Sunset at Sunset Beach, NC

Carolyn and I spent an absolutely amazing memorial day weekend in Sunset Beach, NC. We stayed at the Sunset Inn, and couldn't be more pleased with the whole experience. It was quite, beautiful, comfortable and everything we needed/wanted for a relaxing weekend together. We ate delicious seafood, got a little burnt on the beach, met some fun people, took long walks at sunset and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of our holiday weekend. I took a few shots this weekend, but mostly relaxed. The following shots were all taken from the balcony of the Sunset Inn. There will be another post of our weekend, but I had to start with the sunsets because this island lived up to it's name every evening.

All of these shots were SOOC (straight out of the camera). Even this final shot. The thing is I made the same mistake twice. I have run into the same problem on our honeymoon. After our wedding we stayed in Mexico. One morning I woke up early to take pictures of the sunrise, and when I brought my camera outsitde of our extremely air conditioned hotel my lens fogged up and everything looked blurry. The same thing happened this weekend. I was taking pictures during sunset, and ran back into our room to change lenses. I didn't realize how fogged my new lense was until I had taken a few shots and then glanced at the display. I actually like how it turned out. It looks like I added a filter in photoshop. But you would think I would have learned my lesson by now.

 Air conditioned hotel + extremely humid climate = filter like foggy photo.

Snake-A-Palooza

This shot always reminded me of an album cover. All I am doing is waitng for the next Snake-A-Palooza!!!

Missing NYC

There are a few things I really miss about New York City. I love Spring in the City. This is an old photo I took from the window of Carolyn's old apartment in Chelsea. Chelsea is such an amazing neighborhood. And you can't beat her old view. The best part about the view of the Empire State Building  out of her bedroom was watching to see what color it would be each night. The lights change for the season or holiday. I miss getting to see this building.  

Motion

Playing with motion... some self portrait fun.

By the Light of the Moon

Congratulations to Elizabeth and Adam! Their wedding was outstanding, and we all had a great time at the reception. When Carolyn and I returned home it had finished storming and the moon was on full display. What a lovely way to end a great weekend.

Creative Props

The creative insight of my wife, Carolyn can be downright amazing. She had a vision from the beginning for these shots, and I just hope that I did her vision justice. I love these shots, and hope you all do too!

Barn

You have to love the texture, color and tone an old barn can give you. I would have taken pictures all day next to some of the barns that we found. I love Western North Carolina.

Black and White

Black and white photos can be extremely expressive, and for some reason this couple screams happiness and love in b&w. I have been in love with black and white photos forever. When Carolyn and I started to go through them and turn some photos into monotone we would both gasp with delight at the outcome. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do! 

Happy Couple K & J

Let me first start by saying thank you, so much to this amazing couple for the opportunity to spend this weekend with you. Kindsay and Johnathan kept me laughing and motivated with their incredible energy all weekend. They were amazing sports to this long two days of shooting in surprisingly chilly, extremely windy, and very bright early spring weekend in the beautiful mountains of Boone, North Carolina. I also have to send a HUGE THANK YOU to my wife, Carolyn for all the perfect editing you see in all the posts. I took soooo many shots, and have broken these posts down to 4 over the next few days. But to start off we have some simple, relaxed and very charming close shots of these two. Enjoy!