Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bocce Balls & Coon Dogs

The August/September issue of Garden & Gun was the "Secret South" issue. It was based around locations/events that you wouldn't really know about unless you knew a local Southerner.

I had two very unique shoots for this issue.

1) A Bocce Ball court that is open only during the summer months in the back of Chez Fon Fon.
2) A Coon Dog Cemetery in a little town above Decatur, AL.





















Wow. How different can two things be?

Labels: 5D, Bocce Ball, Cemetery, Coon Dog, Editorial, Garden and Gun

posted by Caleb | 10:59 AM | 2 Comments

Monday, June 8, 2009

Garden & Gun - June/July - City Portrait - Birmingham

It's off the press and on the magazine stand! Because of this, I am now free to show you all the b-side images from the story! I hope you enjoy.







To see the rest, click HERE!

Labels: Birmingham, City Portrait, Editorial, Garden and Gun, Publications

posted by Caleb | 10:56 AM | 3 Comments

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Garden & Gun

Be sure to check out the newest issue (June-July) of Garden & Gun. It comes out this week and I have a 10 page feature in the "City Portait" section. I'll post more on this later, but for now, let's all freak out because I'm on their homepage!!

Labels: Amazing, Freak Out, Garden and Gun, website

posted by Caleb | 7:17 PM | 3 Comments

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Shooting and Editing

The last three weeks have been crazy....and cool...crazy cool.

The Moxii project will be officially wrapped up in the next couple of days, and I can't wait to see it all together. It's very rare that I get to be on the ground floor in creating a "seen style" with a company. Usually a client knows exactly what they want and you are hired to be a fulfillment of that pre-determined style. But with Moxii, I got to be very creative. I was able to hire my favorite stylist (Celine), and with the rest of the Moxii crew, we created something really really cool!



Amongst the craziness of the two weeks with Moxii, I was hired by Garden & Gun to shoot a "Portrait of Birmingham" for the June issue. I am not exagerating by saying thatG&G is my favorite magazine, and I was pretty floored when they called. So for the last two days, Rob Culpepper (who the dawned the role of assistant) and I have travelled all around Birmingham shooting portraits, food, environments, hotels, etc.

The film gets back tomorrow, but I can't show any of the final images until the magazine is published in June. However, I hope this test shot of Rob will hold you over for a while.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: 5D, Garden and Gun, Instant Film, Mamiya, Polaroid, Publications, Rob Culpepper, RZ67

posted by Caleb | 9:56 PM | 2 Comments

Monday, February 23, 2009

Long, Awesome, Weekend

The Weekend was spent with meetings and hanging with some wonderful people.

Thursday, Laura and I headed for Charleston, SC, for my meeting with Garden & Gun. The meeting went wonderfully. We then ate and headed for Greenville, where I had another meeting with G Magazine, which also went very well. After that meeting, we drove to the home of Chris and Annie Koelle, two of the most talented people I know! Both are incredible artist and people, and it was an absolute joy to get to know them more. Oh, and their son is just plan cute.



Saturday was spent in the park, napping, and driving to Fletcher, NC, where Chris and Annie had an art show opening. Great stuff.

Here's a group shot of all of us at the show, featuring Brannon McAllister (designer of NoiseTrade) and his wife of 1 week, Melissa McAlliser.



Then, Laura and I drove home through the night.

The next day, we had a show at SecondRow featuring the music of Neil Couvillion and David Berkeley. Such an amazing intimate show.



Pics from that, on a later post.

Long, awesome, weekend.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: David Berkeley, Friends, Garden and Gun, Laura Vandal, Travel

posted by Caleb | 4:30 PM | 1 Comments

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Many Many Things

So i got back, and I hit the ground running.

Laura and I are heading to Charleston, SC, tomorrow morning, and I've been flying through things to get ready.

1) Concert this Sunday at SecondRow:



2) Portfolio Prep:



3) Concertina Multimedia:



4) Getting pumped about attending this on Saturday.

5) Gathering images and such for a new site.

6) Looking for a home for Laura and I to live in.

The future folds many wonderful blessings, and many difficult challenges. All praise be unto the Lord.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Charleston, Concertinas, Crazy, Creative Process, David Berkeley, Garden and Gun, Neil Couvillion, Travel

posted by Caleb | 6:57 PM | 0 Comments

Monday, October 20, 2008

FarmLinks

"We want you to capture the feeling of FarmLinks. Sure, we have a golf course; but what does it feel like after you play and your just relaxing at the lodge? Or having a meal with your friend? Or those rare moments when you pause and take in the details of your surroundings? We want people to see that this place is not a show, but is very real to every person who experiences it."




This is what was said to me when I first met with Joel Townley four weeks ago. Joel is one of the creative directors for one of the South's secret treasures, FarmLinks .



From scouting to delivery, the project lasted about 2 weeks, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. It opened doors in my shooting that had never been open, but when I stepped inside I realized that although it was a new room of experience, it was still in the same house. It was next door to my weddings, my family shoots, and even the rare ad job. This shoot opened my eyes to style. My style. And how it can translate to any subject matter.

Until two weeks ago, I viewed myself as a portrait photographer. "I mostly take pictures of people", I would tell someone who asked. But last week I shot

Apples


Longhorns


Steaks


Bridges


Golf Tees


And yes, people


So here's to FarmLinks; a remarkable place, that reminded me of a very important lesson:

Always be remarkable.

To see everything, click HERE.

Tell me what you think!

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Farmlinks, Garden and Gun, Mamiya, Rollei, Wannabee

posted by Caleb | 10:45 AM | 7 Comments

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