2014 was an amazing, wonderful, down right spectacular year for AJBC Photography. You know why?
Because of all the beautiful 75 faces you see here (I'm missing a few for the ladies who wanted to stay private.)
Beauty, Boudoir, Families, Kids, Seniors, Weddings, Destination Weddings, Animals, Fitness, Commercial, Events, Products. All in 1 year. All because these amazing people believed in what I could create for them, what we could create together.
It blows my mind seeing everything and everyone together in 1 box. My (almost) whole year in recap. From the first tiny square to the last, ever experience, every session, every client, every new friend I made, every moment we captured, it has changed me, it has shaped me, it's now a documented piece of history. I can not wait for 2015 and I can't thank you all enough for filling each and every square here.
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
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----->
We survived Christmas!! We survived the holiday season!!
We even captured some sweet moments at the end of 2014 in the middle of all the chaos.
All these amazing people were photographed in the same day in the same spot! I offered 3 different looks this year for Christmas and I loved it- the rustic at home for the holidays look, the clean crisp white backdrop, and the vibrant outdoors. As you can tell they all ROCKED every space, every look. I am so lucky to have so many amazing clients in my life and to have such an amazing space to host events like this in. Our new home and the new studio space / 20 acres of yard is an unbelievable breath of fresh air! We sure did end on a really, really, REALLY good note this year. See for yourself-
I'm not sure where all this Black and White is coming from...
It just seems right.
This week I wanted to focus on an easy concept. No photoshop, no craziness, no time-consuming props. Just an "in camera" photograph. A lot of the time that takes more skill then a photo you spend hours tweaking with keys and controls in a program.
I wanted to play with depth of field, lighting, texture, something abstract.
When we took this shot I was very interested in how it looked and felt more like a painting then a photograph. I could picture someone drawing these forms and laying a piece out in this way.
The circle is just a basket we held up (I love how it draw your attention right to her beautiful, sparkling, almost haunting eyes, and the fun abstract sguiggles is a just a branch I found while walking outside one day.
All together, I feel as though it makes for an interesting piece.
Our more simplistic, softer concept below:
