The New 814 Photography

Welcome to the new 814 Photography! 2009 is off to an amazing start and we now have a new website up and running at 814Photography.com. Take a look and be sure to sign the guestbook. We'd love to hear from all of you.

Below is some of our recent work with The Notables of Davidson and Williamson Counties. These books showcase some of the most successful business owners in the Nashville area and we are excited and proud to have worked with all of them.

Best,

Jim and Dave

Over the holidays...

It's a new year, which means new pictures and new ventures. The last couple months, we've been working our tushies off shooting for the Notables publication (being released mid to late January). It's been a great experience working with Eddie and Darlene and all the folks down at Leading Edge communications.

So here are a few pictures we snapped off over the break...

This is Mike and Jenny Luckett...and behind them is a 28' tall x 105' wide mural they completed in Lexington, Ky. They were commissioned by LexTrans and the Lexington Arts Commision as part of a citywide mural project. The buses were all painted directly onto the side of the wall and the inside of the windows were painted in sections in Nashville. We had to shoot this on Christmas day before the wine and tryptophan sent us into a napping bliss.


This is how New Years was spent, chopping wood in the middle of nowhere...fun times and good fire. Happy New Year to you all.

-Dave

Into the Wild

Hello again!

Last week Dave and I took our gear deep into the woods to photograph a friend training for a rock-climbing competition. Not only is Roy a talented climber and a great outdoorsman but I believe there is a small village in Peru where he is considered a God. These are our favorite pics of the bunch...

Best,

-Jim

Tattoo Highway...

Good morning all,

A couple weeks back I scored an audio gig on a TV show called Tattoo Highway for A&E. We traveled around the southwest tattooing people on a 1973 Silver Eagle tour bus. Needless to say it was great fun and quite an experience. The cast and crew were some of the best people I've ever worked with. Check out their site at Ministryofink.com. In the interest of saving space I brought a D80 and only one flash (SB800) but I still managed a few interesting shots...

Take care,

Jim

The Avett Brothers and Master Musicians Festival...

So it looks like my obsession with The Avett Brothers is continuing. This past weekend, we had the opportunity to shoot the Master Musicians Festival in Somerset, Ky. A good friend of mine, Donna, helps organize the festival and got us some media passes. This was especially cool because I felt a tad responsible for getting The Avett Brothers to play. Last Thanksgiving I saw Donna and passed on a compilation of their songs to her. Long story short, she fell in love with them, passed the CD around to others involved in the festival and they booked them. The entire weekend was incredible! Goose Creek Symphony played as well as Pinetop Perkins. Everything was great and we had a blast all weekend...Check out the festival next year. They're sure to have an incredible lineup.

Rhonda Vincent Video Stills

I recently had the great opportunity to photograph a Rhonda Vincent video shoot in North Carolina. My good friend Josh Greenberg of Bucks Boys Productions asked me to come down and take some production stills for him. If you haven't heard her music; check her out. Seven-time (7!) International Bluegrass Music Association female vocalist of the year and a very down to earth woman. Below are some of my favorites... -Jim

Wolfe and the keg room...

This is Wolfe, a musician and bartender here in Nashville. We had the opportunity to photograph him in the basement of Broadway Brewhouse (Downtown) the other night. After knocking out some setups in the keg room, we moved out to their storeroom. It's a photographer's dream (if moody and grungy is making it's way into your dreams). This is a setup that Jim wanted to try and I think it's one of the most successful shots of the night.