Tagged:: 8 Things You Might Not Know About Delaney

I was "Tagged" by my friend Erin Reed of Lacour to reveal 8 things you might not know about me. Photographers who are tagged, reveal 8 things and then tag other photographers to reveal 8 somethings about themselves.

Here are mine!

8 things you might not know about me...

1. When I was 13 years old I qualified for "Expert Marksman", the top medal awarded in the Army for marksmanship in small bore rifle. I competed with over 200 other competitors (ages 13-18) and came in 10th.
The next weekend my Mom soundly beat me in our family shoot-off rifle contest proving once again that nobody can keep you grounded like your mom can. :)

2. I am somewhat of an armature silversmith and jeweler. I have the touches, acid, silver, mandrels, solder, everything. I have created necklaces, bracelets, and rings. My wife's favorite ring is a "Russian Wedding Ring" that I made for her.

3. I love theatre and concert production. I had the lead role in a Christmas Carol in high school, and was a Technical Director for several large concerts and performances including Michael W Smith (he was a pretty cool guy) and Ballet Magnificat. I have been on stage with Larnelle Harris and New Song manning the "floor cam".

4. I delivered both of my children. A physician friend of ours was there just in case, but I gowned up and caught both of our children. It was one of the most amazing and exhilarating experiences of my life.

5. I play acoustic guitar and sing. Unfortunately, my voice seems to sound best with country music. ;-)

6. I paint with oil paints and enjoy drawing with charcoal. I have since I was 11 when I took lessons with a local artist in my home town of Grand bay, Alabama.

7. I began my career as a software engineer. I worked in New York City for a while for one of my idols in advertising - Ogilvy and Mather. It was so fascinating to see all the creative people working together to come up with multimillion dollar ad campaigns.

8. I love fashion design! I have taken some of my female friends shopping and loved being the stylist! “Oh girl you have GOT to have that!”
I have always secretly wanted to open my own fashion boutique and fill it with Diesel, Lucky Jeans, Juicy Couture and Armani Express as well as some unknown designers that I love (and maybe one day some of my own designs!) Think Anthropologie with an ultra-hip, urban feel that you could wear to the opera.


I in turn, tag: Andrew Neisen, Tammy Chambers, Anne Almasy and Kenneth & Heather Mason!!

HELP WANTED!

Delaney Holliman Photography has enjoyed fabulous success this year and we owe it all to you!

Earlier this year we added a production associate and two photography assistants and now we need to increase our team size again!

To even better serve our current customers and to keep up with our growth in the future we will be adding another production associate to our team and additional photography assistants.

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE

The skills required for the production associate are strong organization and presentation skills, client oriented service, an eye for color and composition and a love of photography. Photoshop experience a definite plus, but not a requirement. A true love of helping people is.

The position entails client service, assisting on shoots, organizing image files, office administrative tasks, order fulfillment and image editing using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. I will train you in our proprietary studio image enhancement methods to make great images look even more amazing.

ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER

We are also on the looking for assistant wedding photographers. Some time ago, the amazing and uber talented Tammy Chambers moved up to Associate Photographer and is busy beautifully photographing her own weddings and portraits with our studio.

Tammy is already filling up her schedule with bookings for fall and for next year so we are going to need more assistants to photograph weddings with us. You will train alongside us shooting weddings and portrait shoots and be mentored personally by me to shoot in our studio style.

Our team environment is a fast paced, exciting atmosphere where you can express your creativity and work to capture the most important moments of someone’s life. There are many challenges and opportunities in our studio as our business grows. We need people who are self starters, who are responsible and who love photography. We provide training and encourage learning and growth within our studio.

If you are interested in either of these positions please email your resume and salary requirements to delaney@delaneyholliman.com. If you are applying for the assistant photographer position, please email a few images of your current work so I can get an idea of your style.

We’ve already started talking with people so don’t wait! I’d love to hear from you! And if you know someone who would be perfect for these positions, please let them know.

