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Let me introduce you to a good friend of mine, Taylor Pemberton. I honestly can't say enough about how cool the kid is, even though I've only started to get to know him personally over the past month. Even though he's young, I admire his drive, genuine attitude, and mature thought process about the work and ideas he generates. He has finally launched his new blog and website, something that I've seen come together over the course of the past few weeks (even though he's been working on it longer) and I'm pumped to say you can view it here: ROYALT
Here's an excerpt on what he and RoyalT are all about:
"Royal T is a multi-disciplinary design outlet founded by Taylor C. Pemberton. Since 2005, Royal T has catered to several corporations, individuals, friends, and fellow artists over a variety of creative subsidiaries. Current specialization includes: branding & identity, typography, print, illustration, photography, multimedia, web, and more. Within our select creative network, Royal T has the ability to collaborate with a variety of talent to accompany any client request."
Taylor and I did this shoot a only about a week ago, hoping to squeeze something in with the short time he's been home doing work for renowned design agency Space150 and his ventures west before the holidays. The pictures are really just to show him in his element, being the cool dude that he is.
So don't forget to check out his work, maybe even tell him what you think! ROYALT
As for me, I'm working on creating a separate private gallery for certain projects I've worked on over the past few months, including personal ones (and possibly some of the architectural models I've been making for my undergrad). It will be great to link these galleries with my blog in order to give people an good way to see posts without having to scroll through pages or search a ton.
Christmas is on it's way, I'm super pumped to get some time away from work and architecture studio to spend time with my family and friends, not to mention my awesome girlfriend. It will also give me a chance to post some more things which are way overdue.
I hope everyone's holidays are shaping up to be awesome!
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My trip to San Diego for Spencer and Alex's Wedding was awesome. I've already edited through much of our day after shoot, which I shot together with my friend and videographer Matt Brue. We shot around Mission Beach and the La Jolla area and it was very new experience since it was my first time actually shooting simultaneously with another creative. It was a blast and a great learning experience, and I highly recommend doing it as it will push your creative directing abilities and help you understand how to shoot better.
The images above are from The Salk Institute, one of my favorite buildings designed by one of my favorite architects, Louis Kahn. The institute always ranks at the top for research in the US in the Biological Sciences every year, especially in neuroscience and gentics.Although it was closed to the public on the weekend, I was still able to walk around and through some of the better parts of the site. I highly recommend (especially if you're an architecture buff like me) search the internet for more images and articles on the building. Here is the Salk's official site, which talks about the importance of the building and it's function.
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Ben plays keys in the band Sing It Loud. After shooting with the boys a couple weeks ago, Ben asked if I would do some shots of him alone. A few days later we got together and did these in about 30 minutes and had so much fun. It's great to have the guys back in town, especially since they're home for the next month and are gone for about 9 months out of the year.
geneohbambeano:
did I see a freelensing one in there?? ;) My favs are the ones with ben against the blue wall, the colors are super fresh!
(09.22.09)
Annie:
I thought that green wall looked familiar. I work at Donny Dirk's, interesting area to walk to your car alone at night. haha.
(09.27.09)
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Here are a couple portrait out takes from my recent shoot with Sing It Loud. These boys have been good friends of mine for many years, and I was stoked to hear when they got back from touring the country with Warped Tour that they were looking to do another shoot. These are just some fun portraits of a couple of the guys, and as you can see, they are some pretty cool dudes.
Sing It Loud is signed to Epitaph Records and put out their first full length album last year. Since then they have been touring heavily in the US and UK, so it was great to have them home again to hangout and work together again. They are currently in the process of writing a new album that should hopefully be out early next year.
Listen to some of their music: here
I can't wait to show more from this shoot, but as always those will come soon enough along with a million other things I've been working on over the past month. I have officially moved into a new place in Minneapolis as well and it's such an awesome space. It's great when you instantly feel comfortable and productive in a new environment, and I'm stoked to say I sure am!
I have also begun a new semester with my architecture studio, so wish me luck in what is sure to be some intensely long hour nights and weekends.
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Now I don't often advertise or showcase my senior shoots, but my session with Kaitlyn went so well and had such a variety that I thought I'd share. Kaitlyn is a dancer and chock full of energy, and we ended up doing one other session for her dance images which I'll post soon. I'm pumped about all the senior sessions I've shot so far this month, so if you're interested, feel free to email me for info: ch@collin-hughes.com
I'll be gone until Aug 30th on a whitewater rafting trip with my family, so you may or may nor hear from me until then, but if I get a chance from the hotel we're staying at for the night, I'll try and blog a couple more shoots from July/August.
Kaitlyn O'Neill:
I can't wait for the dance ones! You did such a fantastic job I don't think I could thank you enough, for real I love them!
(08.19.09)
Melissa Oholendt:
I really love the forest ones! She is stunning and even moreso with your photography.
(08.20.09)
Matthias:
Hi Collin!
Your latest pis are really stunning. I love the BOKEH shots, especially the ones in the forest. Do you use a special technique in postprocessing to get this awesome colors?
greetings from Vienna
Matthias
Daisy Cook:
These photos are absolutely beautiful. Great job!
(09.08.09)
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The last shot is killer
(12.21.09)Love these.
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