a big fan of Creative Commons. They provide “free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom [I want] it to carry”* I’ve used it on all my flickr photography and I suspect I will continue to do so in the future because my work has been featured and nearly featured in a variety of venues I never would have dreamed of. There are several documented cases of places my work has been used which I will gradually share in this blog. For the first one, lets roll the clock back to the weekend of October 3rd, 2009.
I headed north for the weekend with some men from the church I belong to. We were attending a mens’ conference called Hearts Alive and Free at Timber Wolfe Lake. The camp is highly attended during the summer months by youth and family. We were there in the cold and wet Fall where a lot of the time is spent in talks about true biblical manliness and how to go about changing our lives. There was also plenty of free time built into the weekend and seeing as I had my camera, I spent a fair amount of time exploring the grounds through the glass eye of my camera.
After going through the cycle of uploading my shots to facebook and getting nice comments, someone suggested that I submit some of my work to the camp itself. I found a comment form online and sent Timber Wolf a link of one of my favorites. On October 15th, I got an e-mail from the camp director basically saying “wow, show me more” so I did. I set up a picasa gallery with some of my favorites and less than a week later, I heard back from the director asking if they could print some for their office, use some on their website, and lastly, use one for the camp Christmas card. I said yes to all three.
June 6th 2010, I received an email with proof of the first requested use (prints for the office) which were printed on 2′x3′ posters and framed. I think the pieces look awesome. I’ll give an update if I’m sent any more shots. Here are links to the respective original work: 1st image, 2nd image.
