Two dear friends: Azurea & Dan Phelps.
When Laura and I took our road trip across country, we had the pleasure of stayed with them in Seattle. It was easily one of the greatest highlights of the trip. They are both such incredible people. Much love.
My Love at sunrise in Highlands, NC.
I’m so proud of her.
Peace.
Detail.
110 with my Laura.
Inspiration: Billy Collins
Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry from smjwt on Vimeo.
On Tuesday of this week, Laura and I spent the afternoon listening to vinyls, and reading the poetry of Billy Collins.
Corny? Absolutely. Yet still awesome.
I only own one collection of Poems by Billy Collins, and it’s this one:
My favorite Poem from this collections is called:
On Turning Ten
The whole idea of it makes me feel
like I’m coming down with something,
something worse than any stomach ache
or the headaches I get from reading in bad light—
a kind of measles of the spirit,
a mumps of the psyche,
a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul.
You tell me it is too early to be looking back,
but that is because you have forgotten
the perfect simplicity of being one
and the beautiful complexity introduced by two.
But I can lie on my bed and remember every digit.
At four I was an Arabian wizard.
I could make myself invisible
by drinking a glass of milk a certain way.
At seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.
But now I am mostly at the window
watching the late afternoon light.
Back then it never fell so solemnly
against the side of my tree house,
and my bicycle never leaned against the garage
as it does today,
all the dark blue speed drained out of it.
This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself,
as I walk through the universe in my sneakers.
It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends,
time to turn the first big number.
It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,
I skin my knees. I bleed.
Make sure to watch the video at the top. So amazing.
Peace. - Caleb
Crazy Crazy Crazy…
Short notes:
Been shooting all week.
Moxii is amazing.
Today is my birthday.
Laura is amazing.
Above is a rough edit of one of my favorite shots from the day.
Peace. - Caleb
The Grandfather Project
This last week my Grandfather had a stroke. That shocked me into staying up until 3:30am and finishing this project. Don’t worry, Papa is still alive and kickin’, and if you’re in Dothan, AL, anytime soon, you should stop by and visit him. He truly is a wonderful man.
I hope you have enjoyed this project, and I would love to hear what yall think.
The Grandfather Project from Caleb Chancey on Vimeo.
To see the entire Gallery of images, click HERE.
Peace. - Caleb
Paw Paw
A couple of weeks ago I had the dear pleasure of meeting Laura’s PawPaw for the first time. 
He is a classic man. Not only is he a kickn photographer, he also plays the violin (which makes him double cool) 
One Sentence Story: As we searching for a whiskey glass to put his whiskey in, he said “I’ll drink it out of anything that will hold it!”
See the whole gallery, HERE.
Note: In a few weeks I will be spending about 5 days with my own PaPa, documenting his day-to-day through pictures, audio, and 8mm….so, there’s that.
Peace. - Caleb
Peace
As I predicted a couple of weeks back, the last two weeks have been crazy busy and crazy amazing.
Here’s a little overview:
I’ve been to Dothan, AL to get my wisdom teeth out; while Laura and I were in Dothan, her apartment burnt down; we got back to Birmingham and dealt with a bunch of apartment stuff, then we headed to Baton Rouge; Where we then got engaged (!); Then I headed to New Orleans to shoot a wedding; Then we picked up Bryan and Ashley’s kid Noah, and we headed back to Birmingham; Then when we got in we had people over to my apartment for beers and Heim; then I got up and drove to Sylacauga, AL, for a meeting; then I drove back to Birmingham and went shopping; then I went to random music rehearsal; then Laura and I went to look at an apartment; then I woke up this morning at 4am and drove back to Sylacauga, AL to a place called Farmlinks where I’ll be shooting for the next 3 days; then Laura and I will drive to Chattanooga, TN on Friday to attend the wedding of Melissa & Nicholas.
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The polaroid that begins this blog post is a shot I took this morning at 6:30am. I was on the 17th green, and the ground was damp and soft. Birds were beginning to stir, and the air around me served as a chilling hint that fall was coming soon.
If you were to take out a map and locate “peaceful”, that is where I was this morning.
Peace. - Caleb
P.S. I don’t have time to spell check
Baton Rouge Road Music
Laura and I are heading to Baton Rouge for a few days, and I thought I would let you guys in on the song that will start off our road trip mix.
Peace. - Caleb
