Nursery

My brother decided to surprize his wife for her birthday by preparing the nursery for my little niece or nephew (due in january!).
The light coming in through the window on this nursing rocker was just to sweet, so I broke out my new Lensbaby and had some fun!

My Favorite

I think this may be my favorite wedding photo I've taken so far.

Angela and Kevin's Wedding

Angela and Kevin's wedding was a lot of fun to shoot. They spoiled Kathryn and I with natural light at the reception. I still love them for that!

Krystal and Ryan’s Wedding

I shot Krystal and Ryan’s wedding a few weeks ago, I greatly enjoyed their wedding, they were great to photograph and a lot of fun just to be around.

The Washington DC Collection

This weekend my Fiancee and I went to Washington DC to visit family and we had a BLAST. Her Uncle Richard and Aunt Emma took us all around DC and these were some of my favorite shots. The sky was BEAUTIFUL that day and I had lots of fun exposing for the clouds!

This first shot was the front of a bus that was part of the Folklife festival happing right next to our metro station. I love the eye on the headlight

Tie Die

This shoot was LOADS of fun to do. The models were really great and the tie dye was a lot of fun to use as an element for the shots. Special thanks to Shelby (she's the one with all the tattoos) because this was her first shoot with capture photograhy and even though she was nervous she did a FANTASTIC job!

Composite

Jewelry

Here is a ring I shot for an assignment and a set up sketch

Romulus

My girlfriend and I recently got to little mice as pets, Romulus and Remus, here is Romulus.

Kreber for a Day

This was a day we spent at kreber studios in high point for our class with James

"I'll have a hot chocolate and a bit of art please"

So, I went to get a cup of hot chocolate with a friend of mine the other day. Without thinking about it I ordered my drink from my barrista friend Matt Trogdon. I went and sat down next to the beautiful bay window that The Coffee Exchange offers its clients and waited for my drink. When it arrived I had good laugh because I had forgetten that my barrista friend Matt is a "latte artist" using the foam, whipped topping, or chocolate that tops your drink Matthew will make one of his beautiful designs for you to enjoy before slurping down your caffeine fix for the day. I greatly encourage you to stop by the coffee exchange and ask for Matt Trogdon to make you a piece of his art, tell him Nathan sent you.

Musician in studio

Here are a couple of shots I did while shooting a business card for Joshua McKelvey. Josh is a very talented musician who plays several different horns and a bit of bass. He was a very easy model to work with

Bridal Session

Alex Marshall-Brown

These are headshots that I shot for a great young actress named Alex Marshall-Brown. She was an excellent model for my "superfly" series.

Published

These are a couple of photos that I shot for a gun magazine writer. The photos themselves are pretty boring but they worked well with the article. These were published first in Magnum magazine in South Africa and will be published again in the Netherlands and Italy. I have articles coming out in America later this month

Big Moment

This is honestly kind of a big moment for me! This is a shot from the first wedding I shot with James and Meredith! (For those who don't follow the blog I just completed an internship with them). I played with the lens baby most of the day and that gave me some interesting stuff, this is the shot James chose to put on his blog! be sure to check out Walters and Walters blog at blog.waltersandwalters.com!

1 Light 1 night

Last night I had a few people over and a challenge arose. This guy, Kevin, told me that even with my light and computer i couldn't take a photo of him that he liked. Well here is the result.

1 Mask, 3 Girls

This was another extremely enjoyable shoot, the models were excellent, the clothing was interesting, and the mask was well... wierd. I had a lot of fun. Special Thanks - Rebecca Nugent, Brittany Mize, Rebekah Reiff, Lee Brown, and James Walters

Superfly

This was a very enjoyable fashion shoot, even though it was frought with complications. We had 5 models scheduled for the day... 2 showed up. God bless models. However, the two models who did come did a fantastic job. We had originally planned for some sort of Glam look but when we got to the costumers the clothes lead us for 1970's undercover! All in all it was a great day and a great shoot. Special Thanks - Alex Marshall Brown, Patrick Osteen, and James Walters

Tires and Broken Glass

This was an experimental fashion shoot. It was a short but good day. I enjoyed the cross dressing models and interesting settings. Special thanks - Beth Rittenhouse, Brittany Mize, James Walters

The Eiffel Collection

This collection is of the Eiffel Tower. At the beginning of every hour the tower explodes with thousands of tiny blinking lights, its quite breathtaking.

