I think Alan speaks for himself here.

[details, since i forget so often: at a wedding as was the previous post of him with my rollei. at this point i'd say he's just chillin', and as always, workin' just a bit.]

I shoot a very limited number weddings each year bur rarely mention that here. I cannot help mentioning my last week, however.
 
My friends Bob Miller and Allison Thornhill had the most gloriously beautiful and laid back wedding I've ever witnessed or been proud to be a part of. A few of us went down to Costa Rica this past week to help the celebrate and I took photos the entire week. I send off the film tomorrow, but literally the moment I walked in the door (3 am Saturday morning) I grabbed the 4x5 I shot and jumped into the darkroom to develop—I had to see them AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
 
I was not disappointed. I could never seen another photo from their wedding and be completely satisfied from just the handful of 4x5s I have. The shot below is not necessarily my favorite from the day, but it gives a good idea of the people and location I was working with. How could I even take a bad photograph down there with these people? I submit it is not possible. Anyway...heres that shot:

Okay...okay. I've had a few requests for more Bob and Allison so here is one more. When everything is done I'll throw a link up here to more of their photos. I can't wait to see the rest..if they are half as satisfying as the 4x5s I'll be stoked.

So you HAVE to know that photographs from weddings are so so rare on this blog. Well, I had the pleasure of going to Costa Rica last week for a week-long celebration of Bob and Allison getting married and photographed the whole time. I'm posting this one photo as an example of how freaking beautiful the entire time was. This is just a simple shot of them in the surf in the area we were staying/they were getting married. Unreal. There are tons of great shots solely from the 4x5. I could never see another frame of their wedding week and be happy. It is all the beautiful. Fortunately, I also shot sometime like 30 rolls throughout the week to supplement.

This is a wedding I would proudly shoot over and over again. Period.

I doubt I'll post any more of their photos, but perhaps I'll provide a link to their wedding site when I'm done.

they are married now

rough edits of course.

this is the place where allison and bob got engaged. this place is ineffably beautiful. i took lots of pictures...this is just a random digital.

catch up

This is the lady that made our "Japanese Pizzas" (okonomiyaki). She..is great.

This is Alan from yesterday, lookin' fly.

I'm headed to Costa Rica tomorrow and will be gone for a week, so Electric Lion may not be updated for a bit.

Part two of Sleeping in Japan.

this is some monk dude blessing places in the main town area of takayama, japan. bitchin hat, amigo.

i promise i want to give me detail in my life and what have you.

it's been a busy week and its not slowing down until august. im very thankful for that of course. i've done two shoots this week so far and i have another tomorrow and a wedding saturday. we leave sunday for ATL then monday for costa rica for bob's wedding. that...should be awesome.

i get back from costa rica and steph comes up for interview/apartment hunting which is exciting.

i ate some pears today and MAN they are just as good as i remember them [from all of life]. they keep on staying delicious. I salute you, Pears.

i started a challenge with my sister to try to get healthier. all sorts of weekly challenges and the winner gets cash money. hopefully we'll both win by eating better and exercising and all that crap. its week three of 25. it's a long way to festivus.

also in tangentially related news, i have set it up so bryan johnson can start contributing to popTpop. he and his crew get lots of them on a regular basis, so hopefully there will be more activity over there soon. i have so many i need to post i just havent yet. forgive, all 4 of you who view that blog. it'll be a book one day, i think.

im tired.

Part one of Sleeping in Japan. More to come.

A bit of a non-sequitur tonight. This is a still from 8mm. It's a photo I wish I'd gotten with a still camera but I only got it on video before they moved. I love some umbrella clusters.It's a V(s)optpop.