aaron young

its been a year since the ring light first arrived on the social scene – its been a lot a fun and this last halloween was no exception. my friends are the best.

poker face.

sad-mysterious-hunky-vampire-guy (the ladies love this)

someone tell laura how pretty she is, i dont think she believes me.

john.

this captures nancy’s personality perfectly.

see the whole gallery here

this was an accident when the focus pulled back on my 70-200. but i love it.

my little sister is graduating college. i love you amy and you make us proud!

i went to south africa with jon so when he asked if i would shoot his band centrevol i jumped at the chance.
these guys make some great music and shooting them was a blast. check them out!

cetrevol

i doubt it will make it a full three.

i got some black and white 120 film (yeah, i said film) for a camera that i have had sitting around for a few years. its a Minoltaflex 2B, manufactured and sold in what what then post-war japan in 1950 – the shutter still works so i was all to excited to figure out how to load and advance the film (the instructions online are all in japanese) and found a new dimension to my passion along the way.

shooting with this thing is a different experience entirely.
i am a child of the digital age, even with my relatively complex dslr i can point and shoot away, relaying on built in light meter and lcd screens to adjust exposure and reshoot. with this antique bad-boy you get 12 frames. and thats ONLY if you dont screw anything up (which i did) – the time it takes to set my exposure and find a focus had an unexpected result of letting my subject settle in a way that i have not seen before. forcing them to wait resulted in a completely different mood to the shots that i would not have gotten had i been firing away…
bobby.
i am looking forward to the slide film next.
i might have to buy a slide scanner if i keep this up…

thanks again guys!

have you ever seen a 4 month old with so much hair? thanks again guys!