The Paris Collection

This collection is from Paris, France. Paris wasn't my favorite place but it was beautiful. French food, however, is amazing! The last photo in the collection is sunrise at the eiffel tower, yes it was beautiful but it was also about 10 degrees outside, so you can decide if you want to do that on your vacation.

The Edinburgh Collection

This is a collection from Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland was probably the most beautiful place I have ever been. It was amazing because it seemed like every time you turned a corner there was another castle. Scotland was amazing

The London Collection

This is a collection of photos from my trip to London, England. London is one of the most amazing cities in the world and I really wish I had had more time there. My trip to Europe was by far the greatest traveling experience of my life.

Professional Model

Working with professional models is completely different than working with "Pretty Girls". After spending some time with them you start to realize how much time and effort is put into being able to give the photographer what he wants without him having to drag it out of you.
This particular model did a spectacular job and was very easy to work with. The make-up and hair stylist for the day also did a bang up job. all in all everyone involved seem to be spot on.

Self

This photo represents a very different time in my life. I hope it can connect with anyone who has felt trapped or lost at some point in their lives. as a sidenote I would like to say thank you to all the people who called me friend even in those darkest of days. you know who you are and I love you
-Nathan

Surrealism

This was my attempt at surrealism. I like that concept but honestly it wasn't worth the trouble.
however it does give me an excuse to tell this joke... How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?...........Fish

Homemade Fashion

This is a Fashion shoot I did at the old train depot here in Asheboro. the shoot was a lot of fun and it was nice to show off the dresses because after hours of searching in stores we finally just decided to buy some fabric and make the dresses. these two dresses were designed by my roomate (Beefy) and I with some help doing the pinning from Melissa.

Apple Fire

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! gather round to see the amazing fire knife! it slices it dices and it can even cut so hard and so fast that it set an ordinary apple a blaze! the possibilities with this knife are endless! you could entertain your friends, cut down a small tree, get rid of some unwanted family members or even use it help prepare a meal! this knife is not sold in stores! in fact... its so dangerous its not sold ANYWHERE!

Eve

This is a piece entitled "Eve". The model here is My love, Alyson Peck

Lifestyles

This was a lifestyles assignment. Everyshot in this series needed to have 2 or more people and they must have a computer in them. I very much enjoyed this assignment, I used Monolights to enhance the natural lighting that was already in the room. My models, Mel Stanley and Lee brown were very easy to work with and made this assignment a lot of fun to do.

Snivaling Fencer

D200 f/22 @ 1/250

This is a portrait in the style of Annie Leibovitz. I was illustrating that this state champion Fencer turns into a snivaling girl with his suit off.

Personality

D200 f/16 @ 1/250

This is a very sweet girl who I photographed on white. I really enjoyed this shoot because i was able to show a nice side of her personality.

Irish Headshot

1/250 @ f/16.5, ISO 100, Nikon D200




These two images are from a photoshoot I did as a self promotional piece. I really like the way the final product came out. the second shot is just pulled back enough to see my basic lighting set up for part of the shoot.

Sin City Inspired Portrait

This is a portrait done of Dylan that was inspired by the film "Sin City". I shot this on film and scanned in the negative with a much dust and scratches as I could to give it a gritty look.

Nathan's Apple Turnover

This photo was shot at 1/250 @ f/16 using speedotron strobe lighting

These are a few apple desserts that I created one night in search of an apple dessert I would enjoy. The dessert consists of chopped green apple (including peels) mixed with cinnamon wrapped inside slices of pie crust. If you want to try the recipe out just cook for about 15 minutes @ 400 degrees.

Brain

these were a couple of shots I did at Asheboro High School with one of the biology teachers BRAIN! Muah ha ha. sorry I had to do that. this was shot with my D200 at 250 @f/16 2/3. i used a softbox for the backdrop and i like it but i is a bit wrinkled.

Portfolio Pieces-Poker and Willow

This is a very personal piece I did for my portfolio. again its on 4X5 transparency which really makes you become more intimate with your subject. I'm not sure why but this piece really means a lot to me.

This is a piece I shot on 4X5 transparency film. it was a lot of fun to light but keeping animals sitting up was difficult

Portfolio Piece-Becca

This is a young up and coming model named Becca. I used Becca to do some model testing in the studio on 4X5 transparency film. The shoot was a lot of fun to do and Becca was very professional and easy to work with. This piece was used in my large format portfolio. I really love this piece because it is the direction that I really enjoy taking with my personal and professional work.