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2015: A Year in Review

So here we are, Another year in the books. And like every year I just want to take a few minutes and share with everyone my favorite 5 images I have taken this year. This list will probably have more than a few "runners up" as well. 

2015 was a year in which I decided to get back to the basics and start fresh. At the end of last year I was a little burned out with my lack of creativity, and my goal for this last year was simply to "shoot more" which I did in spades. See the 52 rolls blog for more information. My original goal was to not pick up a digital camera at all, which I failed, but instead of counting it as a failure...I'm going to instead call the work that came from a digital medium a huge success. Re-shooting on film has caused me to slow down (as I hoped it would) and I ended up with a few great shots!

So without further ado, and in no particular order. Here are my favorite 5 shots from 2015.

I met Bri through another model I worked with this year. After seeing what Morgan and I were able to create she jumped at the chance for us to work together. This shot was taken very quickly as the sun was going down. And the effect that the lighting had, combined with her posing worked out very well to create the image that I had in my mind. 

Hada Pixie is no stranger to this blog. After meeting her around 2011 while working with a lot of other talented photographers and models during "Beautiful Darkness" we have off and on worked together in many projects for Zivity. A trend that I hope continues on into the future. This was shot as a bonus to one of our Zivity sets, and in all honesty I liked it better than some of the other images that came out of that shoot. 

I shot like a madman at DragonCon this year. But most importantly I had the lovely chance to work with Atlanta's own "team tank" (which also were my gracious roommates during the long weekend). My third Con and probably my favorite so far. These folks provided me a lot of great opportunities to shoot, laugh, and enjoy myself to such an extreme level. 

Along with Team Tank, another one of my Con roommates was Nikki Nuke'm. Shortly after the release of Fallout 4 this year Nikki decided to let her inner vault dweller out into the world, and we captured this image among many. My only regret was not snapping a horizontal image of this one, but even the image I was able to capture I am in love with. 

My final official favorite image from the year comes from working with Finite Automata. They saw my work and wanted some new photos for their press kit. After taking time to decorate a basement into a working set, we were able to snap a few great photos, including this one which ended up being one of my favorites for the year. 

But of course I can't stop there, 2015 also brought on many great opportunities and even more wonderful people that I worked with. There are so many that I can't name or post from everyone here. But don't fret, I want to let everyone I shot this year know that I appreciate the time you spent with me, and I hope that we were able to create something awesome in the process!

"Titan Addams" was the first set I ever shot on a digital full frame camera (surprise I know). I loved how the tones came out, and that bokeh. Hope to see more come from Titan and I in 2016.

Stan, Justin, and Cody all helped me back to back while I was working the kinks out of my DIY black background. You can find more of that in an earlier Extra blog post.

Blix, Stevhan, and K all stepped up to the challenge when I needed to keep the 52 rolls project alive. Also a big thank you to Clockwork Calamity and Caprica Song. Clockwork and I did some great work for Zivity this year (hopefully more to come), and Caprica worked very hard for a spot in Poisonous Pinups magazine! So be sure to keep your eyes open for that very soon. 

I definitely can't forget Ilker and the rest of the team at REGen Magazine. Thank you for allowing me to cover a few great shows this year, and an even bigger thank you for publishing my photos in the mag. So happy to have been a part of your culture in 2015.

And finally, as much as I hate to end this year on a down note. I wanted to share a photo of my fluffy cat. Although she is no longer in my life, she was a big part of keeping me together in 2015. She may have only been in my life for about three years, but I miss her dearly. I'm happy to know she is in a better place and no longer in pain. <3

Sorry if I missed anyone. I've been trying to put this blog post together for the last month or so, but couldn't decide which images I wanted to show. Thank you again to everyone I worked with, and everyone I have yet to work with. Here's to 2016!

Coming Soon to Zivity: "Titan Addams"

Halloween is just a few days away, but I wanted to help celebrate a little early and give all of you a little teaser of an upcoming Zivity set with Titan (since it will probably be after the spooky season before the set goes live).

Titan and I wanted to channel everyone's favorite "spooky girl" while taking a little walk around Atlanta. When we shot the set we wanted some place strange and a little bit scary, little did we both know that the leaves wouldn't be changing for another week. Either way we had a great time, and both had a hard time narrowing down the shots to the final set.

Take a look here, and keep your eyes open for our homage to that strange pop culture family phenomenon. 

Cara Mia!

Also before I forget be sure to keep up for the roll of shots we shot at the same time for the 52rolls project. Every Friday at 10:00am over at the project blog.

And as always I do have a few 30 days free trials to Zivity available. Just drop me an email through the contact page on the website or to INFO@UNEXPhotography.com and I'll get you taken care of. If you like what you see be sure to throw us a few votes in the process. It helps both of us create new and exciting sets, and we will both love you in the process!

Finite Automata – EPK 2015.

I was approached by Dom and Scott from the Atlanta based band, Finite Automata to shoot some new photos for their new electronic press kit/tour photos. 

I loved the concept they laid before me, and wanted to make sure I was able to capture everything the way they wanted. Before we even finished shooting, and looking only at photos from the back of the camera, I got the thumbs up (and a hug) from both of these guys. 

If you are a fan of Dark Electro Industrial music, please make sure to check out their page and give it a listen. 

It was seriously a hard choice on narrowing down which images to feature on this site, there were so many great ones to post. This was also my first chance trying out a new, smaller, camera rig than I previously have used. These were shot on a Sony a6000, and I am still trying to wrap my head around how a crop frame camera that small is able to crank out files so large. I'll be doing some more playing around with the Sony mirrorless line in the upcoming months.

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