Life Becomes Art

I took the challenge of photographing 4 young men while in Yakima ~ It was both fun and challenging. We started on some private property on the top of a hill.. It was bright and very warm with not much shade to speak of. After some suffering and several bottles of water, we moved into the small town of Tieton for better light and less misery from the heat. Meet Ryan, Tyler, Jared and Conor.

Brandon is soft spoken, with a gentle laugh and was a joy to photograph. We had a lot of fun at all the locations we explored and just wanted to share a couple of the first few edits. Brandon is my nephew and we were scheduled to do senior portraits on Friday night. On Wednesday I got permission to shoot at the old lumber mill but could only get in on Friday during the day. I called Brandon and he graciously said he would go with me to explore the mill and he brought his girlfriend with him. Thanks to Brandon and Maira for being my models for an amazing adventure in Rust, Textures, blinding sun and HEAT.

I had the chance to photograph my nephew Brandon and his girlfriend Maira while in Yakima this last weekend, between their senior shots {those will be blogged soon}. Young love is so infectious and fun, they were a blast to hang out with. We had the chance to shoot at an old lumber mill full of rust, metal and textures.. Here are a couple of the first edits.