Amy & Pete | Part 1

Posted on October 14, 2008

Here’s a few of my favorites from the time I spent photographing Amy and Pete up in Durham a little over a week ago. I met Amy while I was living in Columbia and was thrilled that she picked me to photograph her wedding. She and Pete hit it off the same weekend that Jessica and I did. There’s a ton to share about these two, but I’m running a little late, so I’ll add more on Part 2 when I post some of the wedding photos. These are from a little time we spent together the day before the wedding.

More to come…

-JG

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Holy Last Year!

Posted on August 27, 2008

So last year I posted here about the trip that Jessica and I took to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In usual Jebb Graff form, I mentioned how I would post photos soon. Well, I just recently realized I never got around to posting any. Here are some from the trip. I did have around 150, but then thought better of it and decided to post a “handful” of faves. Maybe I’ll make a slideshow with the rest. So here they are with captions and all…ooooooo, ahhhh!

Did I mention that George & Lauren drove up too? They didn’t stay the whole tim, but just long enough for George to show off his hovering skills.

Jessica and I take a self pic on the chair lift.

Insert cliched postcard photo here.

The clouds were doing some funky business on the neighboring mountains and I thought it was photo worthy.

The majority of the week we were there was spent looking at the bears at Ober Gatlinburg. We were also fortunate enough to see some bears in the wild. That was pretty much the coolest.

Dang ole flaming fountain man.

The trees in the park were so tall. It was pretty rainy and muggy for October, but the hike was really nice and quite pretty.

Insert cliche waterfall photo here.

Yup…we like bears alright…we’ll gladly watch you sleep if you happen to be one.

Slope Sans Snow -or- Green Grass Gulch

We climbed in that little blender and took a flight around the mountains. Pretty much the coolest.

Again with the cool. I think helicopters have to be the best machines ever built. My friend Ben agrees and says he will name his child “Laser Helicopter”.

Jessica in her flight mode. She turns into a silhouette in every aircraft. It’s a gift…don’t judge.

Here we are taking another self-shot on a chair lift. Little did she know I had a diamond or two in my pocket.

Following the diamond discovery and proposal it was time or another self pic at a bar where we celebrated our engagement with a cup of coffee.

We got up way too early to go up the parkway to watch the sunrise. While it was pitch black I played with the moon, my tripod and a pen light. It was pretty damn cold out.

Sun is finally starting to light up Gatlinburg with a gorgeous cobalt ceiling.

Yay for tripods and remotes.

Yay for sunrise and Jessicas after pancakes. Yeah…we went up so early for the sunrise that we ended up leaving to go get breakfast and then coming back. It turns out that sunrise in Charleston is a different time than sunrise in the mountains several states away. I’m not always the brightest…sue me.

That’ll do for now.

-JG

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New Fun Meets Old Pictures

Posted on August 5, 2008

There’s nothing better than embarrassing yourself on the internet for the whole world to see right? Right! Yesterday I was emailing with a friend of mine about photos from the past (distant or recent) that made you feel like “who was that person?”. So I thought I would maybe share one of those once in a while around here on my blog. This first one is from a very fun time in my life when I was going out and having a lot of fun with my friends in Columbia almost on a nightly basis it seemed. It should also give you one reason I keep a beard…I really don’t like the mush-face look and it’s even more embarrassing when you’re all sunburned.

-JG

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Alyssa

Posted on August 3, 2008

An old friend of mine from high school got in touch with me a few weeks ago to get some headshots/portraits for her press kit. She’s a conductor, clarinetist and trumpeter. She was a class or two behind me in high school, but we were in school bands together (marching, symphonic etc.). She was very dedicated and talented then and is still very dedicated and talented now. We had a really good time tromping around downtown Charleston looking for good spots for her photos. It was so hot and the light was still very harsh even in the evening…one of those days that epitomizes Charleston in the summer. We still managed to beat the heat at its game and get some good photos for her press kit. Here’s a few.

Good luck with your endeavors Alyssa! I look forward to getting together again soon!

-JG

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Great Strides Walk - Results

Posted on May 18, 2008

The great strides walk was yesterday and went off without a hitch. Thanks again to everyone that donated. Our team beat our goal by a long shot because of all of your help! The fundraising goal for the Charleston chapter for the year is about $41,000 and this walk gathered about $36,000, so we’re almost there for the year goal! Here are some pics from the walk and the full slideshow is here.

I made some t-shirts for our team…I thought my nephew would get a kick out of the “gangsta” look.