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Happy Holidays from Aaron Watson Photography

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Aaron Watson Photography! We would like to let everyone know that we will be out of the office until January 2nd. We hope you are enjoying a nice relaxing vacation with your family like we are this week. Thanks to all of our wonderful readers for following our blog this year! It has been our best year yet (for both photography and the blog), and we are looking forward to a great year to come!

As this is our last blog post of the year, I thought I would share a beautiful Christmas portrait from my vacation in Waterville Valley, NH. This is one of my favorite places to spend time with family, and I have many fond memories from Town Square (pictured below) including fireworks on New Year’s Eve, snowball fights with my cousins, getting breakfast and coffee and the cafe, escaping the bitter cold (as low as -27 degrees!) in the pizza shop and spending too much time at the arcade.

I hope everyone has a nostalgic holidays filled with joy!

-Aaron

nature at night travel photography by Aaron Watson

   

Hooray For Kindness from the Wedding Chicks

Happy Friday everyone! I have something a little different to share with you today. Many of us in the wedding industry love following blogs, and have a few that we check regularly (i.e. everyday!) and we are no exception over here at Aaron Watson Photography. One of the national blogs I really like is The Wedding Chicks, and their sister blog, On To Baby. I was perusing these blogs today and caught a glimpse of a banner at the top of the page that read “hooray for kindness”, and since I definitely agree with that sentiment, I clicked to read more! As it turns out, On To Baby and The Wedding Chicks are launching a campaign against bullying in schools by holding an auction on amazing wedding and family products. They have event design services, invitations and thank-you cards, baby rattles and a beautiful bridal mini hat, and lots of other great items and ideas for weddings and families. It is a great way to get items for your family or your wedding and at the same time be supporting a good cause. Be sure to visit their blogs and check out their Hooray for Kindness campaign!

Love,

Kelsey

   

Aaron Watson … model? – featuring Joel Codiamat Photography

Every photographer should have a good picture of them self on their website … I am happy to say that after my recent shoot with the talented Joel Codiamat I have a ton of awesome pictures!

Joel is a good friend of mine and an awesome fashion photographer located in Charlottesville, Va. When I first met Joel he mentioned this idea he had about a project he was starting called Photographers 2 Models, and he immediately wanted to make me part of it. I was honored to be chosen, and after seeing his work I became really excited to get involved. As Joel describes it:

“Photographers take tons of photos but are rarely seen on photographs. I took it upon myself to do a personal project to put some of my photographer friends front and center of a photo book I’m trying to assemble. For once, they will be in front of the lens. Looking to push them out of their comfort zones – and mine as well. And in the process, all of us will hopefully learn something from the experience.”

Joel would be the first to tell you that he is a stylist first and a photographer second. His unique approach to photography is humbling to me as he could shoot all day with the most basic camera equipment (no lights, only one lens, and no huge staff of assistants) and produce amazing results. When having lunch one day he explained to me that if you think about the camera too much it’s easy to lose focus on what really matters, the person and [in fashion] the clothes. So it only made sense that the week before the shoot we made plans to go shopping in Georgetown for the perfect outfits! We had a ton of fun and by the end of it I had gone way over my original budget and purchased 22 new items of clothing!

Our inspiration for the shoot was a little George Clooney, mixed with Daniel Craig, and if you’ve seen the show White Collar, add a little Neal Caffrey. The day before the shoot Joel rented an amazing Antique Louis Vuitton Steamer Trunk from Stonegate Event Rentals. My favorite picture has to be the first one with me sitting on the trunk in front of an amazing private jet.

I want to thank Joel for everything he did. I am thrilled with all of the amazing photographs, and thrilled to be part of his great project. I am looking forward to seeing the book he is putting together and honored to be a part of it! To check out more of Joel’s amazing pictures and follow his Photographers 2 Models project, like his Facebook Page!

Pictures at the Airport

Charlottesville VA Airport Pictures

Virginia Charlottesville Photographer

Guest Photographer in Charlottesville

Photographer to Model - Joel Codiamat

Aaron

Photographer to Model

Joel Codiamat Photography

Portrait Photographer in Charlottesville VA

Charlottesville VA Photographer

Charlottesville Portrait Photographer

… yes that’s really me! So what do you think, Aaron Watson: photographer or model?;)