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Film, Recent Professional & Personal Projects
Posted by Aaron - 23/08/10 at 11:08:37 pmA few from my latest rolls. If you are a client, or interested in having me shoot some film as well, please ask for details!
First up: Matt & Jen’s Wedding. The ridiculous thing is that I’m posting the film shots BEFORE my digital (Matt & Jen, I promise it’s coming soon!), because it just looks so good.
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365 Project, Year 2 Complete
Posted by Aaron - 11/08/10 at 01:08:01 amThis is my professional blog. It’s no secret, though, that I take a lot of pictures. For two years in a row now I have been using my personal photography to inform and strengthen my professional photography. They are not separate. As I have looked back through year two of this picture-a-day project, I’m noticing how my personal compositions, creativity, trials and errors have all taught me how to be a better photographer. And the days where I would rather shoot my toe than take a picture, those are the days where I need to open my eyes and create something.
Since my professional career is just getting busier (and more fun!), my 365 project most likely won’t continue in this form. But around the corner is more film, more phone, and more ways to push me to be a better photographer. Thanks for encouraging me along the way. View more on my Flickr stream.
3 Generations
Grass & Moss
Guns, in Color
Delicious Film Goodness
Posted by Aaron - 02/08/10 at 02:08:50 pmI’m slow with film. I suppose that’s the way it’s supposed to be, but I was especially excited about these rolls, 1 Fuji Pro400H and 2 Fuji Neopan400 rolls which I had developed at Richard Photo Lab. So, so, so happy with the results. For you film geeks, I overexposed the B&W a stop and the color a stop and a half. Shot with a Nikon F5 and a Nikon FE.
Here are a few from recent client shoots and family trips.
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Electric Photographers
Posted by Aaron - 23/04/10 at 01:04:09 pmThis is what happened:
Friends got together with lights and cameras. Tried things out. Tried to learn stuff. Watched the sunset while we kept trying things out. Threw flour at each other. All of our lighting equipment buzzed under the power lines and it felt dangerous. Thanks to Bryan, Ashley, Ryan & his dog for being gracious and weird.
You are now required to visit the Flour shots.
A Pancake Studios post will follow with live motion on-the-scene breaking news video footage.
My Daughter, Holly
Posted by Aaron - 09/04/10 at 07:04:09 pmI am blogging my daughter. That is all.
More Black & White Film
Posted by Aaron - 28/03/10 at 10:03:45 pmI know, I know. This is my business photography blog. Why am I posting personal film photos?
Answer: Because I like them and photos make me excited and I spend a lot of time making them and so you can see what inspires me and what I’m working on. So there.
New recent engagement sessions and weddings are coming soon anyways.
My kids:
Near Page, AZ:
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ManTrip 2010, or the Rest Stop Before Rush Hour
Posted by Aaron - 13/03/10 at 12:03:11 amYou know those times where you feel like you need to just get on the road, put the top down, and gas it (under the speed limit of course, officer)? It’s not often you get the actual chance. But being a wedding photographer, my job in Oregon is going to be crazy-busy-awesome getting into spring and summer and it’s the perfect time to hit the road for a week.
The point? Take pictures, see the Southwest and take some routes I haven’t before. Practice some landscape photography. Explore.
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A Temporary Vortex in Time for Aaron Courter Photography
Posted by Aaron - 08/03/10 at 01:03:43 amSo all of you know, I am currently on the road, psyching myself up for the upcoming (and insanely busy) wedding season by attempting ManTrip 2010. ManTrip 2010 is basically a lot of driving in various states and taking pictures of things that are interesting. I will share more details when I return.
Do not fear. I shall return a newer Man than the old one, yet better, shinier, and with more laundry.
Pancake Day
Posted by Aaron - 16/02/10 at 10:02:07 pmAshley and I have been shooting together for awhile now and I’m so excited to create awesome projects in the coming months. In honor of Pancake Day, we have released our intent to do stuff together under the name The Pancake Studios. It’s been an absolute honor to photograph with someone so talented at showing the beauty in people as well as willing to work as a team to push the limits of what we thought possible.
Plug it in your rss feeds and follow because we’ll be posting stuff only at The Pancake Studios that is unique and world famous and syrupalicious.
Here’s a photo we did last summer.
A Tribute to a Valentine
Posted by Aaron - 14/02/10 at 07:02:07 pmSome people hate Valentine’s Day. A time for corporations to make an easy buck off chocolate, cheesy love cards, and overpriced flowers. A time for celebrating the impossible compatibility of two people who can have the otherwordly ability to ignore each others faults and make googly eyes at each other, while the rest of the people on the bus throw up a little. And sadly, it can be a time when those we love do not love us back.
Some people love Valentine’s Day. These are the recipients of the corporate chocolates, cheesy cards, flowers, or the ones whose hearts have just been punctured by cupid’s arrow. The newly engaged, the recently married, the ones wrapped up in the toasty-warm blanket of bliss. Life can take them anywhere as long as their lovers eyes and lips are within a breath.
However cynical or romantic you are, you have to agree that love is remarkable. That two people, against so many odds, connect with one another in a way that goes beyond personality, family, age, and status. Where two people grasp a selfless bond, relinquishing their own self-protection to devote themselves with complete vulnerability to each other. When one hurts, the other hurts. With joy, joy is shared. As with all the greatest love stories, love transcends time, fear, ugliness, passion, and brands herself on you, never to be forgotten. Even in those days where life couldn’t be more harsh or messy, one glance, one brush of the skin, one memory and we remember we are loved beyond what we deserve and can do nothing except return the love given.
So what if we made an institution out of it? For the cynics, they can be glad the dentists will have a lot of drilling to do in the spring. For the romantics, they can rejoice that on Valentine’s Day, the world is reminded of the love we so often take for granted. Celebrate your love and if you have lost it, find it and never let go.
My valentine, Kristen, today, with her valentine husband:
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