day 27.
We had a tiny bit of downtime today allowing us a little trip around the city with our bad ass host, Jason Domingues.
John snapped a few shots during our little tour..
As luck was on our side - we got to hang out with Jason's super cool, super rad wife, Allison (who I plan to pursue as a future friend, travel and shopping companion - sorry J, the wife is entitled to some girl time). Not to mention, we enjoyed some pizza and park time with the tots. Next - a few fun shots of the "happily ever afters"...
And last, a great way to end our Kansas City experience... a night time Pay it Forward.
Avery, Allison, Jason and Calen
Big hug, we miss ya already!
-dc
Day 26.
Kansas City welcomed us with sunshine, rain, fluffy clouds and some flying monkeys. Darn those flying monkeys, John sure does not like them...
A little Altf Spin on Dorothy and that scary scene that was embedded into most of our heads at such a young age. Kind of cliche for Kansas but we are tourists, ya know... Thank you, Sarah, for playing the part so well.
And our morning portrait session with Jessica & Todd
The oh-so-charming: Jenni, Ashlyn, Todd and Lauren
Last but never least... a little video for ya
-dc
Day 25 - another travel day.
On our one day adventure from Athens to Kansas City, we saw a little of that well known combination: something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue... Maybe you can find them all?
Our 1st family of the day at a rockin' cool location: Jennifer, Malachi, Stacey & Gabe
And the darling: Jenny, Lia (the youngest PIF attendee at 3 weeks old), Max, Ava and Josh.
Day 24
Athens, Illinois
The Longbranch Tavern in Athens was the perfect setting for this conceptual image. Go through your kids toy boxes to find their 3-D glasses from that box of cereal they got a few months ago to see the full potential of these two images. A little journey back in time...
Rochelle and Jeff did not even hesitate when we asked them to model... then they brought along one of their wicked cool cars - a 1940 Ford
As the day wrapped up, we ended with a great family for our Pay It Forward shoot - Meet Hilda, Eric, Roger and Ryan
And, of course.... the little "clip of the day". Enjoy!
-dc
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. View Larger Map
day 21 Guess what we are doing today.... C'mon, take a wild guess.... Yep, driving. View Larger Map
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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