I just wanted to share a few shots from the shoot I did with my friends Lena and Maude not too long ago at one of the historic homes here in Louisville. I’m always looking for new places to shoot and Lena is always ready to help me! It’s always a pleasure to work with a good friend 
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I’ve lined up few more shoots and really am excited about some of my upcoming senior work! Stay tuned!
First of all, I would like to apologize for my lack of activity on here. It’s hard to remain sane while keeping up with 2 Facebooks, a Twitter, a Flickr, a Tumblr, a 500px, a website and a blog. Hopefully I will start posting after each shoot. Hopefully
Anyway, I did a shoot with Lena just yesterday.She’s a good friend of mine who was interested in modeling. She was a natural. I told her halfway through the shoot that I had been waiting so long for a model that I didn’t have to tell what to do, and she did just that. We tried something a little different, even though these were originally meant to be promos for the seniors of 2013. The location was perfect for the edgy look we were going for. I really think they turned out great! Check out some of my favorites:
I own it. I own it. All the professionals own it.
How many megapixels? — How long is the lens? — Does it have a touchscreen? — Who is it made by?
The first one question is by far my favorite along with “what camera do you use”, I get asked it all the time. I’m here to beat a dead horse in telling you the best camera ever, is the one in your hands. By no means am I telling you that the camera has nothing to do with the quality of the image, because that is simply untrue. But as far as composition, lighting, horizon lines, subject matter, color coordination and message/story of a photo go, it means nothing. You could own a $40,000 Hasselblad H4D and throw on their sharpest, quick focusing, fast aperture wide-angle/tele/macro lens (even know what every button and switch is) and still produce some pretty mediocre images. You could blow them up to be the size of a billboard, though. I can’t stress enough that it is the photographer more than the camera.
Don’t believe me?
Of the cameras that took these pictures, which one has more megapixels, a touch screen, newer technology, and a feature to edit the picture within the camera?
If you guessed the first one, you’re very wrong. That photo was taken by my friend, Wade Morgan, on a Nikon D70s (a camera with 6.1 megapixels.) The second picture (of me this summer) was taken on an 8 megapixel camera: my HTC Thunderbolt phone.
My advice to aspiring photographers (which, depending on the definition, I am still a part of):
-Work on your composition, not your camera.
-Worry about your subject matter, not your megapixels.
-Take a picture with a story or one that means something to you & then tell that story.
-Upgrade your gear if you know your current gear is limiting you, not because its newer and more high-tech.
-Learn about photography before learning about gear.
Below I’ve included some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken with a point-and-shoot camera released in 2008 with 8 megapixels and with my phone. 
Good luck and happy clicking, everyone!
I just wanted to make a short post wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. There is an innumerable amount of things that I am thankful for in life. As a photographer, I am so blessed to have amazing family, friends, and people that I don’t even know supporting me every day. There is no way to express the happiness y’all give to me.
I could go on and on about how thankful I am for each and every one of you, but for the sake of your time and the sake of my hands not cramping up, I will just lump you all together and give you a big virtual bear hug through this very text. (Cheesy? Yes, but it saved you and me both some serious time.)
Now, for the Mills-house Thanksgiving Day festivities: Today, both sides of the family are coming to our house. Stressful? Yes. Am I happy to have them? Of course. Nothing makes me happier than to be surrounded by the people I love (and the food that I love). Grandma Sharon’s gravy + Mom’s Turkey = one helluva Thanksgiving.
God bless, everyone.
So I hope this one’s a good one. My name is Grant Mills. I’m 16 years old from Kentucky where we do, in fact, wear shoes. I’ve grown up in a pretty average household with two great parents and a little brother who is four years younger and a sister two years older than myself. We lost our family dog back in February and gained this guy back in September. This is my first “official” blogging endeavor, although I’ve done things like it for quite some time now, as seen on my Flickr page.
As for photography, I consider myself a “prosumer” or “advanced amateur”. I’ve been at this off and on for a few years now. I received my first DSLR last Christmas, which really seemed to get the ball rolling. I couldn’t put it down. A few lenses, a new camera body, and plenty of money (both earned and spent) later, here I am, with 11,000+ photo files in Adobe Lightroom 3. The header photos are mine. For more, stay tuned (obviously) and check out my Flickr page.
I’ve had a small following made up of some of the most supporting people I know. To name a few: Mom & Dad, my sister, my Uncle Kevin,Liz and all of the Pastinas, my grandparents, Haley, and more. To all of you: thank you. I could write each of you a line or two about what your support has meant to me, but I’ll save that for some other time.
So, what will this blog be about? For the most part, it will bring to you parts and stories of my not-so-interesting life, my photography, gear reviews, and (to be completely honest) I don’t know what else. Stay tuned and stay warm everyone.
