After spending the past three years in Connecticut, I’ve developed a new found love for the farms in the area. If I manage to have a weekend to myself, I’ll grab my Rolleiflex and drive over to this beautiful farm near my house.. Gilbert Farm. When Hannah flew up to visit a few weeks ago, we decided to drive over and shoot! Between the beautiful weather, amazing scenery, and petting the horses, we couldn’t have asked for a better day!
It’s not very often that you find yourself at a camel farm in the middle of the desert. During our recent adventure over to Dubai.. Drew Gurian, John Keatley, and I decided to trek out and location scout at one of these farms.
After an hour drive toward the middle of nowhere, parking our car on the side of the highway, and hopping in the bed of a random pickup truck, we finally made it to our destination. To say that a beautiful picture could be shot any way you turned would be a complete understatement. I absolutely regret having only brought 3 rolls of film, but I had to make due with what I had.
A special thank you goes out the wonderful farmer that offered to take part in my pictures! I’m already looking forward to next year, in which I can have myself a proper shoot at this incredible farm!
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Today marks the start of my first international trip this year.. and I couldn’t be more excited! There’s something wonderful to me about being in an airport. I don’t know if it’s the anticipation of traveling somewhere vastly different from home, or if a change of pace is just necessary at this point in life.
You really do change every time you make one of these big trips. You learn more about yourself.. what you’re capable of.. what you’ve come to enjoy.. as well as those things that you could do without. Each trip is an new adventure.. opening up your eyes to a world completely different from your own.
Although you come to love this endless knowledge gained from traveling and exploring.. there’s always that soft spot in your heart for home.
Next stop.. Dubai!
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You never know what will spark an idea, filling your imagination with an endless supply of inspiration. It could stem from a trip to your favorite coffee shop, a conversation with an old friend, or an excerpt from a fiction novel found during a trip out of town. It’s important to keep those creative juices flowing, even if there’s no end product in sight. One idea leads to the next, and so on and so forth. Before you know it, you’re portfolio will have been graced by a completely new set of work.. all thanks to that unforced concept originating from something so inconsequential.
Allow your mind to wander, and yield to those “unrealistic” dreams.. and you will have seen the world in a much different light.
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After an extremely busy couple of months, I have finally found a small window to post a new portrait! Last year, I wanted to give Joe a meaningful Christmas present to thank him for all he has done for me. Once again, I found myself far too busy to complete the gift that I had in mind. However, I told myself this year that I was going to make it happen.
At the beginning of last month, I approached Annie Cat (Joe’s wife).. and asked her for permission to take her portrait. If there’s one thing in the world that Joe cherishes more than anything else, it’s Annie! She graciously agreed to help me out, and I immediately went to the drawing board. I knew that I wanted to photograph her in a natural setting, and keep the styling very clean and organic. Aside from being an extremely wonderful person, Annie can pull off any look you throw at her. I told her I just wanted her hair down, light to no makeup, and her everyday wardrobe.
Once we got to the location, she threw on her jacket.. the collar flipped up and immediately caught my eye. I shot only 2 rolls of film on my Rolleiflex, and knew that I had achieved what I wanted for Joe’s Christmas present.
Thank you to both Annie and Joe for all that you have done for me in the past two and half years.. I couldn’t be more grateful for such amazing role models.
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