Scott Clevenger Photography Blog

I recently had the opportunity to get some cool photos of Olivia in downtown Raleigh.  We hit a couple of my favorite places and shot until the light was gone.  She made things super easy and was probably one of the best kid subjects I’ve ever had. Here are a few photos from the session.

After wrapping up Olivia’s session I was on the way home when I came upon an AMAZING sky over downtown Raleigh.  I made my way to the top of a new parking deck to get a few shots.  It would have been even better if I could have found a viewpoint that had the moon in it too but I didn’t have time to change locations before it was too dark.  I actually had to put my tripod on top of my 4 Runner to get a clean shot without the parking deck wall in the bottom of the frame.  I climbed up there (trying not to dent in the roof) set the timer and then climbed back down in order to keep the truck from moving while the shutter was open.  Believe it or not the shot below has only minor adjustments made in Lightroom 2.  I forgot to mention that I did fix the lens distortion in photoshop as well.  But that’s it.  I promise.

This is my neighbor’s oldest daughter Samantha and she’s running for president at her elementary school.  I jumped at the chance to do some cool shots for her campaign poster.  I don’t know if she will win or not but I think she’ll have the coolest poster in the school.  Good luck Samantha!

Wow, things just seem to get busy without even realizing it.  We recently had the opportunity to shoot Stephen and Sarah’s wedding on the South Eastern Baptist Seminary campus.  A huge thanks goes out to Ken Hall for helping out.  Here are a few shots from their day.

I feel like I have been editing photos like a mad man!  Here are just a few from a recent session with the Stuckey Family.  The third one has got to be one of my most favorite baby shots that I’ve ever done.  The look on her face is priceless.  Sometimes you just get lucky.

Every year we get at least one big praying mantis on our screen porch.  I caught this one out in the yard and had to put it on the porch myself.  They always manage to find a way out but not before the boys get a chance to hold and watch it.  They have to be one of the coolest bugs we have around here.  I love how they will turn their head to look at you.  We got to watch this one catch and eat a grasshopper that was unfortunate enough to be on the back porch too.  I wanted to shoot more but my littlest had to use the bathroom.  When you’re three you gotta go when you gotta go.  By the time I got back there wasn’t a crumb left!  Boys love this stuff.  : )