Now that this school year’s just about over, I thought I’d share some shots we took for Carly’s senior portraits back in the fall. We returned to the Park of Roses on what turned out to be a beautiful, sunny, and breezy autumn evening. That, combined with Carly’s enthusiasm and ease in front of the camera, really made our jobs easy. Thanks, Carly, and thanks weather; you were both awesome.

CH: We headed up to Cleveland recently for Jim and Bonnie’s wedding. They picked a gorgeous setting for an evening wedding at the Old Courthouse near the lakefront. Tall ceilings, pillars, and arches: the cornerstones of beautiful backgrounds. Plus even more architecture references.

ZK: BAAAAH NANANANAAAHHH….NAAAH NAAAH NAH

ZK: The architecture was impressive; I believe it was one of Ivo Shandor’s earlier constructions …no studying.

The caterers, A Taste of Excellence, prepared amazing food, and Jim and Bonnie selected a lot of nice details that transformed the empty courthouse into an elegant party space. Congratulations Garrisons; Everything was beautiful!

ZK: With Jim and Bonnie’s wedding coming up in November, they decided to use this unseasonably nice weather for an engagement session shoot at some of their favorite spots around Columbus.

CH: Yeah, they definitely picked a great time for some outdoor scenery. They came to us with a great idea to get some pajama clad shots of them enjoying the morning on their porch in Clintonville, and then on to Schiller Park in German Village for some quality play time with Swenson.

Here’s a short preview of the awesome engagement session we had today with Jim and Bonnie – Barcelona Restaurant, Schiller Park, and a comfy porch swing…
Full post coming soon!

We scheduled two different shoots – one for the products themselves, and the other at the Park of Roses to get some lifestyle shots of people interacting with her work. Our models for the shoot, Kate and Lea herself, did a great job acting like rain wasn’t pouring into their eyes. Chris clocked the shoot time at a total of 8 minutes before the rain and strong winds forced us inside. We really wanted a softly lit, sunset look to the images, so we had to work some computer magic to turn that dark gray evening into a bright, golden sunset.

Note to all photographers out there: Always shoot RAW!

You can take a look at all of what Lea does on her website here at Lea Gray Design. Thanks for being an awesome client Lea, and best of luck on the new Lea Gray enterprise!

ZK: Summon a complete triple rainbow in the sky above wedding: NEGATIVE!! It was only a complete double rainbow. Sorry losers, your wedding wasn’t perfect.

CH: Saturday was opening day for the Clintonville Farmers’ Market in, uh, Clintonville. We headed over to see the good eats. It’s early season, but the farmers showed up with a great variety of fresh deliciousness. Just in time, too. My CSA bag has been filled with nothing but melted snow and dirt since November.

ZK: Fresh air and fresh food: A complete 180 from the last event we covered. If you haven’t been to this market yet, you should go check it out – especially if you’ve been craving leafy green lettuces, they’ve got those. It’s every saturday morning now from 9-noon. Click the links below for more info on the market and some of its vendors.

Clintonville Farmers’ Market, Paige’s Produce, Oink Moo Cluck, Sweet Things Gourmet, Swainway Urban Farm, Cafe Brioso, Patisserie Lallier, Triple J Farm, Melissa’s Incredible Edibles

CH: This shit made me sick.

ZK: Oh yeah. Vicky and Lou, the hosts from The Summit, really outdid themselves coming up with the challenges. Nothing like watching warm beer wash down a mouthful of gas station sandwich and half chewed slim jim.

CH: My favorite contests weren’t even on the list. The beer shotgun champ embarrassed at least five challengers with lightning quick shotguns. Seriously, like two seconds. I turned around and she was done.