Senior Session for Dalton

Im learning that writing is not exactly a strength of mine. Attempting to do so daily or regularly in my case, is showing me a lot but this post doesn’t need many words. I went to school with April, Dalton’s mom and have been blessed to not only watch him grow up but capture lots of photos of him in that time. These are my favorite of them all. He is a fantastic young man, respectful, photogenic, and also a 2 time ( currently aiming for #3 ) State Champion in football. He has the rings to prove it, but all the gold did not go to his head. I truly hope my boys can leave such an impact on those around them. I t think they are pretty great myself :)

Dalton is mid way thru his last year of high school. He is coming into himself and knows exactly who he is. He is always fun to be around and to work with but he also listens extremely well and trusts that I have his best interest in mind and hes right about that. His girlfriend Morgan always joins us and vice versa as I have been honored to work with her multiple times in the past as well. This session was even sweeter when Luke, Daltons little brother joined the fun.

All of the images are shot with my Canon EOS R3. Review coming pretty soon on that but lets get to the goods.

This last shot though..

Homecoming Queen Kara Lane

What a weekend it has been. A whirlwind of photo shoots, ranging from Watauga Lake in Hampton Tennessee, Marion Virginia, Kingsport Tennessee, and Gate City Virginia. In just 2 days. Im pooped but I love it!! Yesterday was spent driving to Marion, VA to meet my niece Kara. She won homecoming queen the night prior, was attending a dance last night and asked that I drive up to take photos for her. I have a hard time telling her no. Period. I love her tons. She is wonderful and I only wish her and her brother Kyle were around more often but Kyle is serving our country and is currently stationed in Japan. ( I may be a little jealous of that one )

So let’s talk about the photos. I shared a few on last nights entry ( did you see it? ) but these are all for her. Her date joined us as well as seen above. I had the honor of shooting her senior photos a few months ago where I had her all to myself for an afternoon of adventure, traveling, Mcds, and lots of laughing. There was some Drake too but that’s al Kara. We planned her session last night at Hungry Mother State Park which I love. The fall colors where dancing across the water, reflecting from the tress above. I am running on fumes so this one is short and sweet. Photos below :)

BlackHeart Salon of Kingsport Tennessee

Its me again, and this time Im bringing something a little different. So with all the madness in the world and the non stop talk of pandemics my small business is still grinding every day. Luckily for me, I am a pro at “Social Distancing”, and the adventure in my normal work proves that. Today though I wanted to share something very different for me. I forget that people and future clients, only assume I shoot what I share the most of, and well that’s just not always the case. I have worked with multiple clothing companies, products, and also modeling agencies. I recently had the extreme pleasure of working with Annie to capture these and more images of their salon in downtown Kingsport, TN.

You may recognize this location from a video we did at ThroatPunch Productions for my wife, where I cut her hair off before she started her chemo treatments. Annie is the reason we were able to shoot here, and she is the professional that came in and finished the haircut while I picked my camera back up and went to work through tears and all the emotions. When she messaged me about capturing the essence of the salon, I was more than happy to help as they are entering a contest on Salon Decor. I hope they crush it, but if you have ever been inside, its easy to see why this place not only appeals to my style, but should win the contest. Its amazing, dark, eclectic, and just badass. Everyone I have met while being there with Natasha, or when meeting with Annie, have been amazing. I even shot a short video for her, where I was allowed to use music from her husband and friends band, Wulfhound. ( click the band name for the song we used, your welcome )

Every inch of the salon has character. Its genuinely unique.

I know what your thinking, “wait a minute, Jeremy you are bald so what do you know about salons?” I would say that your correct. I don’t know anything about hair, style, fashion, or anything related to a salon but I do know how the place feels. I know how inspiring it is to walk into, and how welcoming it is. That is something I can dig my teeth into, and hope that is exactly what I convey here. The overall feel of Black Heart Salon. Click the link below and send them some love, and then more photos will follow.

Black Heart Salon

Canon EOS RP and High Speed Sync- Short Entry

Hey and thanks for stoping by. If you are reading this you probably fall in to 2 categories but regardless as to why, I am glad to have you. I mad a quick Youtube video today and thought I would write down my thoughts and the process to shoot your Canon Eos RP in High Speed Synch. I will assume that if you have found this via a Google search that you already know what HSS is but just in case, it basically is the process of shooting your camera with flash OVER the factory flash sync shutter speed. On the Eos RP this is 1/180 of a second. So that means, anytime I shoot flash I have to shoot at ISO 100 ( depending on the ambient light I want to allow ), a shutter speed as the above mentioned 1/180th of a second, which leaves my aperture around F9-F11. I don’t mind this generally, as a sharp image makes me very happy. Often though, I prefer that dreamy out of focus area behind my subject, thus needing to shoot a faster shutter speed, and smaller aperture. I use the Canon 35L series lens that opens up to F1.4 and sometimes I just want to shoot wide open. That means my shutter speed needs to be much faster, say 1/1000th of a second for example. In the video below I show you exactly how to get your EOS RP to shoot HSS as it will not from factory. I hope this helps and please feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested or find this information of value. Thats all for today, but I hope you find joy in whatever your doing while reading this.

Jeremy