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March

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:18:52 -0600

This next month is going to be crazy, I'm so pumped to get out of Minnesota for a few days. I'm offering some crazy good prices on sessions while I'm there. So if you're in the mood for some fun or to hangout, email me and we'll make it happen: ch@collin-hughes.com

Emily & Matt

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:23:46 -0600

With the harsh winter season upon us here in Minnesota, I was blessed enough to have a beautiful day to shoot these two. This house on a lake proved to be an awesome getaway, and both Matt and Emily were fun to work with.

You can view more from Matt and Emily's Story here:

http://cargocollective.com/collinhughes#254582/Matt-Emily

Gene and Jill

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:26:26 -0600

Gene and Jill; Engagement at the Apple Orchard

Gene and Jill are two super great people, and I've known the both of them for quite some time. Even though they've been engaged since April we decided to patiently wait for fall just so we could shoot in prime time fall conditions at a favorite apple orchard of mine. Both Gene and Jill helped me in planning our photo outing, which I am most thankful for.

Gene is a fellow wedding photographer, you can see some of his killer work here. I'm looking forward to shooting these two again and their sweet wedding in June.

View the full Story here:

http://cargocollective.com/collinhughes#205428/Gene-and-Jill

Royal T

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:36:32 -0600

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!

Spencer and Alexandra - Day After in San Diego

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:51:41 -0600

When my friends Spencer and Alex got engaged back in February, I couldn't have been any happier for them. Spencer and I have been great friends for over a year, and not only did I shoot their engagement pictures back in may (view it here) but I actually helped him plan his proposal and lived in the same house for a couple months leading up to his wedding. Over the summer months as you can guess, our friendship strengthened and became something I never would have guessed a year ago. Seeing him with Alex makes me ecstatic because the two just couldn't be more perfect for each other, in fact I don't think I've actually seen them without smiles when they are together.

Their wedding took place in San Diego, just south of La Jolla. It is here that myself and videographer Matt Brue from Capture Studios also did the day after shoot. Because I was apart of the wedding, I only shot a few moments of the actual day, which I hope to post eventually. Until then, enjoy these images from our afternoon along the Pacific Coast, and don't forget to check out Matt Brue's incredible video work.

One last thing, I've been shooting a ton of instant film lately, and shot through three packs while in San Diego. Here is a set from the day after, and one from Spencer and Alex's first meeting (you can see the actual scene in the video)

Roman

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:02:22 -0600

View more from my shoot with Roman here: http://cargocollective.com/collinhughes#187964/Roman

Clara

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:28:54 -0600

Clara is one of my younger sisters and is already almost taller than me. I might be on the shorter side, I'm still way more cool than her...maybe. She got her braces off a few weeks ago, so she was pretty stoked to show her pearly whites.

San Diego // Spencer + Alex

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:33:58 -0600

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.

Sing It Loud

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:42:56 -0600

Sing It Loud for Epitaph Records

http://www.myspace.com/singitloud

Leah

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:46:40 -0600

Leah is an aspiring actress who has moved to LA looking to pursue her dream of acting, these are some of the shots I took for her portfolio. It is a shoot like this make me shake my head at the fact that I live in Minnesota, not for the fact that everyone else in US considers us the capital of farmland and blizzards, but seriously for the unpredictable weather when seasons are changing. During the course of this one hour shoot, the weather managed to go from snowing heavily, to partially raining, to sunny, to cloudy, all while maintaining a balmy 37 degree temperature. Leah was a trooper and hung in there with me, and it was great to get to work together.

View the rest of Leah's Story here: http://cargocollective.com/collinhughes#207173/Leah

Ben

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:34:21 -0600

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.

Kim and Steve

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:27:29 -0600

Sing It Loud - Out-Takes

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:31:13 -0600

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.

Kaitlyn

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:29:04 -0600

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.

Dan and Annalise

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:28:52 -0600

Dan and Anna were sooooo awesome, the two are such a fun couple and couldn't be more perfect for each other. Dan just moved to the Twin Cities area in the past few months and Anna has lived here her entire life. Both of them are so relaxed and were open to just about anything for their pictures, including incorporating Dan's souped up VW Jetta, which the couple has spent much of their time together in traveling around the country exploring and shooting weddings together. Check them out: http://danoksnevadphotography.com/

I'm super pumped to be shooting their wedding in January and even more thrilled to get to know that we shared an enormous pizza from the infamous Cossetta's in downtown St. Paul.

I've been shooting so much in the past week, and I'm super pumped to blog it all. I've got about 8 shoots to finish and 6 more on the way before I leave for some whitewater rafting in a couple weeks with my family. So stoked!

**UPDATED gallery with more from our shoot together!