Nightfall Week 5

Well Friday night brought the return of Nightfall after a week of Riverbend. Now I usually ride down early so I can enjoy some great food from the Market Street Tavern, which this past Friday was no different. As I sat out on the patio area trying to relax after a crazy ride down from Cleveland. Traffic was nuts Friday, not to mention I was almost taken out by a minivan that decided to get off the MLK exit due to the traffic jam.

Now normally I eat alone just watching the folks walking by, but this time I was joined by the manager of the Tavern. We sat there talking about places we had been and things we have done. He was talking about the Taverns move across the street. Which as I told him I am going to miss the patio area. Well all things must come to a end and he was called back into the resturant.

But I as I looked up the street, there my buddy Jeff was riding in on his Beta. So once again I had some great company. As we wrapped up and paid our checks the bikes started arriving, so that was my cue to get the gear off the bike and start taking photos for the magazine. And you know even though its week 5 out of a 16 week event season, I'm still amazed at the turnout. We even had a group ride up from Atlanta, Ga.

The People, The Bikes, The Food, The Music, etc..... and the best part no cover charge or entry fees. Come on how could you not love Nightfall. So if you have a bike or are part of a group. Why not make Nightfall a weekly thing.

Kelsey June Photo Shoot

We I had a photo shoot with Kelsey this morning, and as are the weather it couldn't have been better. As I was waiting at Starbucks I was going through possible locations to shoot at. Now I know you are saying what you had a shoot setup and no location picked out. Yes that is correct, the only thing that I knew for sure was we were going to downtown Chattanooga. Well Kelsey shows up and we head out, now most of the ride down was spent catching up with whats been going on with our life's. Plus we talked about her sweetie pie Jacob....

As we arrived downtown, we drove around for a few laps around several blocks, till we found our location of the day. The area was near the stage at Nightfall which to my surprise had this really cool waterfall structure. So as you can see from the images everything seemed to work out just great.

So the short of the story is sometimes its best to just get in the car and drive till you decide to stop, I great photo op can be found anywhere.

Sheena

Hey all, yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting Sheena. Now the beauty of this shoot is she is a photographer herself as well as a model. I suggested that we met up at the Market Street Tavern so we could not only discuss the shoot but just get to know each other. When we finished at the tavern we started walking down Market St, just getting a feel for the area and to see if anything jumped out at us. Well come to find out Coolidge Park is one of her favorite places to not only hang out, but to shoot her clients as well. So Coolidge Park it was.

Now I'm not sure about the rest of my photography friends, but for me I haven't had to many opportunities to photography photographers, we can be a bit demanding lol. Well Sheena did great a true professional. It was great working with her.

Kelsey's Photoshoot Outtakes

I just had to put this one together, it was crazy hot the day we did this shoot, and I had ask Kelsey to do basically the same style pose several times. I just think its funny if you look at the image on the left, she is like seriously again.....lol.

But as the photo on the right shows she snapped right into the pose without a hitch. This is what makes having Kelsey part of the Gregory Cook Photography team great. And I will also say she is great to have as a friend.

So Kelsey I would like to say thanks for putting up with my ever changing mind, and I am proud to work with you.

Downtown Chattanooga

As a photographer one of the things that I am always doing is trying to find new locations for photo shoots as well as just cool things to photograph. Now I will be the first to admit, I am not that familiar with downtown Chattanooga from a walking perspective. Yesterday I had some time and opportunity to just walk around for a bit and I must admit it was pretty cool.

My journey started on Market street which is a area that I am familiar with, from there it was just a series of alleys and side roads which before I knew it took me to the aquarium area. As I made my way back to the corner of Market and MLK, I stated to realize that getting out and just walking for a couple of hours can be a really cool thing to do. Here are just some of the photos that I took I hope that you enjoy them.

NightFall Week 4

Night Fall 2012 has made it through it's first month and there is no doubt that is is being enjoyed by all that attend. The crowds and bikes have maintained a steady growth. As I made my way through the crowd it always amazes me at the ever growing number of people that I am meeting. More and more are becoming new friends.

This week I took some time to just take a bit of a break I put my cameras down and just took a step back and watched all the people talking with each other. Some of them see each other everyday others haven't seen each other in what might have been months or years only they know.





But no matter what, the one thing that I noticed was all there smiles and laughter. Some may see Night Fall as just another event, but others see it for more than that, they see it maybe as a family get together. So no matter why you come I would suggest this.







Find a spot, stop, and just take a look around, look at the happiness that you will see........