Hmm....

Kind of reminds me of something.....



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New York Video

Workshop in New York, Part 1 from A Bryan Photo on Vimeo.

It's taken us forever to get enough power from the internets to upload this video, but here she is!

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New York, Day 2

Wonderful day in NYC. Bryan and I met up with our friend John Harkey for a tart and coffee around lunch, and ended up hanging out with him for about 3 hours.



Then we made our way over to John and Holger's studio and I printed off a few things for the workshop tonight. Then it was off to class, and a good beer and smoke before bed...I heart NY.




I'm having a really fun shoot on thursday, which I will tell you all more about after it actually happens....vague enough?

Peace. - Caleb

New York

Bryan and I are up an New York. We're staying with friends in Greenwich Village, which can't help but make me think of good ol' Bobby.

Our first class was last night and it went wonderfully. John Dolan and Hulger Thoss are great guys and their work is so, so inspiring.

We're going to hang around the city today, and then it's off to class tonight.

Peace. - Caleb

Inanimate Object: Bench; Vacation; John Dolan

The last 4 days I've been in Dallas with Laura visiting friends.

I took all of my camera equipment, and didn't shoot a single frame....it was wonderful.

We just returned from the 9 hour drive home, and in 4 hours Bryan and I will be leaving for the great NYC to take a wedding photographer workshop with the also great John Dolan.

I'm very excited about this week.

We're taking some camera's and a laptop, so we should both be updating our blogs while there.

Peace. - Caleb

Portland Studios New Site

My friends over at Portland Studios just launched their new site! On top of that, they even decided to use some of my pictures on the site. Go check it out!

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J Wade and His Trumpet

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Fredo Viola

I've spoken of Fredo Viola in the past when mentioning his video cluster for the song "Sad Song."

Anyway, he just released a new video cluster today and it's amazing! Please go check it out on his website HERE and click on "The Turn - Ghost Cluster."

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Laura

I love this shot...but I'm a little bias.

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Billboard Magazine

Katie Herzig texted me the other day informing me that one (well, with the table of content, two) of my pictures is being featured in Billboard Magazine.


I'm incredibly encouraged by this, and am really glad Katie is getting this much press. If you haven't heard Katie's new album, Apple Tree she's giving it away for FREE on Noise Trade.com.


If you see this cover (of THIRD DAY?!?! Where have they been?) of the magazine pick one up and say, "Hey, I know that guy who took the picture of that girl."

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Matchstic: City Church Eastside is Live!

One of my favorite things about photography is that if gives you the opportunity to meet some great people.

About a month ago the amazing branding and design firm Matchstic asked me if I would team up with them to help a community church in Atlanta called City Church Eastside. I said yes, and a few weeks later, I spent a day traveling around the Eastside of Atlanta with Pastor Scott, taking pictures of the areas in which they minister.

Anyway, Matchstic just launched their new website! Go check it out, and tell me what you think

Peace. - Caleb

The Roof: Josh Wilson

Josh Wilson is a very dear friend of mine, who is also an amazing photographer and musician. You can check out his photography HERE and you can check out his music HERE.










Josh is no stranger to my roof. A few months ago, he and a his band mates from Handwritten Letters played a song for a Grey Haven video series called, Watch the Grass Grow.



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The Roof: Alex

Alex is a guy who's been staying in our house for the last couple weeks...I mean, why not.





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Matthew Perryman Jones

Laura and I took a trip up to Nashville on Sunday to pay a visit to the wonderful Matthew Perryman Jones Family. Above is one of my favorites from our small shoot.

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Portfolio Update

I recently updated my online portfolio to 7 images that I think really capture the way I shoot. Head on over and tell me what you think.

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After the Wedding w/ the T4

After one of our weddings, Rob and I met up with a few of our friends at a local bar and hung out. I brought the amazing T4 along for the ride.





















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Inanimate Object: Street Sign

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Radiohead: A Music Video Without Cameras

Watch this:


Then watch this:


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The Roof: Paper Route

The guys from Paper Route.


