Burn- week 10 with ajbc photography

Week 10 of this 52 week project. 
This week I decided to experiment with the basics of what photography really is- light. And that's really ALL that photography is, simply playing and painting with light. 

We have a large pond on our property, which is pretty awesome, it makes for great summer sessions, but it's also an endless amount of upkeep. Especially when that upkeep is paying lots of money to kill what is basically pond weeds that will over take your entire yard if you don't get them under control. On top of that, after killing them, they need to be removed because they are then just large, dry, ugly sticks in your pond. 
Our solution. Burn the suckers down. With a large torch. Like the true country folk we are becomin' (clearly.) haha

At first, my goal was to just document what we were doing. But as we got going I started playing with white balance, focus, ISO, and came out with a true piece of art. Really- I feel like it looks like an art piece, or a painting, more than a photograph. 

And once you find that inspiration in something every day, you start to see things in a whole new "light." Colors, Textures.... 

And amazing shapes. Mother Nature is an incredible force to try to beat. And I mean that in more ways than one. Positive and Negative. 

The Seekers Of Shelter- week 6 with ajbc photography (port huron, michigan photographer)

This week was the first week I had to branch out of the studio without my assistant for this 52 week project and see what happened. 
There was a time when all I had was my creativity. No props. No studio. No extra fluff. No real ways of knowing how to properly edit and da hubs.... always da hubs, next to me. 
So I decided this week, let's drop the tricks, all of them. Let's go back to doing what I know best- taking a scene and running with it. 
I extra like this because as of late Jake and I have been doing a pretty good job of getting out and doing things we normally wouldn't do, but what we built our relationship off of in the first place. Hiking, walking around town, photographing just for us, filming just for us, and simply enjoying the simple things in life. 
I give you:
The Seekers Of Shelter

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We actually started a company (The Seekers Of) based on those beliefs- getting outside, creating beautiful things, and helping others build their small dreams in to big realities with the help of artistic visual media and... and little.... seeking. 
If you want to check us out you can, here----->

Last Call- week 4 with ajbc photography (port huron, michigan creative portrait photographer)

"Last Call" by ajbc photography
week 4 of the 52 week project

"Staring at a ghost across a table set for two,
This is the last call before the credits roll.
The charm of silver screen depression saturated in alcohol.
It's so seductive.
Filtered through tobacco haze.
It's so fucking intoxicating,
The way they glimmer through the grain and make dysfunction such a fashion."
-Every Time I Die

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Just like last week:
week 3
This week started with a different idea in mind too. 
That's the nice things about art- ideas form, forms take shape, shapes change. 
I'm ok with that. 
Here's the original concept, 8 images meshed in to one. When I was done I just felt like it was too much and the original concept and strength was lost, so I broke things down. 

Fly Apart- week 3 with ajbc photography (artistic port huron, michigan photographer)

Fly Apart.
It's a phrase you'll find in the Thesaurus for Explode.
I find it much more elegant and appropriate. 
The whole point of this project for me, for us, for ajbc photography as a whole is to get outside the box, be different, yet still be beautiful. Tell a story, BE the art, make people think. I'm super happy this week because I feel like we unknowingly achieved ALL of that, even though our initial idea got thrown out the window.  

Below is actually where the whole idea started. With the driveway, some white sheets, black acrylic paint, and a butterfly. We grew from there. Although the final image I chose wasn't what we planned on, it's always interesting to see what stems from what. And sometimes, even if it's "wrong" that's the best part about it. 

I obviously have to give HUGE credit to Taylor for being SO willing to help me with ideas, go outside in the freezing cold, "strip" down, and cover her hands in harsh black paint, all for the sake of art, all for the sake of exploring, all for the sake of letting our creativity explode. 
Fly Apart.