Collin Hughes Photographs

If you have an account on Virb or you wouldn’t mind making one really quick, could you please...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:37:00 -0500

If you have an account on Virb or you wouldn’t mind making one really quick, could you please take a moment to go and vote for this picture and reblog this post?

here’s the link to vote: http://virb.com/sweepstakes/1#finalists

Thank you so much!

this blog

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:30:00 -0500

….is sooooo yesterday. and now, time for something new. If you’ve been wondering why it’s been awhile since I have posted anything, this was the reason. I’ve been working on getting my new blog and website up over the past few months, and the moment of truth has finally come (sans the completely updated website) with a couple images from recent shoot. So check out the new blog and leave me some comments, it’s gotta get worn in somehow!

http://blog.collin-hughes.com

Thank you everyone for the support and emails asking where I’ve been, I promise this one will be updated consistently!

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Brittany

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:42:00 -0500

I’ve been finding it more and more important to be shooting for myself lately and have been doing so at least once a week. It not only helps to develop creativity and vision for what you are shooting, but also allows you to work on craft, direction, and style. Because you are not working under pressure, it relieves the boundaries associated with an assignment and gives you free reign to push yourself andexperiment.

I’ve been keeping busy and am really excited for things that are lined up for the next half year. I’m in the process of getting my new website up and filling it with more content, but feel free to check it out for the time being. It has an awesome contact form you can fill out if you have questions or comments.

Happy 4th everyone.

I spent the last weekend in Chicago with my friend Spencer Combs...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:02:00 -0500

I spent the last weekend in Chicago with my friend Spencer Combs shooting a wedding. This is a video from our day off! I know it’s super nerdy and might not make the most sense, but we had a blast and loved how the video explained our day perfectly. Here’s also an image from the wedding that weekend:

So sorry for the lack of posts, June was so awesome and busy at the same time. I’ll have some news to post in the next day or two. Thanks for reading!

business cards

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:07:09 -0500

I finally got myself a business card. I bought a quick box of 250 and have gone through a good chunk of them already. I’m already thinking of ideas for how I’ll change it, but I think it’s a good start for now. Any ideas or suggestions would be awesome!

Thanks to my friend Gene for collaborating with me!

Alex and Spencer

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:21:00 -0500

My friends Spencer and Alex have been engaged since February and are getting married in San Diego, and I’m so stoked for them! They both asked me to be in their wedding, but I’m blessed to be shooting their day after/anti-bridal shoot! The two met almost three years ago in Nashville and have been doing the long distance relationship since then with Spencer in Minnesota and Alex in Nashville. While Alex was visiting a couple weeks ago we all hung out and spent a few hours together longboarding and cruzing around Minneapolis. I had such a great time with them and they were great to work with.

Summer has been great, and I’ve been really enjoying the time to relax. My german brother is here visiting for the next two weeks and my friends and I have been spending a ton of time with him as of late, especially out on the lake. Spencer and I are moving into a new house on Tuesday which will be sweet! I’ll post some images of our move in soon after.

Spencer is a wedding photographer and is awesome at what he does, check out his work here. to see more recent work of his, check out his blog.

Taylor

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:44:31 -0500

I’ve been taking the past week to sit back and enjoy my freedom from the studio, but I’ve been keeping busy still while ramping up for all the summer work that’s ahead. In the past week I’ve shot a wedding, a band, and an engagement shoot, not to mention a couple personal projects and friends. Lots of images to go through, but here is one with my friend Taylor, who I have recently started hanging out and biking with. He’s a good kid, and was kind enough to be a model for me while I had another younger kid named Spencer shadow me. It was rainy that day, but everything worked out well with the location and it set a good mood. It also ended well with some great pizza from a place none of us had ever heard of. There are so many good images from this shoot, but I tried to show most of them without making it too long.

Rewind to a few weeks ago, when sleep was a commodity and there was no such thing as “it can wait for tomorrow.” A lot happened during this past semester, especially in studio. As I am applying for the Bachelor of Science in Architecture Degree, I was told to prepare a portfolio of some of my work. I omitted a section of drawings and some of my photography work which is in the final printed version from this image to keep it short, but you can view it here: portfolio

It turned out well, and it looks even better in print. Thanks to Wallace Carlson for that!

