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02.11.10

G-MAN

I shot these with my Grandma Joyce's Konica that she had when I was his age. Nostalgia is powerful, and drives my work more than I realized.

to life!

Oh yea, he walks now!

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Kristin Moyer:

He WALKS now?! WHAT?! He is growing up so fast and he's such a doll! :)

(02.14.10)

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Gavin' first birthday....ever!

02.03.10

GAVIN'S FIRST BIRTHDAY

Where do you start? I told Katie last night that we've lived more life in the past year than any other years combined. There's been more joy, stress, laughter and growth in us and our relationship that we could ever have imagined. It's all because of this guy. It's hard to imagine who we'd be without him in our lives.

I want to say a special thanks to to all of our friends and family who were able to brave Icepocalypse 2010 to come hang out at a "vintage owl inspired" birthday party. It was a great day. We also have the awesome priveldge of calling Mishelle of Mishelle Handy Cakes a colleague. She made the amazing cakes that we devoured. I've shot her cakes a few times for local publications and she's always a top notch pro. If you like cake, and I know you do, you've got to call her!

TO LIFE!

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carl zoch:

middle right photo is my all time favorite photo of Gavin!!

(02.03.10)

jenny :

What a sweet sweet boy!

(02.03.10)

Cara:

Love that boy! Such a great party!

(02.03.10)

~abi~:

so cute! :)

(02.04.10)

Jason:

Awesome party! Awesome pics!

(02.04.10)

Sarah Thompson:

This is adorable! Gavin is a cutie! I love the cakes too! Mishelle did our wedding cake! She is fantastic!

(02.04.10)

mishelle Handy:

How darling is he!!Great pictures! Looks like you had a wonderful day!
Mishelle

(02.08.10)

Rebecca Camenisch:

Those pictures of your son are adorable. Love the detail in all the pictures.

(02.09.10)

Cameron Ingalls:

What a beautiful family you have!!!!! Such a rad party!

(02.15.10)

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film, it's good.

12.08.09

As a photographer, I've always been fascinated how much more power a photo has when it lives in an tangible place, rather than on a screen. Thats part of the reason why I love creating custom books for our couples. It's also the reason I'm in love with film. The entire process is so honest. I started shooting film at my weddings last season and it completely changed my approach. It's made me a far better photographer than any new toy or workshop I could have attended. Thanks film, I love you.

I have a few arrows in my film quiver for my wedding work and personal projects. In order of appearance...

the Mamiya 645 AF-D. It's big, heavy and nigh indestructible. This one is is really fast so it's always on me at weddings.

the Holga. It was my first film camera. Only a couple moving parts on this one, less is more!

the Lubitel 166. This is a Lomo remake and it makes amazing negatives. I shot my favorite New York work with this camera. It's complicated to use, but always worth it!

the Polaroid SX-70. By far my favorite film camera in every way. It's an incredible piece of design and artistry. It folds up into a sleek rectangle that fits into your pocket. This camera rivals any Apple product when it comes to craftsmanship and hottness. Maybe thats why I love it so much. Film is pricey though, until 2010 that is. There are plans to re start production of the film that belongs to this camera. I'll celebrate that day!

To Life!

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Clayton Austin:

Hey Josh, I actually a digital tog but I am with you on all of these. Especially the HOLGA and the SX-70. So. Much. Goodness.

(01.17.10)

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thanksgiving vacation...

11.29.09

Seems like I've been on a blog vacation huh? I know, it's a bummer. But we had an incredible fall this year and we had to cut out the bloggin to keep up with the post production. I've got some really awesome stuff in store to show you guys. I was able to shoot some really amazing weddings this year, and meet some incredible people. I can't wait to tell you all their stories!

In the meantime, I'll ease back into this with a personal post from my two week vacation that ends TODAY! I took two weeks off two do two things. # 1- finish the renovation on the new house we just bought. That went awesome, its all done now and we're really enjoying the house. I'll post some of those HGTV style before and after shots soon.

# 2- We joined my family on an RV trip to Indianapolis. My mom's side is from up north and we haven't been up there for the holidays since Gavin has come along. Not to mention, we were able to get a photo of all 5 generations from great grandpa down to Gavin. It was a great trip. We made fun of our RV lifestyle most of the time, Great Grandpa entertained us on the piano and we ate, alot.

Some random shots from the trip, hope you and yours had a great holiday!

TO LIFE!

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dp:

it made me happy to scroll through these. the shots of your g-g-pa and gavin are priceless. glad you got to enjoy some good time with your family.

(11.29.09)

carl zoch:

AWERSOME. If anyone doesn't think the arch shots are amazing... they aren't human.

(11.29.09)

Cara:

Seriously. Crying. So precious. I hope beyond hope G-pa Wayne will be alive whenever the future Zoch child arrives!

(11.29.09)

Josh McCullock:

It was a pretty amazing experience, I hope with you!

(11.29.09)

Kathy Pledger:

So glad that you shared. First, you are just crazy-talented. Second, you clearly had a pretty special holiday excursion...even if it WAS in an RV! Gavin is a little hottie in the making.

(11.29.09)

lindsay:

Those are some purty neat photos there, Clark. That's a lovely family you have there.

(11.29.09)

Cheryl Vandervort:

Life captured well!

(11.29.09)

Abby Coyle:

Gavin is SO stinkin cute!

(12.02.09)

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watch me do work...

10.12.09

So, this summer I had the opportunity to shoot Kyle & Nikki's wedding, which was quite amazing! After getting to know these two during their engagement session, I anticipated how awesome their wedding would be and decided to hire Andrew Smith of Smith Pixels to come along and document the wedding day as well. I've always found it tough to describe how I shoot to potential clients, so I thought it would be much easier to just show them!

I originally wanted to wait to unveil this video with an all new portfolio from this season, but with this home renovation, a full calendar of fall weddings and the many other directions we are going I couldn't wait any longer. Plus I'm sure some of you are wondering if I've still alive with this blogging hiatus I've been on.

This is why I love my job so much. Every weekend I get to be around people who are on cloud 9. We always have a good time, keep it relaxed and make some memories!

Andrew is quite the Jedi with his camera, check it out!

TO LIFE!

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Cara:

Awesome job to you both!

(10.12.09)

Ryan Klos:

Wow. Amazing stuff. A look behind the scenes is always fun! Smith Pixels does some amazing work, and Owl City makes any video 10 times better :)

(10.12.09)

Christian Traina:

Wonderful insight for you're clients, with really beautiful photography. My fav part when you're droppin it into 4th gear! (sometimes its just the little things)

(10.12.09)

Beth:

totally awesome!!! Very very cool

(10.12.09)

ejf:

killer.

(10.12.09)

Jenny :

Wow. Love that.

(10.13.09)

Debbi:

Superbly done! It makes my heart happy to see you love your work, as if it is play. I am so proud of you sweetie.

(10.21.09)

Jamie Johnson:

Awesome video smith pixels... Josh great pics as usual. I jealous of the video camera used to shoot this video! Amazing Quality! Good Job!

(10.27.09)

Kelli @ Nine Photography:

VERY COOL JOSH! Video work is very awesome! Nice job.

(11.19.09)

sabrina garcia:

Josh I know this is incredibly random but I am helping a friend w/ a wedding and she LOVES the yellow wildflowers that the girls are carrying in this video (Kyle & Nici). Do you have any idea what they are???? OR is there any way I can ask them???

Thanks,
Sabrina Garcia
Event Manager
Lionsgate Event Center

(01.02.10)

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