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I love getting to travel both for work and for fun, and I'll be on the road a ton this spring! If you'd like to schedule a session in any of these places, please, please get in touch! The best way is to email me: molly@cedarhousephotography.com. I'm really hoping to add some more fun sessions to this list! :)
California (Northern / Central) - dates TBA
Hawaii - March 16-23
Texas - April
Moab / Zion - TBA
Santa Fe - TBA
Las Vegas - March 7-13
This fall, I had the privilege of collaborating on a shoot with a few of my photographer friends. We styled a shoot based on the myth of Persephone and Hades, and our prints were displayed at a local coffee shop. So much fun! A special thanks to our lovely models (Taylor as Persephone and Alex as Hades), who made the shoot what it was.The myth of Persephone (loosely paraphrased) is that Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, is seduced / kidnapped by Hades, the god of the underworld, using a poisoned pomegranate. She disappears to go live with Hades, and the world plunges into winter. Her mother, Demeter, comes to her rescue, and strikes a deal with Hades to let Persephone live above-ground for half of the year and then she'll return to the underworld for the other half of the year. This is one of many explanations for the changing seasons. For some reason, I've loved this myth ever since I was a kid. Cheers!
I also shot some video during this shoot, and I hope to be able to put it together soon!
I love crazy. I do. If you have a crazy uncle who wants to talk about DIA conspiracy theories, be sure to introduce me, because I'm totally fascinated by things that are crazy/ creepy/ weird/ unbelieveable, whether I personally agree with them or not. I'm so fascinated by weird, random roadside attractions, too, and one night I was meeting with a group of photographer friends when I may have gotten a little too excited describing the awesome weirdness of Colorado's own UFO watchtower, and the gator farm down the road. That, combined with my trying to explain ultra-small town life to my friends in "The City" (as we small mountain town people call it, doesn't really matter which city), and we decided they just had to see it all for themselves.What followed was a road trip of epic proportions - I seriously don't think I've ever crammed so much into two days.
We drove through Leadville where I attempted to explain ski jorring, stopped for coffee in my hometown of Buena Vista where our coffee was served by the mayor, and then we walked across the street to visit the old brothel (which apparently is a weird thing to refer to casually), then on to Colorado Gators! We spent the afternoon cuddling baby gators and making friends with the gator wranglers, then headed to the UFO watchtower, where we put on crazy outfits, took some pictures in the sunset, danced around in their vortex garden at night, camped, woke up, encountered a fellow UFOer who refused to tell us his real name but said, "Some people call me Fez,", and then went to the Sand Dunes where we were, by far, the most unusually-dressed hikers. On the way back, I took them to the ghost town of St. Elmo, where we got curious and learned via Wikipedia that St. Elmo was named after a Victorian novel, not a saint, but that St. Elmo himself is actually the patron saint of sailors. Curious, given that St. Elmo town is in a landlocked state at an elevation of 10,000 feet. We drove back through the real South Park, knocking off an item from Heather's bucket list- she had never seen a ghost town before, and now she's seen two! Phew.
Okay, brace yourselves for a gigantic number of images. First, the gator farm, which is run by nice people with either the least amount of regulation or the best, most subtle sense of humor ever. Giant tortoises, dogs, and peacocks roam the property freely, and you can pay $100 to take an ALLIGATOR. WRESTLING. CLASS. Which, no, I have not yet had a chance to do, but yes, I plan on doing in the future.
A little out of focus, but still fun:
You could really just reach in and grab this little guy if you wanted to.
Now, the UFO watchtower. I haven't had any personal experience with actual UFOs, so I can't claim to be a believer, but for some reason I keep ending up at these UFO events... I don't know. I think it's the costumes.
Self-portrait:
Heather got beamed up! ;)
This shot on the left is so unsettling and slightly creepy and I think it's awesome.
Then, to the Sand Dunes! We planned to shoot for longer, but it got SO.HOT. so quickly that we didn't spend as much times as planned. Also, we got some pretty awesome looks from the boy scout troop that passed us.
I love these girls! Be sure to check out their work at http://heathergrayphotography.com/ and http://kelseybigelowphotography.com/.
And I love road trips! And I love hanging out! Want to come with me sometime? I'd be happy to show you around my favorite rural mountain towns, desert destinations, or explore somewhere new. Just fair warning: I say the word "awesome" too much, you can't take me anywhere in Buena Vista without having to say hi to half the town, I like mimosas in the morning, and the second day of our road trip, I consumed one Rockstar, three Red Bulls, and two americanos without blinking. So, if that sounds like your kinda party, get in touch! It'll be awesome.
I grew up in Santa Fe, and I head back a few times a year. I'm still planning to go this summer, but don't have dates yet. Anyone wanna come with? You can check out a few blog posts from previous Santa Fe trips 1. Here 2. Here and 3. Here. Yay!
Just fair warning... if you hire me to shoot your wedding, there's a solid chance that a year later we'll be friends and you'll blindly follow me into the desert for days on end and we might accidentally stumble upon filming of a Will Smith movie in the middle of nowhere and maybe the night before we're supposed to leave for this epic road trip I'll send you a random Facebook message in the middle of the night suggesting that you bring "some cool clothes or something" and we'll rock out the most awesome desert shoot ever while our guys make banana margaritas in the electric blender they've hooked up to the cigarette lighter outlet in the car.Moab is one of my favorite places in the entire world. I've been going there for years, several times a year, since high school - by myself, with Zach, with friends - and it totally feels like a second home. I LOVE the desert so much, and Moab is absolutely one of the most breathtaking, astoundingly beautiful, most surreal places on the planet. Pictures really don't do this place justice at all, and that's coming from a photographer :)
Anyway, this shoot with Shalisa came with little / no prep and little / no styling :) It was HOT and we had all been sleeping on the desert floor for a few days so you better have some mad respect for this girl's beauty! This is the awesome part about my job - I met Nate and Shalisa for the first time when they hired me to shoot their wedding about a year ago, and now we hang out, and awesome things like this happen. Who would have known, a year ago :) I'll probably have to do a separate blog post on the trip itself, because there's just too much goodness going on here. Love you Shalis!
I'm in Moab usually several times a year - if you're from the area and want to schedule a shoot, feel free to be in touch. Or, if you're not from the Moab area but are as in love with it as I am, also feel free to be in touch. Maybe we can coordinate trips! :)
HOLY CRAP I love my senior models! I get to work with some of the sweetest, most photogenic girls on the planet. You might remember my near-obsession with springtime, and ever since the weather started warming up and I started seeing little tips of green grass, I've been wanting to do a spring style shoot. Thankfully, I have a slew of beautiful people ready to model for me :) One of the perks of being a Senior Model is the opportunity to participate in style shoots like this one, at no extra charge. Essentially, you just become my muse :) We're still accepting Senior Model applications through May, so if you're interested, apply ASAP!I met up with Elisha and Kendall on a chilly, dreary afternoon, and they were seriously awesome for hanging in there and rolling around in the drizzle and wet grass. I kept saying, "You guys must be freezing! We can stop whenever you want," but they said they were having fun and wanted to keep going. So, thanks to these two lovely ladies, we walked away from a cold, rainy day with an awesome shoot :)
I love this series:
So stunning!!
You girls are awesome! Can't wait for the next shoot! :)
