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How good looking is this family? Corey Gerlach and I have have been friends, band mates and business partners for going on 15 years now. It's crazy to think about how much time we've spent working on things together. I snapped this impromptu family portrait while we were walking around in Minneapolis this weekend. I love the look on little Cleo's face.
Sioux Falls, photographer Wes Eisenhauer.
This last weekend kicked off what is shaping up to be the busiest summer of my life. On Saturday, Tory Stolen and I shot Nicole and Tyler's wedding at First Evenagelical Free Church in Sioux Falls, followed by a beautiful reception at Penny Tree Events. The day started out cloudy and raining, but by the time the reception started small parts of blue sky poked through the clouds and we got to see a bit of sun. It was truly a gorgeous day and you could feel the happiness in the air. I feel extremely lucky to be doing the work that I'm doing and I can't wait to see what the rest of this busy wedding season is gonna bring. In my opinion, Nicole and Tyler's wedding day set the bar pretty high.
I drove down this dirt road the other day and I noticed something was missing. THE TREE! It was gone, chopped down to a stump. I'm really glad I got off my ass and went to take this picture a few months ago. It only strengthens my view that If I have a gut feeling and know a picture is there to be made, that I should act on it immediately because I probably won't get a second chance to capture it.
I didn't have a press pass to shoot Lorde at Coachella, but I was determined to get a few pictures of her. During her set, I ducked behind a fence when security was turned away and crawled under the stage for about 10 feet where I found a place to pop up next to the main speakers on the right. I started snapping some pictures from there when I felt a hand grab my shoulder. The security guard asked me what the hell I was doing and told me nobody was allowed to be in that area. I showed him my artist pass and told him I was photographing another bands set that day and I just wanted to get a few pictures. He said I could only shoot from the photo pit and he escorted me through the gates right to the front of the stage. It was exactly the place I wanted to go but couldn't get to because I didn't have photo credentials. My plan worked perfectly. It was awesome.