My favorite shot of JT.

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The Roof: Brooke Waggoner and Band

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Brooke Waggoner and her band stopped by the house the other night for a killer Party. While here, yhey were kind enough to let me take their portraits on The Roof.

Check out Brook's Music HERE

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These are the first official digital images in the series. I'm going to try to keep these at a minimum, but I like keeping the images a little diverse.

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The Roof: Branden

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The Roof: J Wade

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Water

When I was in high school, I took a class on Rhetoric. During that time we were asked to keep what is know as a Commonplace Book. I used this book to store ideas, quotes, an any inspiration I happened to come across. It is a wonderful item to keep, and this blog was very much so inspired by my keeping up with that commonplace book through the years.

A few years after my high school days, I had the pleasure of working for a library. It really is an incredible spot for thought and consideration, and I do believe we are slowing slipping away from it's simple pleasure. With all the information in the world at your fingertips, why would you want to go to a physical place that only consists of a few thousand books? I leave that for a far later post.

As an employee of the library, I had the privilege of perusing the book that were donated and weeding out the ones that were not in good condition...and also the one's I wanted.

It was then I came upon the commonplace book of Bettie Hayes started in 1933.



....it is absolutely amazing.

The pages feel and look like individual autumn leaves: each just as fragile, beautiful, and meaningful as the next. I can't really explain everything that is contained inside, but the list includes: newspaper clippings, poems, esssays, speeches, letters, quotes,..so many treasures.

The purpose of a Commonplace Book is to collect and record the common things of this world, and after you have done this, to stand back and recognize the extraordinary nature of the common. Where would we be without common? Without the man chasing a dime down the sidewalk; the woman in the shop window; the child releasing a balloon; the kitten purring.

He who is faithful with a little, will be entrusted with much. And surely, he who observes the little, will see much.

Thank you Bettie for reminding me.

Here (typos and all) is an exert from this very Common book:

WATER

Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies, and Gentlemen:

I speak of water. What visions does the word conjure up! What delectable thoughts does it bring to a contemplative mind! Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I maintain that water is the most beneficient, the most benign and the most beautiful of all the elements with which a generous Creator endowed this mundance sphere.

You ask if water is beneficient! Look upon the ocean upon whose bosom is born the freighted argosies of distant climes; look upon the rivers upon whose bosom is born the commerce of nations, making possible communication and intercourse among her people; look upon the harnessed power which turns the wheels and gives impetus to applied industry; look upon these things and dare say that water is not beneficient!

You ask if water is benign? Consider the tide which flows twice every twenty-four hours--now retreating, now advancing upon the wave-kissed beach; make glad and glorious the summer morn; consider the rain which decends upon a parched and arid desert and causes blossoms to burgeon on where before there was but desert sands and wate; consider these things and dare say that water is not benign.

You ask if water is beautiful? The answer is found in the Niagara, in the roaring cataract, in the pounding mountain torrents, in the purling brook; the answer is found upon the bosom of the hidden lake which reflects as a mirror each passing play of radiance from the skies and the lofty evergreen, as they are gently caressed by the evening breeze yea, the answer is found in the tear drops of the mother as she bids her son go forth and fight for her imperiled country! Yea, verily, water is beautiful!

Never again while man has breath, let it be gainsaid that water is beneficent, that is benign, that it is beautiful! But, Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies, and Gentlemen, as a beverage it is a teetotal failure!

Peace. - Caleb

The Roof: Jeremy

Jeremy Carter is a great writer and friend. He came over to the house a few weeks ago to help me with my series of people on the roof.



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Branden's Birthday + Paper Route EP Release = Party featuring Caleb, the "Snaps Guy"

Yesterday was Branden's Birthday, and it just so happen to fall at the same time as the release of our friends Paper Route's new EP...which they were releasing in Birmingham (fyi: last night they were number 93 on iTunes top 100 Albums List...so awesome). So, after the incredible show (featuring the lovely Brooke Waggoner) we all came over to the house and partied the night away.





























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Peace. - Caleb