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12.03.2011

November in Rochester

I was very fortunate to head home for Thanksgiving this year and share the holiday with my parents and all of my siblings and their partners. Needless to say, it was a full house. :)

We are people who enjoy going for walks and doing things outdoors, even if it is only 38 degrees out there. The first few photos are from a walk up to the shore of Lake Ontario from our home. The next batch is from the annual Turkey Trot, which our family participates in every year on Thanksgiving morning. It conveniently starts between our house and the lakeshore, so we are able to walk up to the race and then walk home to a warm house and bloody marys afterwards. :)

The last bunch of photos are from a park in our area that was renamed for my grandfather, Lucien Morin, who was the first County Executive in Monroe County and actually acquired about one third of all park lands in the county during his term. It was the first time that most of us had visited the park. If you're in Rochester area and would like to know where it is, just send me a note (kristin@kozelskyphoto.com) and I'll give you directions. Yes, there were both an old, rusty car and a very cute niece in the park that day.

11.11.2011

Sequoia National Forest - With Film!

The last bit of my 30-day film challenge happened when I was out in California, but I hadn't gotten the film back until yesterday.

Weird things seem to be happening with this film and camera... most things are not coming out as I expect them to at all, which makes for some interesting images. On a number of the early-morning sunrise photos it looks like there were some shutter issues that blacked out portions of the images. I'll have to do some research on curtains and film... I don't ever remember that happening in all the years I shot film before, but this is a different camera so who knows?

Anyway, enjoy the surprising weirdness :)

9.24.2011

Sequoia National Forest

I spent the weekend prior to the Beloved Collective workshop in the Sequoia National Park. The workshop was being held in in LA, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to experience a moment with the largest living things on the planet. It was also the weekend of 9/11. As I was wholly unprepared to revisit all that happened 10 years ago, a day alone in nature - away from everyone and everything else - seemed like the best way for me to get through the day.

I arrived late on Saturday night and found a nice little campground to spend the night in. I got up early Sunday morning and headed straight into the heart of the park. There is so much I could say about the day... I made some notes about what I had experienced that day, which you'll see as the last of the photos. I spent a lot of time soaking things in... it was so refreshing to have the time to just sit and absorb the world around me. I had to leave early the next morning, but I did catch the sunrise over the mountains.

There are a lot of photos here, so consider yourself warned ;)

7.19.2011

Adam & Michele's Beloved Session

Last month I had the pleasure of having a Beloved session with two friends I don't see often enough - they live in Rochester, NY and I'm only there two or three times a year to see my family.

Beloved is a fairly new genre of photography. It has caused a pretty big rift in the wedding/engagement photography industry, but I feel that it is right in line with what my goals are as a photographer and I'm wholeheartedly for it. In a Beloved session, the photographer sets the stage for the couple by giving them verbal cues. I may ask the couple to play a game or imagine themselves in a particular situation. Once I give them the cues, they begin to interact with each other and I take on the role of a photojournalist, snapping away in the background.

The thing is that the cues allow the couple to create magic. What I ask the couple to do is to take time out of their lives to play together, to laugh together, to share memories and future plans, and just remember why they they are together in the first place. The result is that I document love, laughter, and sometimes tears... but always true, honest emotion. THAT is beautiful. Nothing posed, nothing artificial. Watching a couple interact and seeing the love just pour out of them is absolutely gorgeous. I love it. I just love it. A big thank you to Adam and Michele for being open and holding nothing back - you guys are amazing. :)

2.03.2011

Days 26, 27 & 28: Vogel | 30 Day Challenge

So yes, Vogel State Park in Georgia. We were there Saturday through Monday with a group of Bo's friends, but I didn't actually get back to Gainesville until Tuesday morning... and I drove straight to work. So I really still feel like I just got back even though tomorrow is Thursday.

Saturday we spent most of the day around the park and had a nice group dinner in a warm cabin with some wine and a fireplace. Sunday a couple girls got up and did a 5am hike... we slept in until the ripe hour of 9am. We had our breakfast, washed the dishes, got some more firewood and got ourselves ready and then it took a while for everyone to get themselves (and their tiny children) ready. So we had a leisurely family-friendly hike late in the afternoon and I spent some time taking photos while Bo was exploring potential bouldering areas just off the trail. We had another lovely evening and planned a more serious hike for Monday morning. Mountains here we come!

Well... it rained all morning. Rain and rain and rain. So we checked out, hung around until everyone else was on their way out as well as the rain slowed down and went up to Brasstown Bald. It was incredibly foggy, which was really quite nice. It was one of the few times you can feel totally safe while experiencing weather on a mountain. Apparently the view is really great from up there and you can see four states, but we could barely see each other so.... maybe next time :)

As before, the first one in the group gets the exif data and is the one that I'm using for the challenge.

Saturday