what is awesome?

Hey everyone,
I hope you are having a great week! I just wanted to let you know I've entered a really cool nation-wide movement for photographers. I'm looking for a family, a couple or a person who is in need.
You know someone who's experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down more than one job, or is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. You know someone who can't afford custom photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season. You know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family's spirit, love, and beauty.

You know someone. I'm sure you do!

I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography -- $1000 worth, to be exact. Whether it's canvas or albums, prints for Grandma, or a slideshow to watch over and over, it's in your power to give them the artwork they deserve this holiday season.

Oh, and the best part? The person who nominates the winner receives a $500 credit towards our services. What better reason to show some love could there possibly be, people?

The rules:

* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage payments for a two-million-dollar-vacation-home in Paris does not qualify as sincere financial need.)

* The nominee must reside in Oklahoma. Tell me who you know, what they're experiencing, and why they need this experience. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.

* You must e-mail me the full story : joshmccullock@mac.com

The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve -- get nominating! I can't wait to read all of your entries!

Open your heart to someone this holiday season -- and thanks for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

grace and peace,

Nicchole's session ... part duex

You may remember this gal from an earlier post. We got to shoot a few weeks ago for about 30 minutes, so we met up again last night at magic hour to finish up the session. I like the fact that the session has two totally different feels, the light was awesome last night. I think I could get used to senior portraits, they're pretty fun! Thanks Nicchole, you're the cat's pajamas!

I love my brother Leb...

well...his real name is Kaleb. He got that name from my college roommate Steven. Funny story...we were moving our stuff into the dorm freshman year (2000...geez I'm old) When Leb, a short, squatty 4th grader walked up to Steve and gave him his sunglasses. He said, "Here Steven, you can have these..." Steve simply said, "Well thanks Leb, thats real nice of ya!" It was pretty random, but Leb has always been a sharing person, which is odd growing up with two brothers....
Anyway, Leb is all grown up and ready for Senior Portraits! We had a good time shooting these tonight. Despite the menacing clouds, we came away with some fun shots! I've been on this kick of shooting portrait session with only one lens lately, it make me think a little more. This session was with the 35mm f2. Like butta!

love ya Kaleb!

Nicchole's Sr. session | Part 1...

About a week ago I met up Nicchole for her senior portraits. To make a loooong story short the Dave concert downtown spited us from parking and we barely caught the last of the great light we had that evening. But I have to hand it to Nicchole, she and her Mom walked about 10 blocks, shot about 10 different spots and changed clothes all in about 30 minutes. As soon as these rainy days stop we'll meet up again to get a couple more looks and finish up the session. I thought I'd share a couple shots since Nicchole has been so anxious to see what we got. Even though the light was fading, the trusty Nikon D3 at ISO 500 did pretty good. (nerd alert! )

cheers!

this weekend...

Well...this weekend was pretty good! I've been sick for about two weeks, and this weekend I got better and back to normal life! What a relief, I've been inside like a hermit for too long which is, without a doubt, the worst part about being sick. I miss being with friends, I really missed taking pictures, I had to miss our Easter Sunday service and and long planned camping trip with my peeps! Total and complete frustration. However, this weekend was good. I had two sessions that I'm uber excited about retouching. Here is a quick look a some of my fav's from the first session. This is Elora, she's a homie of mine from when I was a youth pastor. I'll post more later with details about how cool she is!

Hunter Harris : Senior 08

Heres a few shots of a Hunter, he's a senior at Bethany and quite the cool cat! He was so laid back during our session, which made things super easy. The light was great that afternoon and kept getting better as the evening went on...I ended up taking way too many shots but they were turning out great so I couldn't help it! The whole time I couldn't help but think how much senior portraits have changed since I was in high school. All my portraits involved a flaming football, a HUGE "2000" or my letter jacket...wow. Our photographer even had me post up the Uncle Rico pose with the hand under the chin to show off my class ring! Classic!