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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

2011: Top 40

Remember when you used to listen to the radio? I'm the nerd who listens to shows like Second Cup, Splendid Table and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, but there was a time (yes, indeed, children of the new millennium) when people listened to the air waves to catch the latest and greatest hits and releases. And there was that great list called the Top 40--the year's most popular charts! (Perhaps some of you even remember good ol' Casey Kasem?) 

Well, we've decided to bring back the Top 40 here at Tin Can Photography and pick out some of our favorite photos from 2011! First of all, this was harder than it sounds! (There are many more moments we wanted to include!) Second, they're in no particular order. Third, these are some of our favorites just because they made us smile or captured beautiful, raw emotion (i.e. we have no real judging criteria for this process). And lastly, if you make it to the end, we've also included our top pick of self portraits taken in the last year (and it was a little tricky!). Enjoy!









































Wow, 2011 was filled with some really amazing moments! Thanks so much to the most wonderful clients! This process was really cathartic for us, so I think we'll make the Top 40 a tradition. I can't wait to see what next year's list will look like! It might even include you!

Monday, January 16, 2012

stephanie + scott. lifestyle + love.


In a letter to his wife in 1812, Wordsworth wrote, "Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."

We were fortunate to get to meet and photograph Stephanie and Scott recently. Within the span of one day, these two flew in from New York, we walked around the High Museum, perused books in the Bauhaus-inspired Atlanta Fulton County Library, shared laughter and conversation over lattes and Bryan and I boarded a plane to Florida. This kind of schedule might give some people the nervous jitters, but for us, it was a day full of fun and adventure. Both creatives in the writing and editing realm, meeting Stephanie and Scott was like walking around with friends we didn't know we had. In an email, Stephanie gave me the words modern, museum, books and coffee as inspiration for their shoot. It was as if she read my mind under the file labeled, "describe a perfect day in the city!"

Excited to hit the ground running the afternoon they arrived in Atlanta, we knew if anyone would understand the Wordsworthian need to try and put our hearts' palpitations on paper, to record the beautiful moments of the day, it would be these two. In fact, when Stephanie is not editing and designing for a local newspaper in New York, she's busy creating cool cards for her business, Red Letter Paper Company. Do drop by to check out her modern designs with sweet, simple messages. Who wouldn't want to receive this card on Valentine's Day?!

















I think I only only overwhelmed Scott once during the shoot when I asked him to pick out a book to read to Stephanie. Suddenly I had a flashback of the day I got my first library card and my mom telling me I could only get as many books as I could hold. Standing among rows and rows of  a rainbow-colored spines, I soon realized my head would also spin if I too had to narrow it down to just a few pages! Not to worry, though, as he found the Greatest Book in the World--literally. Touché!









Thanks for a great afternoon, Stephanie and Scott!