RANDOM SNOW MOMENTS

Weather reports stated that we would get a few inches of snow and for a while (pretty much, most of Tuesday), we didn't see any glimpse of the white stuff.  And then the snow story begins....Not until late last night and all throughout most of Tuesday night, snow gingerly fell onto our homes, streets and cars keeping most of this part of the country at home.

Hats off and kudos to every person that has to work in this crazy, winter weather and blessings to those that are without power, stranded, or sans a warm place to lay their heads.  Here are a few random snow moments that we captured while out and about via "Pat and Joe" today....

STYLED SHOOTS, OUR STYLE

When we photograph people, we usually create story and inspiration boards to help us determine the vision of the shoot.  We create the look from a variety of factors including the client's personality, their style, number of subjects in the shoot, weather, location, etc.  Of course, when we get on location, creativity tends to consume the moment and we may take a little detour from the original storyboard.

Traditionally on our styled shoots we are able to accomplish the stylistic tone, brand essence of the story, and have some time to capture a few extra photos in between.  As a husband and wife team, having two shooters allows for more freedom and flexibility during the shoot.  Here are a few of our favorite campaigns...

 

The following was actually our first photo shoot using a camera in the DSLR world!  We chose our beloved NC State University as the location and certainly learned alot from the experience.  It was tons of fun working together at the very place where we met over 17 years ago, became best friends, lovers and business partners!

HIGHER LEARNING

When I first came to know of Wake Forest University back in high school, the lingering question that puzzled me was why it was located in Winston-Salem and not Wake Forest. After a little research, I realized that the school, then known as Wake Forest College, moved to its current location in the 1950’s, thus making the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary the inheritors of one of the south’s most beautiful campuses. Taking a morning stroll through the campus recently, I fell in love with the lush berber-like grass,  the bubbling stone fountains, the classic symmetrical colonial structures, and the jolly beds of sun-flowers. 

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what are pictures of words worth? This graffiti-heavy abandoned building that we stumbled across in Wake Forest comes to life with intricate inspection. Each carefully spray-painted phrase has inspiration embedded in it. Each wall has its own journey encapsulated in color against a background of red brick and mortar.  Even the rusted metal support beams scream for an audience to tell its story to. Shattered glass, ripped wall openings and faded wood all bellow that there was once life here. If you look a little closer, you’ll see that there still is. You may even hear it…