When I was in high school I spent 3.5 months in Germany as an exchange student, and my host family was probably the coolest you can find. Since then either my family goes to visit or they come visit us every year, and so since I was there last May, my german host brother Daniel is coming to visit. He should be here for a couple weeks after he arrives on Saturday, so I’m excited for all that we have planned!

I’ve received a few emails over the past few days from a lot of different viewers and it’s made me super stoked to hear from everyone! I appreciate all the feedback and questions, so keep them coming!

AVU + AP

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:43:32 -0500

Alt Press Ad for Photo Finish Records, stoked!

Dusty

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:41:00 -0500

I’ve been super busy the past couple weeks, leaving me a bit behind on updating everything. I have a couple shoots to wrap up this week and a couple more on the way after that. These are some I did while hanging out with my roommate Dusty, who has been living with me for about 4 months. He’s a tattoo artist, is in a band, and has a pet boa constrictor, so you get a pretty good idea of how cool he is.

I’m finishing up my architecture portfolio and a couple other school things this week, but after that it’s freedom. I’ll post a few screenshots or images of the portfolio when it’s done.

Life’s been great, I hope everyone is well!

Birthday

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:33:16 -0500

Today was my girlfriend’s birthday, but because she’s so busy finishing her studies this week we took all day saturday to celebrate. I took her out for good evening of food, walking, horse carriage ride, coffee and dessert, and just some much needed time together. I would have a picture of her flowers, but didn’t have time to get one, so I’ll put one up soon. I take time to pick out flowers for my girlfriend, just so they match every occasion and they’re different everytime, needless to say she loves it!

Luke and Krista

Fri, 01 May 2009 21:10:00 -0500

Now I normally don’t shoot tons of weddings and engagements, but have recently started to do them selectively. These are some images from my session with Krista and Luke, whose wedding I’ll be shooting this summer!

Enjoy!

this month

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:20:00 -0500

I have a half page in Alternative Press this month for a shoot I did back in March for my friends in Gloria. Thanks to Adam Elmakias for the scan:

It’s in the Recommends section, so go pick it up and check them out! (myspace.com/gloria)

Ty Mayes

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:16:00 -0500

Ty contacted me back in February to set up a session for his press kit. He’s a super nice guy with a ton of ambition and a lot of heart. I’m so happy for him and stoked to hear what he might produce in the months to come. We spent two different days working with each other, shooting in the Grand Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis and then at an art building just south of there, both of which turned out to be more versatile than I had previously thought. Thanks so much to my friend Jules for helping me out, holding my lighting, and simply keeping me company! Also thanks to Kim Nevins from the hotel for helping me coordinate everything! Check out their site, some of the classiest rooms in downtown Minneapolis: Grand Hotel Minneapolis

Thanks again everyone for your comments, the feedback is great!

Gene

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:05:00 -0500

This is Gene, he’s also a local minneapolis photographer and he’s working on designing some things for me. he also recently got engaged and I’m so happy or him.

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, I’ve been catching up on everything since being done with my last architecture project. I’ve since had plenty to work on since the start of april, so I’m excited for what’s ahead. I’ve been working on my last project in architecture this semester, prepping for all my final projects and exams, and finishing the design and layout my bs portfolio which is due on the 15th (I hope I get accepted!), so enough has been happening in regards to that. Just to prove how intense it’s been, check this: my friend John. Four people in my architecture studio accidentally cut themselves while making models this semester. one I ended up driving to the hospital at 3am, and another managed to cut off the tip of her pointer finger.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, I know I am. The weather here has been incredible and I’ve been able to spend more time with my girl which is a huge bonus considering our schedules!

AVU 2.0

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:40:13 -0500

Here are the final images from my shoot with A Verse Unsung. All of them should be in the upcoming story and ads in Alt. Press for Photofinish Records, along with their labelmates 3OH!3 and Envy On The Coast. They haven’t put up the photos yet, but check them out here: http://myspace.com/averseunsung

I just finished up my final week of architecture project three, which all post here soon. I have some studio images of my final model, but not enough good ones, so I’ll post a final summary and outline of the work hopefully in the next few days. It was a crazy week where I managed to survive two all-nighters and endless hours in the studio finishing up my models, but it was great nonetheless.

