Lockie Photography

Back in January, our friends Karin & Sari from Eskay Bridal had their grand opening, and we put up a little display and gave away a bridal session and an engagement session. Stella won the engagement session, so this afternoon we headed out to one of our favorite spots to get some pictures – right after we met at the best cafe ever for a coffee and some treats. The light was incredible and we had a great time with these two! They are relaxed, and just seem to know how to have fun – always a good start when getting married!

Jake & Stella, here’s hoping the rest of your planning goes as well as this photo shoot! We had a great time photographing with you today…

Josh & Kathy

We were honored this past week to be involved in a phenomenal new bridal event in town (Put on by Plume Bridal & Mountain 107.7). It has been a wild ride from the initial planning, to the poster photo shoot, to the craziness of the event set up, but in the end everything came together beautifully! The event featured only one of each category of wedding vendor, and had an evening cocktail party feel. The main highlight of the evening was the Plume Bridal runway show. Leigh included some stunning wedding and bridesmaid gowns, and the models were fabulous! Josh and I wanted to give everyone a preview of a few of our favorites from the evening – let us know what you think!

There are so many people who were pivotal in putting this event together that deserve a huge thanks, but we want to especially send kudos to Daisy from Mountain 107.7, and Leigh from Plume – your vision for this coupled with the hard work you put in is what made this all come together, and we are so thankful for you! You both did an incredible job – we’ve loved working with you. Unveiled turned out to be a very successful event, and we’re looking forward to what it will become in future years!

Josh & Kathy

…and a few of our gallery…

A special thank you to: Premier Dining,  Zebra Cocktail Lounge, Silver Lined Weddings, Montana Party Rentals, Katalin Green, Avant Floral, Dance Kinexion, Bozeman Pole Fitness, Lokken Printing, The Broken Hart Ranch, Alara Jewelry, Elle’s Belles, The Bozone, Big Sky Photo Booth, Indulgence, Canyon River Spa, and The Emerson Cultural Center – it was great working with you all!

This post is a bit out of the ordinary. Josh and I almost always photograph all of our shoots together as a team, but this portrait session I struck out on my own. It was a little nerve wracking to be handling all the lighting, posing, and technical aspects all on my own (it’s much more comfortable having Josh and his 13 years of experience around). This shoot made me realize, however, how much I have grown and learned in my photography skills over the past several years – and also how much more there always is to learn!

Julie is a very good friend of mine, and I don’t know many women who are quite a striking as she is. She is full of life, quick to smile, and has a killer penchant for classy dressing (as you’ll see). I couldn’t have asked for a better portrait client, and loved photographing with Julie. Hanging out is even more fun with a camera in hand!

Julie – You were beautiful and did and amazing modeling job . Enjoy!

Kathy L.

We are in a whirlwind of preparations for several (very cool) bridal events this month, but I wanted to take a minute to put up another blog for everyone! This post takes us back to fall, and the very last day of colorful leaves. We had such an awesome time hanging out with Ryan, (and dragging him all over the valley) for his photos. You don’t get much more laid back or “Montana” than this guy, as you can see from his easy smile and fishing pole…

Ryan, we wish you all the best in your senior year and in the many years to come! Enjoy!

Ok, this is amazingly last minute, but we just found out about an awesome opportunity to go to Seattle for a weekend workshop put on by a husband & wife photography team there (Zach & Jody Gray). In order to have a shot at this, we had to put together a short video explaining why we’d love to come for the weekend (among a small selection of people) to be in person for this workshop. So, all that to say, we’d be thrilled to get chosen for this…we’ll keep you all posted!

Not too bad for a 15 minute iPhone filming session, aye? Enjoy!

K+J

Zach & Jodi | Creative Live

As a photographer, it is so easy to get into a rut of shooting things the way that I always shoot things. For this reason, I love hanging out and shooting with other photogs, especially Chris & Jeremiah, (who both photographed at Kathy’s & my wedding). Jeremiah & I rode up together to Helena where Erin did Ashley’s makeup and then we were off to the woods where we just couldn’t get enough time before the sun went down (which was early being only 4 days from the shortest day of the year). We finally ended up in the studio shooting against a grey seamless backdrop using tricks learned from Zach Arias to turn the backdrop white. Thanks Chris for inviting me up for the day. You can see Chris’ images here and Jeremiah’s here.

