Vicki and I decided to take this week and look at the way we take pictures. It's easy to get stuck photographing the same way...different subject but same pictures. So, we decided to focus on one subject but take pictures from many different angles.
Here's what Vicki had to say:
There are certain things that remind us of home. For me, the smell of a charcoal grill
does just that. You are probably wondering what these pictures are all
about. Well, sometime around the late 1960's my Grandfather built
himself the ultimate family gathering grill. Who wouldn't want to cook
30 whole chickens at once? He welded it from an oil drum that was no
longer being used. There have been countless uses for this grill over
the years. Family reunions, birthdays, weddings, etc. It can hold
several bags of coals at once and smokes meat like nothing you've ever
tasted. Like 'slap yo mama' good. So here she is in all her glory, the
oil drum grill. Rusty and battered from years of use and love. On
this day it was being used to grill chicken for our family's church's
fall sale. Just as the sun was rising these beauties were lined up and
already smoking to perfection. I tried to capture all of the parts I
found interesting. Now if only I could share the the end result.
Grandpa's chicken with Grandma's secret barbeque sauce......man, I just
got hungry!
Images By: Vicki Hautop
Here's what I had to say:
This week I desperately wanted to delay the assignment
because it has been one of THOSE weeks.
We all have them and among the chaos it is so easy to let go of the
things that we do for ourselves. We are
in the midst of a kitchen renovation and our house is completely torn apart
right now. I know that I will be thrilled once everything is done, but living
through the dust, layers of plastic, piles and piles of stuff, and constant
people in and out of the house has sent me over the edge many times this week. On top of that drama, I have been working
feverishly on an end of year slide show and coaches memory book for my son’s
football team for the end of season banquet tonight. I am so excited that both of them have turned
out so well and can’t wait for the coaches, parents, and players to see them,
but have to admit that trying to pull them together has been a little too much
on me during an already CRAZY week!! So,
I called Vicki on Saturday to ask if we could just wait until next week to
finish the assignment. In her very
loving and firm way she told me that she would not buy the “dog ate my
homework” excuse. And I realized that even though it was not
what I wanted to hear, it’s what I needed to hear. This blog is something that we do for
ourselves and with a week of focusing on everyone else I needed some time to
focus on something for me. I knew that I
did not have time to try and “set up” something to shoot but I think that’s
what made the pictures this week even more perfect. I actually took a moment to STOP. My mother in law was awesome enough to have
us over for breakfast and my son decided to take the time to sit and relax
too. Looking over at him, in his crazy
outfit lying in crazy positions on the chair trying to play his game, I just had
to LAUGH. So of course I had to pick up
the camera and share the comic relief of my morning from many different
angles. I hope they make you smile
too!
Images by: Erin Hautop
Next week we are going to focus on photographing man's best friend!!
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