Harrison McClary Photography

Today was a bittersweet day for me.  My mom had her yard sale to get rid of much of the stuff she could not move.  I guess I hold onto memories a lot, but seeing so many of the little silly things from my childhood and also things my daughter played with at Nan’s house was kinda depressing.  The sale was hugely successful though, she got rid of most of the stuff she was wanting to get rid of.

Today was also the Brentwood Camera Club summer picnic.  This is always a fun time.  Before the event we always have a gear swap meet.  I picked up a Canon 400 5.6L at a great price.  This is one lens I have been wanting for a long time.  I am very glad to have it.

Ash with a tin she got from Mom's house. I shot this with my new 400.

Getting food at the picnic

Talking

At the beginning of the print swap.

I did a shoot for the dedication of a Habitat for Humanity house today.  I do several of these a year and they are always fun.  The people are so happy to be having a house and they have worked very hard and taken classes to learn how to care for their new homes.

Shovels lined up for the groundbreaking ceremony for he neighborhoods park.

A proud homeowner.

Saturday night I had a party with several of my good friends coming over to the house.  We had BBQ and beer and sat around and talked over all sorts of things.  It was a fun time.  One of Ashleigh’s friend’s spent the night and on Father’s day we went up to the neighborhood pool for the afternoon.  This was only the second time this summer we have gone to the pool.  It has been so hot the water was hot! There really was no difference in the air temps and the water temps.

It still was a very good time.

Ashleigh putting a ring on her friends leg

Goofy Big Smile

Tonight I took Ashleigh to the last night of the CMA Music Festival.  This was the first year in over 10 years that I have not covered the festival.  I really did not miss the crowds or shooting too many photos and having to work them under deadline.  I did miss seeing my photographer friends who I run into this time of year.

Nicole at Country Weekly got the tickets for Ashleigh and I so she could see Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert.  Ashleigh is quite the country fan.

It was a spectacularly hot evening.  Very humid also.  The tickets we had were on the floor level.  We got there about 20 minutes before the show started.  We only walked through the photo line once as it was very crowded and handled differently from last year. Ashleigh did not enjoy it as much as she did last year.

Ashleigh ready for the show.

Waiting on the show to start

Guy selling beer before the show

Playing with my iphone during a song.

Watching part of the show

Waiting on-line to see Miranda Lambert

Person silhouetted looking down into the arena.

The crowd

Miranda Lambert performing.

I did a photo shoot for Diverse Magazine on June 8 in Clarksville.  The subject was a very nice lady who is getting her degree through an on-line program.  The story was on non traditional students.

After the shoot I met Scott for a late lunch.  It was great to see him and catch up on things.  It has been too long since we have talked.

I had a shoot in Shelbyville, TN to photograph a young lady who was wanting some photos for a modeling portfolio and also for a coffee shop who wanted to use some of the images for local advertising.  The shoot was a lot of fun.  The young lady was great in front of the camera, even though she said she had never done this before.  For a complete gallery of images from the shoot see my Zenfolio site here.

I went out a few times to make photos and also we brewed beer a time or two.  Here are a few photos from Pinkerton Park, the Brentwood Library and beer brewing.

My mom has moved into a retirement village so we are moving much of the furniture out of her house.  Today was kind of a sad day as Ashleigh and I were over at her old house with her waiting on the movers.  Ashleigh and I spent a lot of time with her there after my divorce and today was probably the last time we will spend any time there with mom and it look even a little like it used to.  Life is about changes and this is the turning of another page.

I was heading out the door the other day and saw how the light was reflecting off the tea set in the dining room.  Simply beautiful light.

Near the end of  May I did a photo shoot for Woman’s World Magazine.  The shoot was with a very nice lady in Gallatin.  The shoot went very well.  It is so nice the way the Canon Flashes work in ettl mode.  I am able to light things well, and quickly with light weight gear.  So much nicer than having to set up big heavy lights.