Josh

As we are fast approaching Christmas, Josh and I have been thinking about how life just seems to propel forward, and very rarely slows down. No matter what your vocation or stage in life, I think relaxing and slowing down has to be intentional or it never happens. We are blessed to have our business and get to work together, and we love having the flexibility that we do, but many times I think it ends up adding to the busyness instead of taking away from it. However, no matter how busy things get, neither of us would trade our job in for anything else.

Even though we are full tilt into our Montana winter, we still have several beautiful weddings to finish up for the summer and fall. So take a break from the falling snow to look at this August wedding in West Yellowstone at the old Train Depot! Tyler and Shana did most of their decorating and planning themselves, and had some phenomenal ideas (so to our 2012 brides – listen up!). Their primary table decorations were freeze-dried hops, which turned out to be stunning against the red tablecloths and wooden accents. They went with the classic cupcake idea for dessert, but specifically made plenty of Gluten Free ones and tagged them with adorable little “gf” signs – something we thought to be very thoughtful as gluten free is becoming increasingly important these days. In true Montana style they made ample amounts of huckleberry vodka to use in drinks for their guests – a little extra work, but worth it! And last but not least, they laid out tables and chairs in such a way that they could use the same set up for both the wedding and reception. In many cases this is not possible, but if you choose a venue which will work for it, it can be a very cool touch! The lofty ceilings and striking central fireplace at the Train Depot made it a perfect spot for such a setup as you’ll see.

Tyler & Shana, we loved photographing with you two, and want to thank you again for hiring us for your wedding! Enjoy your post, and have a very merry first Christmas together.

Kathy & Josh

It’s amazing how quickly the summer season changes to fall in Bozeman. Just a few weeks ago it was sunny and warm, and now, overnight it seems, there is a chill to the air and we’re all pulling out our warm clothes. Along with the colder weather comes a whole new seasonal need for photography – high school senior portraits. Both Josh and I love photographing with seniors – getting to take time to individually capture a person at this stage in life is so fun.

All that to say, we met with Ben this past week for his senior session, and just had a blast. He is very laid back, quick to smile, and seems to be one of those people that just puts others at ease. We aimed for some more industrial style settings for Ben, but also got to take advantage of one of the few days we still had fall colors. Hope you enjoy them – let us know your favorites!

Ben, it was awesome photographing with you – good luck in the upcoming year!

Kathy & I each just got a new iPhone 4s this weekend, and it’s so exciting to finally have a phone with a camera that takes good pictures. And I mean good pictures.

We did come across something that potentially could wreak havoc on new iPhone 4s users, and that is where the awesome accessibility that’s worked into the phone meets Siri the new voice activation feature that’s even more awesome. If you double tap the home button, you potentially could get sent into the Siri voice activation feature  and you won’t easily be able to get out of it. This feature “speaks” everything that you touch on the screen, and changes the normal touch controls so that it can be hard to navigate out of. The fix is go into Settings, General, three finger scroll down to Accessibility, and to turn off both VoiceOver and Speak Hints. Hopefully this will be helpful for anyone in a similar predicament.

Josh

In October of 2000, I purchased my first Mac at the urging of a good friend, and for a year I thought I had made the biggest $2000 mistake of my life. Having grown up on a PC, it was extremely different to learn, and no one else that I knew had a Mac so I had to teach myself how to use it. Learning how to use OS 8 was probably the best thing though, and when OSX Jaguar came out I mad the switch and never looked back. As a photographer, I really must master the tools in front of me whether it’s a camera, a lens, or the computer with which I manage and edit a huge library of photos. The Mac has been one of the most important tools for me as a photographer.

Yesterday when I learned from John Gruber that Steve Jobs had Died, I was dumbfounded. I have followed Steve and Apple very closely for over ten years, watching every Keynote that Steve has done since 2001. I’ve prayed for Steve’s health on numerous occasions as he went through pancreatic cancer treatment in 2004, took a leave of absence around 2007, and most recently resigned as CEO of Apple not more than 4 weeks ago. The news of his passing truly saddens me. Once again our prayers go out for the amazing company that he founded, revitalized, and grew into the company that year after year seems to create ground breaking, must have products. Laurene & family, Apple and company, Kathy & my prayers go out to you. Steve, thank you for the years of hard work you put into making our lives better. We will miss you.