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Old cars from the 40’s, 50′s, 60′s and 70’s. Leah and Mark photography. Kentucky, Kansas, and Louisville?!?! in the Final Four. What do all of these have in common? They’re all vintage… of course! So it all adds up to a vintage look for my latest blog installment. Just for fun. I took the trek up I-75 to Old Car City last weekend for some model shots with the LeahAndMark intern army. Interns Matthew and Edwin were right on the money with Matthew’s gargantuan reflectors. It …read more
Throwback
Intern Sponsorship
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As I have written in about half of my blogs, I joined the LeahAndMark internship because I wanted the chance to work alongside some great wedding photographers. My goal is to someday, soon, be a great wedding photographer, myself. While taking pictures of art galleries, granola, and tuna nicoise has made me a better photographer (seriously), I really wanted to get some great shots of a few models “behind the veil” to show potential clients that I know how to make a bride look beautiful. …read more
Top Gallery
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Last year, my dear friend Yu-Kai Lin packed up and moved his art gallery from the Midtown Mile to the heart of Buckhead. The funny thing about it is that he’s actually still on the same street. Although his new address is Roswell Road, if you ran the Peachtree Road Race backwards, you’d pretty much start at the old spot, and end up at the new digs. I went down to pay a visit to the new (location), bigger (more art to choose from), and …read more
Lovebirds
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How do an ultra-competitive, Canadian-born, Atlanta transplant and a Romanian science fiction fan wind up getting engaged? Duh!… They meet in karate class! Denise and Stelian were barely acquaintances before their sensei paired the two for a little sparring practice. Denise, though, was punch-drunk before Stelian landed a single blow. One look into his eyes was all she needed. It was love at first sight. Before the engagement shoot, I had met with Denise one other time to look over a wedding venue with …read more
Added Touch
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As I really don’t want to have to go back to being The World’s Greatest Bartender once the internship is over, I have been trying to drum up some business for myself, to get some good experience, to get my name out there, and to get a little bread* for cat food. *I’m trying to bring back the expressions bread and coin, that denote money. Try them, they’re fun! The good people at Added Touch Catering called me up one afternoon for a quick product shoot …read more
Wedding Bliss
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When I first heard about the LeahAndMark internship, I was pretty sure that I wanted to apply. The website’s description of the 3 month internship seemed to detail almost exactly what my photography needed. However, as I don’t make big decisions quickly, or without thinking them through, I went to +Jo to get the 411 about her Season Six experience. She told me that the internship had been a watershed period for her photography, and if I did it, to be prepared for anything. For …read more
Youth-Phoria
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Teen Night at The High Museum. W-O-W !!! What. A. Night. I signed on for the LeahAndMark.com internship to become a better photographer. Teen Night at The High Musuem was a great chance for me to be truly tested. I spend the first hour of my night in search of candids and group shots. This was hard. When teenagers move, they move very quickly. When they stand around, they do so in small, inaccessible clumps. It was dark, and no one really wanted their picture …read more
Hip Hip…
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Hooray. For the first time since Opening Night, all of the interns convened in one spot to shoot one thing… and it was an indie craft extravaganza. So this was a reunion. It was also a big deal for the family that I am now a part of. Leah and Mark were both there, along with a pair of pluses. It was a reunion, yeah, but this was also the biggest stage to show off our craft and our artisanship. This was big. This was …read more
The Contestants
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I was thrilled when Mark asked me to follow him on an engagement shoot for the WOW Wedding Contest. I have done some engagement photography in the past, and I was curious to see Mark’s methodology for engagement shoots. I met Dwight and Elisa in the parking lot at The Goat Farm and led them into the studio, where we got right to work. I found out that Dwight and Elisa are actually already married, but because Elisa’s mother passed away due to breast cancer …read more
Collaborate
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This past Sunday, I was invited to attend To Collaborate, An Evening of the Arts, as the event photographer. The night featured artwork, readings, and performances by local Atlanta artists of note. The event coordinators were pleased to have me, but asked that I pay particular attention towards being minimally invasive. As the night was built on the participation of several speakers, no doubt the planners wanted these performers to enjoy a mileu of comfort, and the audience to enjoy unspoiled performances. As a photographer …read more
Interns for Interns
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I set up my first self-conceived model shoot with the spunky, and uber cooperative Hallie. Hallie has never modeled for anyone before, so she brought a bag full of outfits and a plucky, adventurous spirit. I (we… more on that later) had a blast working with Hallie. She. Was. Awesome. After a few model shoots, I am getting much more of a feel for how I want to pose models and what kind of photographs I want to take/make. Because of this, I was …read more
Recipe Secrets Revealed
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What’s up everybody? Well, with the internship coming to a close, the chances of me getting kicked off the team are pretty close to nil, so I’m going to do something a little risky. We did a granola shoot at the Pure Bliss Organic Granola factory a while back, and just to reward my loyal readers, I’m gonna spill and teach everyone how to make the best granola sans la monde (that’s French for best granola EVER!!!). I hate to put the secrets of Pure …read more