Rick Hawkins Photography

The Christmas baby

<>><><><><<.><><<>><><><><><><<>>><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><.,.,><><>< The Sheltons found out little Liam was was coming to town last Christmas. I felt honored to do his first Christmas pictures. It's difficult photographing little ones. This being the case you still want to get something poignant yet representational of time in life. They are small for such a brief time.

blurring the lines

<><<>><<><>><><><><><><><><<><<.,><><><><><><><.,><><><><><><><.,><><><><><<>><<><><>< One important element of my personal philosophy concerning photography is play. I've always enjoyed seeing what comes out of experimentation. I used to go through rolls and rolls of film trying different things. Experiments became much easier and economical with digital. This technique is simply shaking the camera. Well...shaking with a purpose and a vague idea. Like my obsession with in-camera double exposure an element of chance is what many times what makes it come alive. The idea of forcing serendipity is something I find extremely life affirming. These pictures have not been digitally altered other than the adjusting of levels. I was aiming at simulating brush strokes. <>><><<><><><><><.,><><><>><><<>.,><><><><<>,><><><><><.<><><>.><><><><><><><><.,><><
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Austin and the perfect spiral

<>><<><><><<>><><><>><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< This site functions as a record of my continuing pursuit of photography and all that I do with it. The continued pursuit of an interesting image is not unlike the practice and perfecting of throwing a tight spiral. You just keep doing it and hope it makes its way into muscle memory. This is my nephew Austin. We enjoy throwing the football around. It's taken him awhile but he has the spiral down. Neither throwing the ball around and doing photography are always about the big game. It's about the process of doing and the enjoyment of that one fleeting moment of perfection.

Zak and Suanna

>><><>><><><><><><<>><><><><><><>><><><><><><<>><<>><><><><><><><>><><><><><><><>< Weddings are the hardest things to photograph. There are so many variables and the expectations are high. I don't stress when doing portraits because you can always reshoot. That said I do enjoy the challenge of shooting weddings and I find that I often in (life) do well when put in a corner. At Zak and Suanna's wedding we had the issue of workable backgrounds. It was rainy outside and the church wasn't really set up for what I needed to do. They seldom are. We found a window and worked it for all it was worth. ><><><>><><><><<>><><><><><<><>>><><><><><><><><<>,>>><><><><><><>><><><><><><><<
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Wedding Incidentals

Interesting things happen at the edges of the events that we call Weddings.

where the wild things are

<>><>><<><>><<><><<><><><><><<><<><><><><><><<><><<>><><><><<<>><><><><<><>< These photos are of young Jax Roddy. He was present at Eli's photo shoot. I shot several pictures of him running through the trees. It reminded me of Where the Wild Things Are. I saw the movie recently and loved it. I found the movie poetic and thought these photos contained a little bit of that kind of magic. <<>>><<><>><><><><><><<>><><<><<><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><