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hawaii

JAC Photography — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:14:06 +0000

jamie and i got to sneak away for a few days of rest and relaxation in hawaii. four days, one moped accident and one 15 hour flight ordeal later we are home. funny thing, all i remember is the laughing. which is exactly why i love this girl so much.
aforementioned moped accident happened day one, which killed any beach time for jamie, but she still put her feet in the water and made the most of it.
all in all, an adventure we will never forget, and one that makes us long for sweet days of nothing at home, a treasure far to rare these days for us.
all below taken on expired polaiod film stock, damn i love that film.

bathing suit from here.

Fifteen

JAC Photography — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:33:16 +0000

Eleven years ago we were living in Santa Barbara, I was finishing up school and we had Kira’s bday party at the beach. Fast forward to today, same idea but this time we went to Crystal Cove and instead of pinatas we had boys.
Polaroid Camera with fuji 100c. Loving the color, this film is great as long as you keep it out of the shadows where it tends to go green.

Fuji 3000b, always a favorite.

So proud of you Kira, so excited to see what the next fifteen years have in store.

Lindsay and Kevin

JAC Photography — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:02:24 +0000

Lindsay and Kevin (check out their engagement story on Glamour Mag’s site) were married this May on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Lindsay found our work from a feature on Maria Cook’s amazing blog, the Ritzy Bee and we immediately clicked. Their wedding perfectly reflects their spirit; fun, unpretentious, full of thoughtful details and little touches. They were married in the park, had their reception at a gorgeous, light and airy restaurant. We heart day time weddings, this one was a classic.

Downtown LA

JAC Photography — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:26:15 +0000

A new favorite spot with two new favorite people, Vivian and James. Sometimes LA spoils us, it offers so much visually and the best of it is what is not on the tourist map.

Lindsay and Kevin and Capitol Hill

JAC Photography — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:11:24 +0000

This is what a twenty minute engagement session looks like! We carved out an hour, but ended up grabbing drinks instead, so the session happened on the walk to the rehearsal and dinner in and around Washington’s DC’s Capitol Hill. As they are avid photographers, we even let Kevin and Lindsay in on the fun with the leica!

Resulting shot: Go Lindsay!

See that smile right there. It. Did. Not. Go. Away. All. Weekend. Wedding pictures to come!

Most of these are shot with the canon eos 1v on fuji 400h, the bw are shot on leica with kodak’s soon to be extinct bw400cn. Boo to kodak.

Washington DC

JAC Photography — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:04:16 +0000

I love traveling with Jamie, mostly because she’s the most relaxed person in the universe and rarely has an agenda beyond drinking coffee and eating good food. This is good because I always have an agenda, typically one that requires way too much walking. DC is dream place to visit because I am an American history nerd. We packed a fair amount into one free day:)
Actual mold on exhibit at the Smithsonian, taken from Lincoln’s face the last year of the civil war, a short time before his assassination.

Pearl Harbor Day:( And my birthday:)

Before.

After.

Happy mom’s day to the perfect mother and wife (and travel companion), perfect not because you don’t make mistakes, but because you never let them drag you down. I adore you.

Piha, West Coast New Zealand

JAC Photography — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:50:54 +0000

First day off in weeks, headed down to Piha, a black sand beach famous for its good surf and dangerous riptides. Amazing place:)

Piha March 2010 from jac photographers on Vimeo.

Off to New Zealand

JAC Photography — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:39:21 +0000

Be right back;)

better when we’re together

JAC Photography — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:24:47 +0000

Jamie and i had four kids before the age of 30. Sounds crazy I know, and it hasn’t always been easy, but the best part about it for me is when I project into the future, and I see past the petty arguments they have into a future where they will always have a best friend to lean on, an ear to listen, someone to believe in and someone to cheer for. I try to share this future with them but it seems impossible to them now, so instead I drive to Santa Barabara on a whim, I fly them all the Australia, i stitch together what I hope will be the quilt of common memories and a bond that will last a lifetime.
I took this on my last pack of polaroid film in Santa Barbara a few weeks ago and (despite being woefully underexposed) I was struck immediately by how old and wise they both looked. God I love my kids.

Horizon | Dusk or Dawn

JAC Photography — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:25:48 +0000

We made a quick trip to Vegas this weekend. I pulled over about twenty miles outside of the city when I saw this amazing setting. When you think Nevada this is not the picture that come to mind, and what struck me as I stood outside the car, traffic screaming by at a million miles and hour, was that if I had been dropped into this place without context, it would be impossible for me to tell if it was dusk or dawn.

So much of the time, this is how life feels isn’t it? Change is always coming, but sometimes (most times?) it’s hard to decipher if you are standing before the dawn of something new, or looking into the twilight of something fading.

Taken with polaroid 600se and fuji 100b. Anyone want to guess if this if this was dawn or dusk?