Scott Clevenger Photography Blog

I’ve been wanting to try this for a while now and with the help of my friend Todd I finally got to it. I had been searching for a while to find a good location when I came across this strip of road that had a double yellow line and more importantly no traffic. I wanted to try this so bad I was actually considering getting all my settings on the camera and lights and then having Todd zoom by ;) on a not so busy street, shoot a few frames and then move everything while trying to avoid traffic. There’s no way it would have worked. I’m glad I found an alternative. (click on an image to see the big version)

If you have ever been to the Dunn-Benson Dragstrip then you have probably seen this dude. He used to own it. He’s a long time friend of my wife’s family. I met up with him and my brother-in-law at his shop to get a few shots for my booth at the Ray Price open house next month. The area behind his shop has a bunch of older cars that have been parted out which made for a cool background for the photos. I think the best part was he had a story behind every car there. The kind of story only a long time car guy could tell. It was great.

I recently had the opportunity to hang out and shoot a few photos of Courtney, Laura and their one month old, Gavin. I met Courtney and Laura a few years ago and have shot a bunch of weddings and various other things with Courtney since then. Being a photographer he already had a ton of shots with Laura and Gavin but not so many of the entire family. Just check out his blog. Every post on there right now with the exception of one is about Gavin.  He’s not a happy dad at all. :) While I was over having lunch and talking shop we took time out to get a few. The light in their room was amazing! The shots below are all natural light.

Back when it snowed, my neighbors asked to do a family session actually in the snow.  We didn’t travel far – just to some barns that are pretty much in our backyard.  Man it was cold!  It’s hard to wear gloves and still play with all the buttons and dials on the camera.  The kids even took a break to warm up in the truck before doing a final group shot.  We ended up with some cool shots and other than the frostbite, it was fun.  :)

Check out some shots from a recent session with Paula and her family.  She and my wife have been friends since 4th grade!  This is photo techie but I am so digging the light fall off resulting in the nice gray tones on the white background!