12-29-2012

20 IN 20

 

I’ve lived 20 years. Here are 20 things I’ve learned.

-Address small problems. They become big problems.

-Spend more time around people that both challenge and accept you.

-Make shit- always be creating. Some of it might be terrible but some of it will be great.

-Get a library card.

-Add adventurer to your twitter bio. Then, become one.

-Find ways to cheat the system, just don’t cheat people.

-Do things that are uncool, later on they usually end up becoming cool.

-Say no to projects you don’t care about.

-When an opportunity doesn’t come knocking, make one yourself.

-Love cats.

-Get one big success at a young age. It’ll help you build up your confidence for bigger things.

-Meet new people as often as possible. Learn something from every one of them.

-Find your voice.

-Genius gets you nowhere. Execution is everything.

-Find out if there will be food there.

-Walk more.

-Be comfortable with abandonment, even of parts of your identity.

-A good haircut changes everything.

-Always remember those who helped you. Deliver two or three times as much value back.

-Fight for what matters.

 

 

 

Andrew Jacobson -

Nice work bud.

Hudson Gardner -

F*** yeah and well said. I’m 24, so here’s 4 more: 21. Realization is just the beginning of change. 22. Spend time looking around. 23. Control myself, drop trying to control others. 24. Be aware of your life.

Jean-Laurent Gaudy -

Nice!

Nelly Wamuyu Thoithi -

may I reblog this please?

John Chiuri -

I see we share common career

Josh Solar -

Love you, bro. Solid advice here. It’s great to see someone with so much figured out while they’re so young. You’re refreshing.

12-26-2012

BEN AND SALLY | WYN WILEY PHOTOGRAPHY

we at it again. my friends ben and sally came through town for few hours and we done did some pictures.

Ryan Garrison -

Those look so good.

Dorothy Huynh -

guh. wyn. you are way too good and seriously talented. I hope you know that.

Sidney Morgan Photography -

like… WHAT? You’re so good.

Andrew Richard Barringer -

They are all awesome! I especially love the second from the bottom.

Julia Manchik -

The last few with the powder are aaaamazing.

Wyn Wiley -

thanks julia! means a ton coming from you!

Wyn Wiley -

thanks andrew!

Wyn Wiley -

gah dorothy! you are soo nice and way too kind and i hope you know that :)

Wyn Wiley -

thanks ryan!

Wyn Wiley -

thanks dear friend. love you.

Ilona Joy -

Fabulous work! So much emotion.

Wyn Wiley -

thanks Ilona!

Yee Feng -

I’ll need a coupla minutes to clean up my living room cause you just blew my mind to bits. Again.

Bradford Martens -

I don’t even know what happened here. but I really, really like it.

Jennie Davis -

I don’t remember if I commented on this yet or not, but whoa. Just whoa.

Winslow Photography -

I love this, your work is truly stunning and an inspiration!

Meredith Adams -

AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGG. whoaa holy crap.

Veronica Varos -

Whoa.

12-24-2012

THE WILLINGHAMS | WYN WILEY PHOTOGRAPHY

seven out of ten cat owners give christmas presents to their cats. you bet i’m one of em.

meowy christmas.

some black & whites of some new friends drew & angela.

Carly Bish Photography -

I love these two people so much. Thanks for taking such beautiful images of them. Love. :)

Sara K Byrne Photography -

amazingness Wyn. Love these peeps.

12-18-2012

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS

it’s just a life lesson that things don’t always go as planned. the day of the macklemore concert this happened to be the case. we got the go ahead from macklemore and his management to do a shoot with him and his crew before the concert, but macklemore ended up spending most of the day on his back, at health clinics and in his bus sick. they didn’t even know if he was going to give a concert.

but, he endend up performing and to make up for the shoot not happening, they gave us backstage passes to shoot the show. what we didn’t know was how amazing of a show it was going to be. we witnessed sweat, love, tears, a same-sex proposal, horse masks, thousands of people’s views changing about gay marriage, and way too many fur coats.

to top it all off, macklemore promised AND pinky promised that we would get to photograph him before one of their concerts this spring. we take pinky promises seriously.

here are some images from the four of us, josh solar, christian gideon, nathan stracke and wyn wiley.

Savannah Lauren Shealy -

You guys are so frikken amazing at what you do.

Kaye Murphy -

Wynn, you slay me!!!

James Dean -

This was an absolutely excellent show. If he’s touring in the spring again, I really, really, really want to go again.

Steve Wiley -

Well W, you did it again – crushed it!

Katie Elizabeth -

sososososo jelly! biggest macklemore fan ever right here! great job!

Justin VerMeer -

Love it.

Mykayla Lofgren -

I really don’t know you at all, but your work blows me away!

Courtney Hill Paris -

Jealous doesn’t begin to describe it.

12-17-2012

MADDIE AND AUGIE | WYN WILEY PHOTOGRAPHY

if you know maddie, you know she is the most passionate, loving, incredible mom. and she does it all with a shaved head.

if you know augie, you know he can down a good 10 cookies in a minute. also, one time he fell down on the shoot and scraped his hand, got back up, and said, and i quote, “i’m gucci mom.”

i could not think of a better way to spend an afternoon than with these two.