The new bike is finally all put together after a new set of handle bars and bottom-bracket, now all that is needed is a possible paint job to make it completely white, but I’m still debating it. The Specialized frame rides super smooth considering it’s an older track frame, and I think the Soma drops complete the look. Thanks to my friend Austen for giving me the frame!

Thank you all who are new to my blog, I appreciate you checking out my work and all the feedback! Don’t be shy to email me with questions or leave a comment.

more...

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:37:48 -0500

…from California.

Due to the response from my pictures from California, I’m going to post a few more in the next few weeks, there are thousands! Hope you all enjoy.

AVU

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:07:00 -0500

Just wrapped up another crazy week and another awesome shoot. All of these portaits were shot for Atlantic/Photofinish Records for a band called A Verse Unsung. I’ll be releasing the images of the band in the next few days after the announcement of their signing. I shot these guys last year but was excited to see and talk to them again, especially after their long tours through the middle east (yeah, that middle east) and east coast. It was a ton of fun working with the limited amount of time we had and especially the location we shot at. These and others should be featured in the coming weeks in Alt. Press and on Photofinish Records’ website, I’m so stoked with how they turned out.

myspace.com/averseunsung - take a listen to “resolve the fight” and “six strings” especially

I’ll be updating with a bigger post later, but I’m in the middle of finishing up one of my last big architecture projects for the semester. I’m running on hardly any sleep, but the end is near!

Do you ever have those weeks where you just can’t believe it actually went by without...

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:54:00 -0500

Do you ever have those weeks where you just can’t believe it actually went by without noticing? Mine was one of those weeks, and honestly, the weekends over tomorrow already. I’m still hard at work in the architecture studio, spending countless hours and sleepless nights (two this week) trying to finish my models. here are some images from the last few weeks, I’ll post more of the completed project in a couple weeks.

Only one month left until the semester is over, but I’m stoked to see what will be coming the coming weeks.

hope everyone’s week was good, enjoy the last part of the weekend

Here are more from my trip to California. Funny to notice how Ben is in all of these images,...

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:11:00 -0500

Here are more from my trip to California. Funny to notice how Ben is in all of these images, when my other friend Austen was there the whole time. I’ll only be posting a few more, but thought I’d share some of my favorites for now. Here’s a recap of the trip:

Ben and I flew to San Francisco, after spending an arm and a leg to get the bikes through check-in. Because the bikes are super light and minimal, it was easy to reconstruct the bikes outside of SFO in the BART station once we flew in. We biked around the city for the afternoon, then made our way with the train across the bay to Walnut Creek where Austen works. We spent nights at his house out in the garage talking photo and bike things and biking around his awesome (and hilly) neighborhood. We spent one whole day in the city mashing up and down hills, seeing Austen hit a car and fly over the hood, eating lunch in the park, and getting some wicked views until about 1am. The last few days we spent taking apart and destroying my silver frame because the seatpost decided to become one with the frame (click here to view some of the images). ahhhh!

since we weren’t able to remove the seatpost with ammonia, liquid wrench, etc, twisting it out was last resort…but it didn’t work and actually ripped the top off. The amazing pasrt of the story though, is that Austen is letting me borrow an old Specialized frame until I buy a new one. here’s how it looks. should be sick.

Ben and I spent the last day hanging out, enjoying the weather, and relaxing. We also drove over to the nw coast and hit up muir beach. It was foggy and raining, nothing short of what I expected, but awesome and epic nonetheless.

The trip was a success, and the best part about it ending, was that we came home to 50 degree temperatures!

Quick little recap, and like I said, I’ll be posting some more images soon (sadly none of Austen hitting the car!) Since then I’ve been just catching up on work, spending some much needed time with Diana, and also visiting my parents. From now until May I’ll devoting about 75% of my time in the architecture studio, and the remaining percentage working with new clients, editing, spending time with my girl, and hopefully some sleeping.

Extremely excited for the coming months, so much is in store.

One little tidbit of info: I found out my German “brother” (I was an exchange student in high school) will be coming to stay with me and my family again in May, which I can’t wait for. I haven’t seen him since last year when I was there, should be interesting to finally spend some more time with him again.

Preview from my shoot with Ty Mayes, an actor/musician who I worked with a few weeks ago. More...

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:35:00 -0500

Preview from my shoot with Ty Mayes, an actor/musician who I worked with a few weeks ago. More soon, but I wanted to give a preview for them.