We have been so blessed to have the team of people we do and we're working hard to find just the right people to make it even better.

There's no place like home!

My Dad once said that vacations are just things to make you understand how much you love home, and he was right.

I loved meeting new people, seeing new places and experiencing cultures that I have never known before. There's always the excitement of being to new places and finding new ideas and seeing new visions, but in the end, there's no place in the entire world I'd rather be than my own home with my wife and kids.

I still wonder why I have been so blessed with the family and life that I've been given. I am so thankful for them.

As I am all of you. It's good to be back in the office. I met an awesome couple this morning who came back this afternoon to comission me to photograph their wedding. It's a blessing to connect to people and make new friends.

Last night I spent some time with some good friends and we talked about photography. This afternoon after work, I'm spending some time with my family at home.

It's very good to be back.

Sacramento, San Francisco, and Napa Valley

When we were home visiting my Dad in Mobile a couple of weeks ago, My sister Renata talked to us about coming out and visiting her and her husband, Francis. Before the world wind of Europe started, a trip to the west coast seemed perfect.

You should have seen everywhere we visited. We started out spending the day in Napa valley, touring the vineyards, taking a cooking class at the world famous "Greystone Culinary Institute of America" and seeing the beautiful countryside.





Then we spent the next day in San Francisco seeing the city, hanging out in art museums and China Town.

You know, we had the best time, but the most fun thing was that I got a chance to hang out with my sister and her husband for a while - they are the most awesome people and I love them very much.

Paris, France

Ah, Paris! What a wonder of a city!


We ate fresh hand made crepes on the champs de le eases, viewed miles of art in the Musee de Louvre, Musee de Orsay, and Musee de Pompidou (My Favorite!), visited a service at Notre-Dame, sat at the base of the Eiffel Tower, watched the sunset and visited Napoleon's Arch de Triumph (after walking up 400 steps!). We stayed in this romantic little hotel in the Latin Quarter and enjoyed the small french restaurants. Each one was different and had wonderful food.







I loved hanging out with Kerry, making photographs and just enjoying the art, city and life in general.





I loved the Eiffel Tower!

Edinburgh, Scotland

Scotland was one of the most beautiful countries I've ever seen. Rolling hills of green grass, beautiful old castles and the people were charming and friendly.



We walked the Royal Mile, a street between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. Edinburgh Castle was at the top, placed on a high hill that was once a volcano. and Holyrood Palace was where the Queen stays when she visits Scotland. They had a small art exhibit of some of Leonardo's sketches that were simply inspired.

There was a Military Tattooe and all through the streets you could hear bagpipes and drums playing from different Military Bands.



We ate a traditional Scottish lunch in a pub named "Worlds End". It was built on the city wall where some people never ventured beyond, making it the "Worlds End."

Then we hiked up to a tall hill called "Author's Seat" that overlooked all of Edinburgh. We sat down on a rock and enjoyed some time enjoying the view, relaxing and thinking about all the history, the wars, the people and the events that had happened at this place over the last 7,000 years.

London, England

We're back from our vacation and it was an absolute wonder. It was so interesting to see how other people work and live and enjoy other cultures that in some ways are very much like our own and in others completely different (what's up with everyone drinking hot Coke!?)

We started our trip in England and I wanted to share a few images with you. London was a melting pot of all kinds of people. It was very, well, British, for lack of a better word. The British people we met were very polite and kind. We struck up a conversation one might with a couple who were waiting on a train and had fun chatting with them.

We had high tea at Harrods and toured all the London museums and attractions. I especially enjoyed the tower of London with it's dark history. The Tate Modern (London's modern art museum) was showing Dali's works. Along with his paintings, they had something unexpected. It turns out that Dali and Walt Disney made an animated film together. Melting clocks, weird forms that flowed from one thing into another - it was like Mickey Mouse on acid.

But in a good way. ;)