Our Engagement!
What I thought was going to be a fun day hiking up north turned into much more with the most wonderful surprise. We drove up to Oak Creek Canyon north of Sedona for a hike on West Fork Trail. This is the trail that we had previously done Rachel and Levi's engagement shoot at, and we thought it was really beautiful.
We wanted to hike all the way in, so that was the plan for the day. We had a wonderful time taking photos of our surroundings and enjoying each other's company. I brought up eating lunch, because it was getting to that time in the day.
Leo being the thoughtful man that he is had prepared a whole picnic! He brought a blanket, and had made sandwiches and salad with some brownies for dessert. After cleaning that up Leo started to set up the camera, which I thought was a little weird, but we had talked about trying to take photos of ourselves. Then he pulled out our journal, which is cuter in context so I will have to go off on a tangent for a second.
He originally gave me the journal for our one year anniversary. It has photos and text of big things we've done together, like when we went to Comic-Con for the first time, or a close family friend's wedding. Anyway he added a few pages that included things like our trip to Disneyland.
On the last page added was a photo of the ring. When I looked up Leo was on one knee with box in hand. I was too excited, so I didn't allow many words to come out of his mouth before I popped up and kissed him. He did get a chance to ask me to marry him, and of course I said yes! There will be a Krom wedding coming soon! Scroll to the bottom for a short video!
Andrew Olari's 1988 BMW e30
I work on a short web series that I've been filming with my friend for a couple of months titled "Bird City Sessions." This week it led us to Andrew and his recently acquired vintage BMW. Since this isn't a car blog I won't go in-depth into the vehicle itself. I can't help but share a couple of the photos I took in-between filming, and the video itself though. Enjoy!
Rachel and Levi's Engagement Session
When Nikki and I met up with Rachel to discuss what she wanted for her and Levi's engagement session we became very excited. She had mentioned that they enjoyed hiking and the outdoors, and she wanted to go somewhere up North. An opportunity to photograph a young couple that was clearly in love in one of the most beautiful parts of Arizona? Of course we could get behind that. So we drove up, met with the couple, their adorable little dachshund, and the maid of honor. Once we got to the location and saw them within their surroundings we knew that it was going to turn out perfectly.
The Great Depression (The Chop)
Today I began shooting one of my favorite subjects: James Schwartz. His passion is contagious, and I haven't met many more people that are as passionate as him when it comes to cars. After selling off the Rocket Bunny FRS that he had been building for the last year, he was ready to find something new. He found this in a rendering that was created based around an old 1930s Model A 5 window coupe.
James' Rocket Bunny FRS in its final form.
I would venture to say that this is his most ambitious project yet, and our goal is to be there filming it just as we did with his FRS build. Some teasers for that should be popping up on the BrainDead Media Youtube channel.
