Set Apart

 Set Apart is a local worship band that just so happens to rock my Church every once in a while. And please let me tell you how amazing worship always is when they are there; it's AMAZING! I know church isn't about the music but it sure does elevate the whole Sunday service when the music is really great. God has blessed our church with several amazing bands and Set Apart is made up of several dear friends and a couple of new friends. Their shoot was rainy and pretty yucky but since getting pregnant and having to take a break I've had a serious creativity back up. I had so many ideas that I wanted to use for this shoot, I mean a lot... of very untraditional ideas that may or may not have been rolling around in my head for weeks before the shoot. You see lead singer Shalendra is a rocker. He also works at our post office and so for the past couple of trips into the office we would chat about the shoot and he had some grand ideas which I am a total sucker for grand ideas. Well with his help and ideas and all of my randomness this was one of the funnest and best shoots, creatively, for me yet! I really got to let my wacky brain all out there!

For these head shots I asked each band member to hide half of their face behind a concrete wall... in my mind it captured the "Set Apart" idea perfectly because I knew that the concrete would turn white (pure) and that it would tell the perfect story of being purified through Jesus and truly being Set Apart. The band didn't think I was too crazy :)

  

In an attempt to find shelter from the dreary conditions we dodged into this car wash that I've had my eye on for sometime... it's been waiting for willing subjects :)

This shot was also inspired by the Set Apart name and involved the same concrete wall idea but incorporated the other band members into the background.

This shot also had been envisioned for a while. I found this vacant bank drive through that looked really fun and linear which is perfect for my eye. I like the effect of the rain on the pavement which was a little reward for laying down in a puddle ;)

I'll have some more things to post later this week including some details on why my site says No Longer Booking which has got some of you concerned :) I'll explain, I promise!  And Happy Fourth Of JULY!

Edit to add; Some of these darn photos won't clear up even after resizing for web! I've never been good at getting that resize thing down so any advice would be much appreciated!