Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern Magnolia or Bull Bay Magnolia.

It is to the South what sunshine is to the day.

Getting the shot of the Steve McKenzie designed seven-foot-wide glass chandelier for the HOME - Summer 2016 issue opener. 

Thanks to Steve for capturing this moment showing the lengths to which we will go to get the shot.

What?! Lying on the floor is not hard work? 

-and on the newsstands! 

Atlanta Magazine’s HOME - the 2016 Summer Issue. 

Thanks to art director Tara McCarthy, editor in chief Betsy Riley, designer Steve McKenzie, Xavier for being everyone’s go to super-guy, writer and editor Lisa Mowry, Cara and Mitchell for inviting us into their home and allowing us to create havoc, and Finn the dog for being so patient. 

 Special thanks to Sean McGinnis for the great paper (always).

VERTICAL - adjective    

At right angles to a horizontal plane; in a direction, or having an alignment, such that the top is directly above the bottom…

OK?

Our short documentary film WE FARM GEORGIA with Gabby Montoya is an Official Selection in the 2016 Film For (A Better) Future Festival.

It will screen this Saturday, May 7th at The Pinch ‘n’ Ouch Theatre in Atlanta.

Been a long week of farms, motels, miles, and more miles.

Met some beautiful people, ate some great food, and along the way gathered some incredible footage and interviews.

While traveling the backroads between locations we came across this farm.

Looks to be a great year for marshmallows.

At multiple locations filming this week and covering some serious miles.

So hang on- it’s going to get wild.

It’s all how you look at it.

Walk?- or take the moving sidewalk.

#twopointperspective

Driving on 328 East in South Carolina, somewhere between Saluda and Lexington, heading to the film festival in Columbia. 

We had been stopping and grabbing shots as we went: beautiful ruins, roadside unattractions, a mural, anything and nothing- but this scene really blew us away.

This photo is unprocessed from the RAW file: no curve, no saturation adjustment- nada. 

It is as we saw it.  

On the road and headed to Columbia, SC for the Indie Grits Film Festival. 

Our documentary The BUGG FARM screens tonight at 7pm. Posted is a screen grab of Addis Bugg from the film.

On the way we are scouting for an upcoming video production outside Lincolnton, GA., and we’ll be getting some footage for G2! in Elgin, SC.

And you know we’re on the backroads exploring and getting the shots.

“Stairwell in the Marais” 

This photograph was shot on a visit to Paris in the hotel where we stayed. 

This image was shot on film.  Yes- we said film.

STRUCTURE - noun 

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex…

On 22 East in Hancock County headed for Sparta, GA.

From the collection “Backroads and Beautiful Ruins”

On the road location scouting for upcoming video project.

Somewhere in Baldwin County, Georgia.

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the premiere of our first doc film GROW! at the Georgia Organics Conference in Savannah GA March 11, 2011.

It has been an amazing journey. 

Garnering film festival wins around the world, it continues to inspire young farmers everywhere via iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and other streaming/download sites.

We’re pleased to announce that our documentary short “The BUGG FARM” is an official selection at the 2016 Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, South Carolina. 

The Bugg Farm is a tribute to the heritage of strong black farmers who have managed to survive and keep the land in the family for future generations. The farm, which originally comprised over one thousand acres was owned by T.J. Bugg, a former slave who was given the land by the owner of the plantation on which he had toiled. Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, Addis Bugg, the great, great, great grandson of T.J. Bugg has recently returned to the family farm in Georgia to carry on the farm’s legacy and become the 6th generation to farm the land. 

 Screens April 16th, 2016 at 7pm in the Nickelodeon Theatre in Columbia, SC

The writing on the wall.

On the road in Georgia along GA 520 outside of Weston in Webster County.

No! Really- it is. Just around the corner.

#fineartphotography, #tulip

We spend a good part of the year on the road on photo assignments and film projects, and as can be expected, in hotels.

The glamorous world of being photographers can turn into a disorienting nightmare after awhile when the hotels and their rooms (except for the carpets in the hallways- more on that in a later post…) all look the same.

From our “Last Resorts” collection, here we are in Seneca, SC.

Shot on a HOLGA 120S camera (cheap plastic body, plastic lens) with Ilford HP5 Plus, 120 roll, 400 ISO Black and White film. 

A well-known camera and a light leaking mess, it does produce amazing images if you know how to finesse it (and tape the body to minimize the leaks). 

Notice the beautiful lens distortion at the bottom edges.

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris.

Screen grab from filming today.

We are back in the edit suite with sharp knives blazing.

恭禧發財

Gong Hay Fat Choy - Happy Chinese New Year

In Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Short experimental film (#00086G)

Panasonic HPX 170 P2 overcranked creating this dream-like, meditative quality.

nature  (ˈnāCHər)  noun

the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth: the breathtaking beauty of nature.

Since moving to the South from California, we have always made it a point to take the back roads, whether traveling to location for a shoot in a major city or while working on our films which revolve around sustainable farming.

We are inspired by the beauty of decay, the resilience of long abandoned buildings and the
persistence of nature that is special to the South.

Millwood, GA., GA Hwy 158 at Old Nicholls Hwy

From the collection “Backroads and Beautiful Ruins”