Cottage Hill Magazine {Styled Shoot}

January 19, 2015FEATURED WEDDINGSWes RobertsComment

I love shooting styled shoots! For me its the culmination of a vision that a team worked so hard to pull off. You can try things you wouldn't normally do during, maybe a wedding per se, but a styled shoot you can do anything...it just has to look good! We recently got to work with Cottage Hill Magazine and LeRae Events + Design and we got to team up with "Team Awesome" again...LeRae Events + Design, Kamee Kwak, Whitlee Mullis and Us.

For this shoot the main idea was centered around high school sweethearts. SO, the search was on for real highschool sweethearts that were married. Within days LeRae had found our couple Peyton and Andy. Obviously, they had known each other in highschool and dated throughout college and their story was such a heartwarming story of love. We wanted a setting that would resemble a school but not just any school, a super awesome looking school. All roads pointed to Huntington College in Montgomery AL so that was were we headed. After we got the models and location, the Team began working their magic. Kamee started by making Peyton and Andy look even more amazing by styling (hair and outfits) them to fit what we work looking for. Peyton wore a Lusan Mandongus gown provided by Ivory & White Bridal Boutique in Birmingham and Andy wore a handsome tux from Jim Massey. While they were getting ready, both Rae and Leah of LeRae went to work on styling the flowers and setting up the tablescapes. To add the final touches and make everything come together, Whitlee Mullis styled the paper suites which are super eye catching.

The final product was stunning and full of inspiration! To see the shoot in print you can order their Homecoming Issue at the Cottage Hill as well as see the other beautiful work they feature.

Publication: Cottage Hill Magazine

Design, Planning and Florals: LeRae Event + Design

Hair and Styling: KK Styles

Paper Suite: Whitlee Mullis

Makeup: Lush Makeup Art

Gown: Ivory & White Bridal Boutique

Tuxedo: Jim Massey

Location: Huntingdon College

Band: Wetumpka High School Band

Guest Book: Velvet Raptor

Here is the Team in all our sweatiness

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This group right here has been nothing but 🔥🔥🔥! They just claimed the area championship and now heading to burn a trail to the title! Congrats Team 26!!! @chsreddevilsb

We’ve had a few slots open up for Sunday’s Mother’s Day Mini session. If you’d like join us you can use the link below to schedule a slot. https://square.site/book/2WVRFVYVD808R/wes-roberts-photography-smiths-station-al

I’m teaming up with Robin’s Nest Boutique to offer Mother’s Day mini session on Sunday, May 7th. Come join us! $100: up to 10 digital photos & $50 RNB gift card *one immediate family per time slot https://square.site/book/2WVRFVYVD808R/wes-roberts-photography-smiths-station-al

Continuing on with the “Life to Space” AI series here are a few of the ordinary moments in the extraordinary. You still have to have coffee. I’m loving the ability to create the imaginable with a “pen to paper” (used very loosely) technology. Ideas just fly into my head and as quickly I’m trying to see what it might look like. Im finding that I’m having to use my photography and art director skills the same for the concept, look and emotional feel to achieve the look I want. Again this is all AI generated by me telling it what I wanted. More to come from this series #AIart #midjourney #space #spaceexploration #thefuture #lifeinspace

I don’t really know what to do with this yet, meaning if it stays on this account or not, but I wanted to share anyway. Watching yesterday’s rocket launch made me think about the possibility of what it’s like to live in space. While it would be extraordinary years down the road to have a completely different lifestyle. Yet in the extraordinary there are the ordinary moments. I wanted to play around with a new technology to see what these extraordinary and ordinary moments might look like together. So, here is a look at life in space brought to us by AI. The emotions of what it’s like to prepare to leave to the actual departure. Could you imagine? #aiart #midjourney #space #spaceexploration #thefuture #lifeinspace To be upfront, everything that you see here was created by artificial intelligence and the platform Midjourney. Most everything you see was typed in as a description to the way that I wanted it. This has to be one of the most amazing and powerful technologies in the art world right now and will possibly change the landscape of art as we know it. I believe the future as a photographer/artist will be finding a way to unite traditional art with this new technology. I don’t believe fighting against it will do any good but learning how to embrace it and evolve will unlock the creativity of our minds in a way that we could never imagine.

Just some of the seniors I’ve been able to photograph over the years. These images tell their story and who they are and were. It’s the power of our stories that allow us to relate and connect. I am so thankful that I’ve been blessed with providing images like these to seniors and parents to cherish and look back on, remembering their senior year. 2024, let’s tell your story!

Here is another fun product shot that is surprising once you see the behind the scene. Sometimes simplifying the shot is the best so that the product is the main focus. The fun part about this is that the checkered background isn’t a backsplash but is the inside cover of one of my son’s nascar books. If you are a small biz owner with products that need some life in your pictures, reach out to me and let’s see how I can help. Btw, what’s your favorite hot sauce? Cholula Hot Sauce

So here is my behind the scenes on my setup for the Perfectly Posh lotion shot. Just as simple as a Pyrex dish, some blue printer paper and lifting the dish to move the water. I’ve always loved the challenge of trying to capture a wide range of subjects. I feel like if I can get the lighting concept down, add the creative touch, and keep the end use of the shot in mind, I’ll be able to photograph whatever my client's needs and be a more well-rounded photographer. Would you have guessed the setup would have looked like this? Wait till you see the next product shot I share and the BTS.

It’s always fun to play around and photograph different things. This came in one of my Meg’s (my wife) order boxes, so i decided to see what I could do with it. Just a fun beachy vibe. Btw, check out @innov8tive_posh, Meg raves about their products. Check back for a behind the scenes shot on the next post, you might be surprised how I photographed this.

I love it when I’m blessed with opportunities to photograph people/families over the years. Tabitha and CW are one of those blessings. Since Tab was in high school I’ve been able to photograph her senior pictures. Then I was able to photograph her and CW’s engagement session and wedding, and now as they are expecting their firstborn. We were able to meet up for some beautiful shots around Callaway and Pine Mountain. I am so excited for them and this next stage of life! Give them a congratulations! Btw, If you haven’t seen the work @callawaygardens has put in on the daffodils and tulips, you really need to check it out! Their hard work has really paid off. #wesphotography #alabamaphotography #georgiaphotography #couplesphotography #maternityshoot

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