The Prolific Penman

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Kevin

This weekend I had the opportunity to photograph an interesting person with an inspiring story. I had an idea that there was an interesting story to match the portrait when I spoke with him on the phone. Although being awarded the International Who’s Who for Poetry in 2012 and publishings by World Poetry Movement, Adrian- better known as        Prolific Penman is not your ordinary poet. After an early morning portrait session around the historic downtown area of Snellville, GA., the Penman inked his thoughts in a small journal he kept with him.

“I have no idea what is transpiring

Before my eyes it’s more than I

Could be, but God I know and

Trust that you have things under

Control, help me to remain

Grounded by the river which you

Planted me next to.

~ the prolific penman”

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Prolific indeed.

See more works of the Prolific Penman on his site at: http://theprolificpenman.poetrycraze.com/

My current favorite:  Tell them

You can also visit him on Facebook. If you inclined to do so, like his page and tell him Kevin sent you. 🙂

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The power of images

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Kevin

I happened to be looking through a batch of images during my usual culling process and something that has been on my mind for a while came to surface. As creatives, part of our process is to weed out images that don’t fit the criteria for our clients. Soft focus, ‘blinkers’, compositional issues, etc. Simply put, ‘culling’ is what we creatives call the process of weeding out bad images. (Or images we deem unfit) We go to great lengths to preserve our artistic style and to make sure nothing we shoot in error makes it to the public eye. Because every click we take is perfect, right?

Which brings me to the subject of discussion: The imperfect image. What becomes of them? Do we show our clients the blinkers, miscues, crooked smiles, and soft images? A long time ago, I made it a practice as we all do to toss the culled images into an abyss to never be seen again. If the image was not perfect in every way, we tossed it with an annoying click of the mouse. It took me going back through the endless hard drives and storage we use to come to a revelation: Some of these images are good. I don’t mean good in the technical sense. The memory I had when I captured that image was priceless. So for the past year while I’ve been focusing on capturing the best images I can for my clients, I spend more time in deciding which images absolutely have to go. Yes, sometimes a soft, crooked smile, blinker and a miscue makes it to the final cut. While I check everything for technical perfection, I think really hard about the moment I captured the image and what I was feeling. I give you the following image as an example:

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The above image was captured this weekend past during a moment of bliss between brother & sister: My children. 2 kids that love each other unconditionally, and find unashamed joy in being in each other’s lives.  I look at this image and totally disregard that it’s not perfect technically. This image is probably my favorite of the thousands of images I took all year. Here’s my take-away from this image:

I love my kids. I love my life. I love having them in it to share these moments that are sometimes imperfect, yet priceless.

I think our clients deserve the same consideration.

warm regards & Happy New Year

km

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Charleston Market

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Kevin

Captain’s Log. Stardate: 2012

Excuse the Star Trek flashback. I’m trying. :) Anyways, I’ve been meaning to post about a shoot I had downtown with a good friend & model Dominika Pullman. It was a warm night, and our plans to travel to Brook Green Gardens had changed. Armed with my rig and a speedlight, we decided that Charleston Market wasn’t a bad place to start. Here’s a few images from a Charleston Wedding photographer and model Nicki Pullman at the market. You can see more of the images on my Facebook page

 

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Kevin Maurice: Charleston Wedding Photographer

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Kevin

And new blogger. Yep, that’s right, I’m new to this. I have read many blogs, some interesting, some funny, some flat out leaving me with the question: Why?

I’m told by many people that blogging is a way to keep your business relevant and is vital. But is it really? Serious question. Yes, I’ve found some interesting things on blogs. I won’t deny that. Perhaps I’m missing the bigger picture.

My name is Kevin Maurice, I’m a Charleston Wedding & portrait photographer that travels to DC, Maryland, Virginia, and occasionally to Atlanta. So I guess my next step in my newfound blogging assignment is to post things relevant to Weddings, photography, Charelston, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Atlanta. Right?

Should I? Do I posess information, ideas, or a cool story that people really want to read? Perhaps. but i’m curious to know what my demographic is. Are you a photographer, bride, or resident of any of the aforementioned cities?

I’m curious to know what the masses say. Respond here or shoot me an email at info@kevinmaurice.com with the header “Blog stuff” and let me know your thoughts. In the meantime, I’ll do my very best to post an occasional image and share some cool stories. :)

Talk to you soon.

km

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