Tag Archives: nashville

Allison (and the mystical woodlands)

Soon after taking Allison’s portrait for my Faces project, I asked if she’d be willing to do a test shoot with me. I’ve been wanting to do a shoot at Cheekwood for months since I’d seen a photo by Kate Pulley on Flickr. Lately I’ve been inspired a lot by photos like that. Photos that [...]

Polaroid Week – Day 5

The struggles with ATZ continue. I’m not really happy with my final entries for Polaroid Week, but such is the nature of the beast. ATZ wasn’t necessarily the problem. I think I just had a hard time finding things to take photos of. I had one really good photo that I took yesterday that I [...]

Polaroid Week – Day 2

This is Allison. Allison is another frenger I met from working at Whole Foods. I meet some interesting people that way. Allison is a songwriter. We both met Annie Clark of St. Vincent at the same time and were quite starstruck. I randomly ran in to Allison yesterday at, of all places, Bongo Java. Seems [...]

Polaroid Week – Day 1

Well, Polaroid Week 2009 is starting up again. It feels like yesterday we just had the last Polaroid Week, but I’m definitely not complaining.
This photo was taken about a week ago. Her name is Tiara. She works at Bongo Java, one of my favorite coffee shops in Nashville. She comes in to Whole Foods sometimes [...]

Restlessness breeds clarity

I’m awful at being patient. I had a conversation recently with the lovely Allister Ann about this topic and it’s had me thinking. I think the reason I feel so restless right now is because I thrive on change. Or perhaps more accurately, progress. Certainly I’ve had moments where I became apprehensive about change. I think [...]