Fran and Jon Cashmore

He works for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense. She is a Major in the US Air Force stationed in England.  Thats where they met and thats where they planned their Illinois wedding from!  They didn't come to the states till a week before the wedding, thats when I finally was able to meet them for the first time.  The weather leading up to their wedding was gorgeous! Then... It rained their entire wedding day!

That didn't bother them one bit though, they were in love and getting Married!  Their wedding turned out beautiful and with few quickly placed speed-lights the rain actually became a wonderful welcome to the photos!  

I am so happy with the results, when ever it rains on a photo shoot (esp a wedding!) its always a scary undertaking. All previous photo ideas are thrown to the side and rewritten.  One of my mentors once told me, "a photographer's biggest job is problem-solving."  This situation couldn't of made that statement more true.

Thank you Fran and Jon for being such great sports about the rain and trusting me with your precious memories!

Wedding Season and Spring is Blooming New Photography Projects!

It's a very exciting time over here at Doug Holcomb Photography!  First and foremost, Its WEDDING SEASON!  We're running specials on custom wedding photography packages.  That means Wedding packages designed just for you, created to maximize coverage for the big day.

Next up is a new project that is being conceived for all the talented dancers and art enthusiasts!

It's coming too soon to expose all the wonderful details of what will be offered but be sure that soon you find amazing photographs and opportunities to be featured!

last but not least, I ask to please excuse the dust that this page is sure to have from lack of use. With all the goings on here (a new website included) posting has unfortunately fallen by the wayside until now. Check back every Wednesday for a fresh scoop of happenings!

Look for these great promotional pieces on a bulletin near you!

 designed by Caitlin Holcomb of nice-etc!

Doug Holcomb Photography is located in Aurora

Serving the greater Chicago Land area

 

Video of "In Cold Blood" shoot

A Continuation of a series, representing the writing of Truman Capote's, In Cold Blood.

Imagery loosely taken from chapter III, Answer.   Perry Edward Smith was captured and held separate from his accomplice, in the Women's cell that was located in the Sherif's family's living area.

Also check out the VIDEO of the process!

Sneak Peak

Just a sneak peak of the photo's I took this past weekend for my cousin Matt and his bride Rebecca's wedding.   1500 to sort through still... keep posted.

~ Doug

Spring Luncheon 2010

I was asked, by a friend, to capture the people and happenings of a charity event she was hosting.  After accepting, she then told me it was for almost strictly for women... a couple hundred women. Possibly the toughest subjects to photograph aside from bigfoot or the loch ness monstser.  Even so, I was still excited to help her out.

The luncheon turned out wonderful, everyone was incredibly nice, everyone had fun, raised an astounding amount of money for WIN (Women In Need), and guest speaker, Marilyn Miglin; who's story could inspire just about anyone.

The photo's for the event can be seen by attendee's Here.

Perry Edward Smith

In Cold Blood

My newest pet project is an Artistic Interpretation of Truman Capote's "In cold Blood"  all the details of the series are not set yet; I still need to find my cast, and decide if I should shoot a "highlight" series or dive as deep into detail as Capote did when writing it.  Needless to say I'm very excited and I cant wait to hear any comments or criticisms or ideas!
Below is the very first of the series, The Clutter Family Farm. Proudly built by Herbert William Clutter. He was a hard working man of great morals and was adored by the community.  As people passed the farm (though rare), they would always have positive mentions.

I chose to portray the farm as an overexposed almost ghostly scene way off in the distance, to emphasize the tragedy that occurred here. It was my goal to keep the color in the farm to show that Mr. Clutter always kept the farm in pristine shape.

Click the image to VIEW LARGE!

Check back! I will have more coming rapidly!


Doug