mountains & sky, sun in your eyes; takin’ your time //
sierra madre feels like that quintessential waypoint into the wilderness, where everything seems almost too quaint. we walked around its small park, drove up to its vista and stopped by it’s homemade ice cream shop. all in a days work »
a hand-crafted takeaway //
we recently made a zine using photos from a fashion shoot a few months back. we keep remembering how good it feels to hold art in our hands! sorry that you’re still looking at it on a computer screen though. we can probably do something about that, send us an email.
below are a couple pages from the zine. the photos were shot in malibu on a photo road trip with nicole (scout) & jayce (ford) during the ‘winter’ — the story highlights the ever-amazing climate of southern california.
photography, graphic design & hand-stitched binding by DTF
& special thanks to deanne for hand modeling!
it was cold, it rained & our agency model bailed, but we pushed through to make art and that feels good //
& camping season is upon us //
shots from a few camping sesh’s at the end of last year. gearing up for lots more of this soon, come adventuring »
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.– John Muir, 1901
& flawless los angeles weather //
additional thanks to marcus & adam m. //
exactly where you wanted to be //
when we were living in chicago, we were introduced to a tight-knit music scene via john and maren, aka the photographers — who maybe you remember ziv and i played and toured with during our time living in chicago. click that link and give their dreamy music a listen, zivi produced their most recent album!
we met this guy through that community & he recently came to LA to get some photos & videos in prep for his new album.
where the kids are //
some promos & outtakes we shot of blondfire/wbr. thanks to everyone who helped make this shoot happen. & give their music a listen [if you haven't heard them already] — we’re so stoked for these guys!
// comfy-cozy in the way only best friends can make you feel
i’ve known these two just short of a decade. i met adam in 8th grade, when he was the inarguably known as the funny kid {class clown, if you will}. i met hayley a year later when she came to our school as the classic cool girl, wearing converse and working at a vet clinic afterschool like it was her job {and it will officially be soon enough, dr. wilhite, dvm}. the two of us got along so easily & have been that way ever since. & she was my first photo-taking buddy!
these two have taken airplanes to visit us in every place we’ve lived over the last 6 years, and that means a lot to us. they’re the only ones.
we were beyond excited to show them la, a place i knew they’d love {in chicago & boston they had to bundle up! in la we spent most days at the beach.} i feel so fortunate to have spent so many (most!) of my favorite memories with them. hayley is undeniably the best friend a girl like me could ask for, because she is a girl like me. the only thing i dont like about them visiting us is that they have to leave.
until next time…
not many things are greater than maine in the summer //
we spent some time in june in new england, bouncing between boston, portsmouth & portland.
zivi’s best friend carl invited us to his friends cabin for some relaxing on the coast. oh and also some fireworks shooting & hatchet tossing.
we parked at a beach, hiked along the coast to a trail through the forest and arrived at a boxed up shack that transformed into an oceanfront cabin.
the cabin has been in carl’s friends family for a long time — it was decorated with photos and relics from years of memories. we spent our time wandering, chopping wood and building fires to make delicious food (& trader joes instant coffee, so clutch).
