Day 23

We made it to Athens, IL.  We are here with family and taking a day to catch up on a few things… like getting ready for tomorrow’s workshop.

day 22

Bright and early on a Sunday morning, after a few “technical difficulties”, we were able to capture this image…. meet Rochelle, Genevieve, Ezra and James.

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day 21

Guess what we are doing today…. C’mon, take a wild guess….

Yep, driving.

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Day 20 - a little time to play. You just haven’t lived until you have driven down the highway in a Smart car going 70+mph….

with the top down….

with Jeff Newcum….

while having your picture taken…

We had one goal in mind today - to see the “El Jaleo” painting by John Singer Sargent at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Though our welcome was less than acceptable due to an over zealous museum staff, we still succeeded in meeting that amazing painting face to face.

Boys being boys…

Jeff promptly lifted my spirits with an amazing zip-da-dee-do-da tour around the city, I would have shown you more, but John handles the video editing…

-dc

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Day 19
As our Boston workshop unfolded, we were delighted that the rain arrived just in time for our afternoon shoot of the beautiful Mrs. Newcum dressed as our version of Little Red Riding Hood. The endless forest that swallows the Newcum property tied in perfectly for this concept. Thank you to Florence and Jeff Newcum for being such amazing hosts - we had a great time…. making it very difficult to leave.

-dc

and the happily engaged Kate and Mike allowed us to capture a few moments…

looks like the trip is taking it’s toll on me….

The fun loving Wiebners: Rita, Zane, Hadyn and Joel playing in the water - what a way to bid farewell to the quaint little city of Lancaster, PA…

Then a little stop just outside of town to meet with the very sweet Lori, Daniella, Noelle, Avonlea and Neville

Another travel day - destination: Boston, MA
We were ecstatic when our pal, Jason Domingues wanted to hitch a ride from PA to MA AND offered to drive! Uh, Ya! 18 days on the road with just the two of us and our dogs - we are definitely ready for a little breaky-break. Not to mention, I would rather ice skate in Central Park naked then drive this 40 foot RV on the New Jersey Turnpike and what seemed to be endless toll booths…

-dc

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Day 16-17, Lancaster, PA.

Using a direct emulation of an Avedon series from 1962 “paparazzi” as part of a continuing study, my little spin on this required a lot of help from the infamous Josh (aka “dontcallmesparkleboy”) and Michelle as well as our attendee’s and hosts as seen in the images…

I also played around with some lighting to capture (the ever-so-patient) Kim in a “hollywood-esque” style shot.

Tracy & Jack were so kind to model for our engagement session on Day 1 of Lancaster.

And Day 2 featured the courageous Rebecca and Brock

and Paying it Forward… Braden, Leslie, Tony and Kobi:

As well as the extremely down to earth Mark, Kyle, Brenda & Cooper:

Thank you oh-so-much to the Wiebners for not only being superlative hosts but also for transporting our asses all over Lancaster.

Day 14
Another travel day… departing Atlanta, we had the pleasure of stopping to meet this beautiful family on the highway - (above) meet Stephanie, Daryl and Gabby Rei. And thank you for the RV goodies - it kept us busy on our long haul up North. Our destination was Dixie Caverns in Salem, VA for the night… we arrived just in time for me to jump in on the final tour

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Day 15 - a travel day with some wicked cool families to meet on our journey to Lancaster, PA. Traveling through Virginia, we met Allegra, Marisol, Joe and Lucy (above)We made it to Middleton, PA to shoot at this charming “gothic revival style” barn from the 1800’s…. Just to warn you, it’s not easy to find!

Our Pay It Forward shoot included Ozzy, Kathy, Bob and Daniel:

And the darling Carisa, Olive and Brian:

Side note - Carisa, Brian and Olive put together a yummy treat for us while we travel - Carisa, you make a mean baker… any chance you ship your goodies to Nevada?? ***updated!

Day 13.

The 13th day and I’m twisting an Avedon inspired theme into a Mary Poppins-ish image….

and the roadside project: Tara, Brian, Boru & Odelia:

Kealin, Kelly, Kieran and Sunjay:

Patrick, Murphy and Angel; also starring Princess Weinerfred Williams & Prince William Williams:

Caleb, Gracie, Joshua, Zack, Meghan & Phoenix:

Zack & Meghan: Thank you so much for the hospitality…until next time