Sam Hosman -

Wyn wyn wyn. Adorable.

Sidney Morgan Photography -

these are bananas.

Nessa Kessinger -

that black and white shot where he’s running with a balloon is insanity.

Jordyn Ferriss -

AMAZING!

Lauren Bowman -

So great. Love the personality captured

Melissa Robin -

perfect!

Jennifer Jarl McCombs -

wow.

Rachel Prentiss -

Phenomenal

Calli Webb -

Honestly does not get any better than this. Beautiful locations, beautiful people.

Anita Thuna -

These pictures tells you a story so beautiful and precious. I think I’ll agree with Sidney as I can’t find the right words……..these are bananas Wyn! Keep em coming :)

Karen Obrist -

These are so beautiful and full of life- she makes me want to cut my hair even shorter- and dang that mama has a great booty! Way to capture the spirit of these two! :)

Dorothy Huynh -

wyn, these are TOO GOOD. oh my gahhhhhhhhhhhh. you are talent.

Sarah Rose Cusson -

these seriously couldn’t be better. In love.

Amanda VanVels -

so frickin’ cute.

Mark Rodriguez -

This is the cutest kid in the world.

Andrea L. Norris -

These are so amazing wyn! You are so talented. I can see the way you make me feel through your photography. Never change that!

Corrie Jo Lundberg -

good stuff.

Laura Dennis -

Definitely some of your best work Mr. Wiley! LOOOOOVE.

Zemkoart.com and Zemkopix.com -

Very cool. Best new year from http://www.zemkoart.com and http://www.zemkopix.com!:)

12-11-2012

VICTORIA | 2013 SENIOR WYN WILEY PHOTOGRAPHY

straight up one of my favorite seniors of the year. this was a really fun day, guys.

it was 30 degrees when we took these photos. honey badger don’t care.

Dorothy Huynh -

what a beaut.

Karen Obrist -

That last frame is my fave- I love the sewing machine and all of her laughter. You kill senior portraits, Wyn!

Khanh Ng -

Wow dude wow.. how much planning that went on this shoot? Amazing!

Jaime Wattier -

these are so great! love the locations too!

Jenny Combs -

all in all AMAZING! as usual. I’m an avid follower :) I wish that you had done a few more serious faces with her though. Those are soooooo beautiful. the B & W in the broken house and the B & W in the middle of that tree are amazing! YOU INSPIRE ME WYN <3.

12-11-2012

GUIDING LIGHT

i’ve wanted to do a music inspired shoot for a while now and last weekend, with the help of my friends, we made it happen. the images below tell the story of “guiding light” by muse. you can listen to it HERE as you scroll. thanks for taking a look.

PHOTOGRAPHY- Wyn Wiley Photography

MODELS- Emily Solo & Preston Kelly

ASSISTANT- Levi Baus

WARDROBE- David’s Bridal bridesmaid dress and 40 dollars of fabric from JoAnne’s Fabric Store. That’s how we do it.

see the video version HERE.

Emily Solo -

See the video version with music here!

Amelia Sutton -

every stinkin’ time I see a new blog post of your latest work, I think, “There is no possible way Wyn can get more amazing than this!”…and then you do! so fantastic, friend!

Aaron DuRall -

What?!? This is amazing.

Amanda VanVels -

okay that last shot….really? really wyn?

Anna Roberts -

Amazing!

Sondra-Ali Moghadam -

Ahhhhh-mazing!

Zach Sutton Photography -

Excellent work

Ashley Virginia Haug -

So beautiful! I love her hair, she is stunning!

Erin Oveis Brant -

oh c’mon! are you really from this planet?

Natalie Joelle Schwarting -

Wynn! These are incredible! I don’t even have words. You are so talented!

Zack Zumbek -

shut up this is insane.

Jenny Linquist -

Tim Burton would crap his pants over that last shot.

Sara K Byrne Photography -

this is pure ridiculousness.. wyn, you good.

Nelly Wamuyu Thoithi -

I don’t know you but I have a crush on you! actually, on your work! wow! I’m speechless!

Elissa Rïnehart -

Nice.

12-03-2012

SHANDA | 2013 SENIOR

we shot in a pasture in 100 degree weather and in a coffee shop in 32 degree weather. shanda rocked it all.

shanda introduced me to my new favorite coffee shop and for that, i am forever grateful.

11-30-2012

JORDAN | 2013 SENIOR

we came. we kicked ass. we shot. we ate mcdonalds.

i liked this day.

and yes, we did ride around in this mustang the whole shoot.

 

Dawn Christensen Sebek -

Like, like, like…love all of these!

Shelly Doyle -

Good lookin boy Dawn!

Sue Kemp -

WOW – they all look great!

Kim Krueger -

He looks like a country singer for his first photo shoot. Awesome pictures.

Faye Wall -

Great looking young man!

Tammy Reeker Svendsen -

What fun pictures! Very unique! He is very handsome!

Joyce Frerichs Rivera Leif -

Agree with you, Dawn! Handsome young man! Whose Mustang?