Wes Roberts Seniors: Madison

November 13, 2020Wes RobertsComment

The world is illuminated with light and painted by the unique eye of its artist. I am often captivated by art and love seeing how others see the world before them. The expression of talent mixed with vision is beautiful as it culminates into a realized art piece. Madison was one of our recent seniors that I was able to photograph for the 2020 year. Like all of the seniors I work with, I love having our initial planning meeting. It’s here that I begin to find out who the senior is and what they enjoy and want to include in the session. As we planned Madison’s session, I asked that question…”what would you like to include”. There was some conversation about cheer and reading, and a brief mention that she dabbles in painting a little but nothing detailed. So i probed a little bit, “tell me about that”. Come to find out, Madison is an ultra talented artist and has a natural ability to see the colors and form on canvas without having formal training. Amazing! During the rest of the session we were able to come up with some beautiful images that showcased Madison during her senior year. I hope you enjoy them! If you’ve got a senior or upcoming senior, reach out to me and let’s chat about how I can provide the with beautiful senior images.

Wes Roberts Video: Rebuild Pros

November 2, 2020WES ROBERTS VIDEOWes RobertsComment

This is something I tried to stay away from. Mostly from fear of not knowing what to do or how to even go about it, but I guess that’s why God has geared us with certain abilities to figure things out. When everything shut down back in March, our church went into an all virtual attendance format, which meant that everything that our congregation interacted with was now in a digital format of some sort. I had already been making announcement videos and handling the live stream but this move it amped everything up multiple notches. I had to jump deep into learning more about Adobe Premier, producing/directing a live event with multiple camera angles, program formatting (similar to how you watch a television show), and a number of things I would have never stepped into. I went from a comfortable photography knowledge to something which was way above my skill and knowledge level. So right now, I give the glory to Jesus for leading and seeing me through this.

As we moved into a new message series titled “REBUILD” a study on the Book of Nehemiah, we wanted an intro video before each message that would be fun but still point towards the theme of the message. I’m so thankful for my team of idea thinkers and people in our church who are willing to act in front of the camera to make this happen. The episode is based on the HGTV renovation shows that air and focus on the building adventures of Mike the Rebuilder as he tries to meet his client’s needs and gives glory to God at the same time.

If you’d like to check out the “REBUILD” message series you can view them here. There will be more episodes to come.

Click the image to watch the first episode on Youtube.

Wes Roberts Seniors: Tahj

October 30, 2020WES ROBERTS SENIORSWes RobertsComment

Since my last post on here, which has been well over a year and heading closely to two, we have encountered a lot as a world, a nation and being human. I’m not going to say much about how the 2020 year has been, outside of one word…”speechless”. That said, I’m going to jump right in to the post.

During the summer I had the pleasure of meeting with and photographing Tahj. He’s the son of some dear friends of ours who have been a blessing to our lives. One thing I love finding out as I prepare to photograph seniors is what they are into. Being able to incorporate these into a session adds to the fullness of a senior’s life as you look back at that point in time. From a photographers stand point, I get to be challenged to photograph this idea in a different way and make it unique. For Tahj, our conversation on his interests pointed us to his love for hip hop dance and anime. I’ve shot dance before for a local dance studio which was more on the formal side, so now I got to use a little creativity with lights to make something unique. In addition Tahj, also runs track, so I wanted something that was going to be more of a commercial look. So, here’s what we came up with.

Here’s to your future Tahj; may the Lord bless you!

Wes Roberts Weddings ~ {Haleigh and Connor}

January 8, 2019Wes RobertsComment

Fall weddings, barns, family, lots of love..these things sum up the wedding of Haleigh and Connor. What a beautiful day to celebrate wonderful couple!

WRP Seniors - {2019 Senior Models}

June 29, 2018Wes RobertsComment

We are so excited to introduce to you our new 2019 Senior Models. They are an amazing group of girls and can't wait to work with them this upcoming year!

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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