Sun Rise Part 2

As promised, another image from the session I mentioned yesterday. There is something about silhouettes that I love, they seem to find their way into my sessions on a somewhat frequent basis. I feel that there is such a strong emotional message in an image that contains the simple shape of your subject, be it animate or inanimate, especially when combined with a very clean background. Will use an image tomorrow from one of our sessions today (Jen has a tendency to load us down with sessions on those rare Saturdays that we aren't covering a wedding) that has a different twist on this concept. Speaking of Jen, she and the boys just got home from the symphony (I had the pleasure of watching Disney tapes with Kaitie) so I'll wrap this one up. See ya tomorrow.

Sun Rise

So how do you create an image like this? Planning, a little luck, and a great couple willing to greet the sun when she(he) breaks the horizon. Scout the location for the best position and best times, set up the day of with headlights and flashlights (of course pray for perfect weather), wait in the chill for the right moment, then work like mad for the next few precious minutes to obtain the best images (always amazing how fast the sun 'moves' when close to the horizon). One of the best parts of what I do is when images become real, those that prior to being seen in print were only felt (course its also a blast!). Enjoyed this session so much, might just have to post a second image tomorrow, yeah I know...its called a tease....to get you to check back. See ya.

Infra-red

One way I look at the world of photography today is like a trip to the hardware store and walking out with the biggest toolbox there. Lots of new tools available today and a lot of fun trying them out (of course you can have every tool in the world, but if you can't use a hammer and saw you simply can't build a house..ok soapbox over...for now!). With this rapidly changing array of tools, I simply have a hard time retiring one tool simply because a newer one becomes necessary. So what to do? Simple, create a new use for the old tool (I STILL use my old Nikon D1 at every wedding we cover, for detail images it still performs beautifully). Rather than retire my D1x, a little 'open camera surgery' and I now have a digital body that captures images in the infra-red spectrum. Having fun? Oh yeah! This image is one of our most recent and is from the wedding of Lacey and John, congrats again guys!

Definitely Tired.....

....but oh what an image to wrap up with! Today was just as great and just as tiring as I thought it would be. Starting with a little 8 month old (great to see Katie again, and her little Maggie is so cute!), midday with CN railroad (one of our commercial clients) and end day with one of our brides and her new husband (thats Drew and Alice Chaney to the left). We see so many images in our minds eye during our events, love it when we can share those with everyone. Keep checking back as we continue to update our site, sharing our vision and skill with the world.

Deer, TSO and other stuff

Let me take just a moment to collect my thoughts: working on new Wiggins Photography website using laptop (good idea) while watching House (not good idea). Hard to get a lot of work during commercials, controversial or not, very good writing. TSO, aka Trans-Siberian Orchestra delivered a great performance Sun night, all high energy and outstanding visuals. Collesium was, by all appearances, sold out, definately a great way to start the holiday season. Changing direction again, from Natchez to Ridgeland, a distance of about 86 miles, Jeni and I averaged 1 deer every 1.2 miles. An unbeliveable 73 (shattering our old count of 14) visable makes me wonder how many more were still just out of the light. Always amazing way to wrap up one of our weddings in Natchez is the road trip back up the Trace, quiet and slow, with the curiosity of just what we would see, but this time...simply amazing. Another late night for us today, however this one ended with Chinese takeout for dinner (and lunch tomorrow and most likely dinner tomorrow night, the servings from this place are huge) so thats always a good thing. Time to see what tomorrow will hold, with four sessions already on the books and adding a short commercial job to that, I've got a feeling I'll be wrung out tomorrow night. Time to wrap this one up.

Where in the world....

...does time go? So we take a vacation this year, first time in 7 years that we have been able to get away. Have a great time (big THANKS to the Nelson clan in CO), come back, shoot a great wedding and BANG, we are hit with not only the backlog of work (say it with me 'Vacations really ARE relaxing, its the return that kills you') but also new work on top (actually a great problem to have). before we know it, months (ok, I acknowledged the fact, whew!) have gone by without an update to either of our blogs. Time to correct that (besides, I have months (gets easier every time I say that) of things to say). So what starts this off tonight, besides a new Mac at the house to replace our aging system? Eric is practising his trumpet for his first concert in a few weeks, Kaitie runs in, dressed and ready for bed, grinning from ear to ear, holding her pink bunny. After the third attempt (grinning so big she can barely talk) I finally understand her request to call her Kaitlyn (not Kaitie). Turns out she found out tonight that her REAL name is Kaitlyn (guess we've just been lazy the last four years) and is proud as can be. Something this big simply must be shared, ranks right up there with her version of 'Drift Away'. So much to get caught up on. Jen and I are driving home one evening when Dobie Grays rendition starts to play. From the back seat we hear this little 4 year old voice singing right along '...oh ain't it a shame oh give me a beat boys and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock n roll and drift away...'. All Jeni and I can do is stare at each other for a second before we totally crack up (keeping my eyes on the road of course, hands at 10 and 2). As difficult as the last few years have been, this little girl continues to be a huge blessing. With Patrick doing very well in college (looks like first semester will wrap up with a 4.0, now with a possible change from Southern Miss to Ole Miss in two years) and Eric taking on the challenges of 6th grade, we are actually getting into a somewhat normal lifestyle (for us that means early to late 6 days and only a handful on the 7th). Check back with us, I intend to update our mobile blog as well as this one a much more regular schedule like the performance Patrick and I saw last night (if you don't know what TSO stands for, now you have to check back) or the number of 4 legged animals Jeni and I counted on the way back from our Natchez wedding (I don't mean cows or horses either or skunks, actually they were deer) (congrats to Courtney and Andy, great time guys). Yet another update to our site is on its way, changes to some of the browsers out there forced us to move a little earlier on this as well. Anyway, time for a little relaxing before we call this one a day, see you tomorrow.