Thanks to Phil’s hottness, my photos turned out! :)
Well, let’s face it.
My city is very safe, well kept, and kinda boring.
My neighboring city definately is NOT. :)
I went to highschool there, and decided
it would make a better photoshoot.
So I drove around yesterday, scouting out some shots.
And I must say, downtown surprised me!
There’s some urban renewal going on…
And yes, there’s still some scary parts,
where I ended up, of course,
thanks to all the one way signs
that make it so difficult to navigate.
I hadn’t been downtown really since high school.
A lot has changed.
But one thing remains.
Construction. Always construction.
I drove through town to get there…
but I decided to take the highway out.
Bad idea. It was closed down to one lane.
That was news.
Okay, so I get off the highway and make it about a mile
and then I’m stopped for a few minutes as a freight train passes.
It was entertaining, though, to see all the graffiti on the cars.
There are some pretty talented graffiti artists in Ohio I guess. :)
Anyway, Phil and I went together today
and took shots with the tripod
until my batteries died.
Yes, I have rechargeable batteries.
My camera is old, and I got it off ebay for a steal!
I need a new one.
But anyway…
Here’s what I ended up with!
These were first few shots of the day.
I’ve decided that I like shooting “on location”
cause you get to go out and meet people.
Everyone has different reactions.
Like, why would you want to take your picture here?
It just goes to show that people walk by this place every day
thinking… What a dump. What a shame.
And I’m like… what a great backdrop!
You see a mirror. You take a picture. Period. :)
These next pics were taken behind the old Sears building.
The truck guys (in charge of shipments, I guess)
were standing there getting a kick out of me
running back and forth from the camera to the shot!
But they definitely made Phil really self conscious! :)
I tried a few different effects in photoshop with this pair:
I still can’t decided which I like. The more aqua color?
Or the vivacious blue?
I must decide before I print.
I didn’t realize how much blue was involved
until I got home and uploaded them.
Well I like em.
Now I’m probably gonna be taking the tripod with me everywhere!
awww poor Phil. :)
omg 2 posts in one day? wow. I gotta get offa here.
Awww you guys look adorable! Great pictures! I hate the running back and forth with the timer, it gets so old.
I think they turned out great.
Awesome photos, i think i like the more teal pic by the way!! :-)
You like them? Well, you should!! Great great pics!
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/Anna
Ohhhhh! Your photos are really awesome! My favorites are the last two :-)! Pretty pretty!
these are excellent…i want to try to get paul to do this…and purchase a tripod.
i loooooooove 3 and 5!
and what a good blokey you have. shooting pictures in front of construction men.
thats love!
beautiful. amazing. photos!
you two are so damn cute together!
have a fabulous 4th of july!
These are adorable. End of story.
I need to find me a boy to take pictures with.
these are freaking awesome!!! love them all!!! y’all are the cutest couple ever! I love the aqua wall the best! you are so right, you see treasure where as someone else may see a dump! have a great fourth! :)
sooo, I’m thinking the blues are my favorite part about these. I’m so used to seeing a lot of reds so this is a pleasant change. They’re really gorgeous – I have GOT to do this with Neil. I’m such a bum.
love these photos!
i would love to try this with my hubby!
So cute! Love the backdrops, old towns have some great places to do shotoshoots…and lucky you that Phil is so willing, I couldn’t get my husband out in public to take pictures, especially with people watching! Great job :)
love the new photos! kind of silly something, i got a blog award from birgit and i have to pass it along… love reading your blog. so much inspiration and fun music/projects going on. thanks for always sharing.
aimee
hey girl… wow.. love your photos! :D i love them both way.. print both :P
i love them all!!!
so i am of no help at all!
just rock them all! ya know!
lucky girl! I cannot for the life of me get greg to voluntarily pose for pictures.
I like the teal one of you together best. Happy weekend!!!
Gorgeous pics girl!
Hey! I just found you off of KC’s blog…and I had to laugh that you have blog music like me. :) I LOVE your layouts/style/photography/post-processing. I just wanted to say hi and thanks for all the inspiration.
oh, and i like the aqua better. :)
hi! :) i love the first aquaey one.