WOW - what an emotional show!!!
Here are some of the images that ARP shot for the Jordan family - we can officially show them now!!!!
We have a slideshow / video on the way to show more images that were placed throughout the home, behind the scenes stuff, and of course, a few funnies...
We were very honored to bless a family that blesses others every day.
STAIRCASE IMAGES:
As the family walked into the house they saw their portraits at the top of the stairs. I love these images. Giving this family a "traditional" family portrait was just not what was called for in this situation. So we decided to concentrate on them as individuals - don't they all have the most beautiful skin!!!! I knew I wanted these velvety rich images showing the amazing members of this family. We were only allowed to bring what we could carry, so thanks to the crew we were able to create a very large backdrop with white and black fabric. We used natural light ONLY in combination with a scrim and a few reflectors. We shot these sporadically through the day.
We didn't have the family all together until around 5:00, and we were fighting the clock with the NEWS teams that were there - we all needed them before the sun went down!!! That is when we shot the last image that was hanging in Monica and Brady's bathroom of everyone holding hands. This is also when the shot below was done. I arranged them and got down on the ground to shoot up into the sky for this image. When I was done, my back was covered in dirt - of course Monica was quickly dusting me off and getting me straight - such a nurturer in every situation!!
MASTER BEDROOM:
And YES we love the hands just as much as you guys do - most of you know I love feet - well I may have a new fave... so get ready.
This was Ty's vision for this family, and we were honored to capture this for him. As the day progressed, we pulled different people in to be photographed. Young, old, light, dark, friends, family - you name it, we wanted it all. We made sure that Monica and Brady were in a shot together, and we also made sure that Ty was in a few as well. These shots in conjunction with the family hands in a circle truly carry across the concept for this space.
KITCHEN:
Monica is a woman that loves to cook for people, and I knew that she might miss her old kitchen - as bad as it was. So during the last walk through of the old house we were able to photograph some special things just for her — mason jars, her teapot, silverware, and her cast iron skillets. These images were placed in the new kitchen, and I hope they help her remember some of the special memories she made over that old stove.
MILES'S ROOM:
Well, it's obvious Miles likes basketball... The image above his bed is actually a shot of him and Tay Tay holding a basketball. We shot this right around the time we were working on their portraits. We wanted to turn this into more of a focal art piece so Nick Merritt, one of our Designers, added the very cool color work. I have to say this shot looked awesome on TV!!
We also created some images for Shan's room and a piece for Brittany - we're adding this to the slideshow coming up, as well as shots from the day. Hundreds of images were sent so they could fill tabletop frames for the family.
More from the ARP:EMHE coming up!!!
A BIG thank you to the ARPcrew... this was a HUGE thing to take on so quickly and with out Molly, Katie, Debbie, Nick, Hollie and April - we would NOT have been able to devote the attention to it that we needed to.
A + J :)
You can view the reveal of the house by following this link.