Picture Me, Loving You

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Quick explanation; the following is a photo-narrative, basically a story told through pictures. Each picture and its title contain clues to the story, and the viewer should consider nothing in the picture an accident. Need more of an explanation? CLICK HERE

Their big day

What have we here?

Won’t hurt me again

Alone in the mourning

If it wasn’t for you

It wasn’t me

Seriously, it wasn’t me!!

Suckas!!

This proves nothing

In search of justice

To stop a monster, you need a bigger monster

An eye for an eye

Picture me loving you… still.

Behind the Scenes Blog

Funny asides, and insider info for Picture Me, Loving You

Explaining Picture Me, Loving You

by Dan Thompson | Jun 29, 2015 | PMLY

SPOILER ALERT!! Fair warning, if you haven't seen or finished Picture Me, Loving You yet, stop reading now. No really... I'm about to ruin the thrill of figuring it all out for yourself. Seriously... click here and start from the beginning...

Origin Story: Starlite

by Chris Hill

Every good character has an origin story. With the characters I create it is no different. It’s often difficult to spend time while dressed as these characters explaining the depths behind some of these characters and how they came to be, so today I thought I’d try...

Yep, that’s someone dressed in a chicken suit.

by Dan Thompson

"Yep, that's someone dressed in a chicken suit" is certainly not a phrase I would have imagined would be coming out of my mouth on a regular basis... but... it does! This past Saturday we finished up shooting the Picture Me,...

The Opposite Side Of The Lens

by Chris Hill

Or...Three Things I've Learned From Being The Subject When Dan asked me to collaborate with him on this project, I was very enthusiastic. For me it was more than just a chance to get show off my skills as a costumer, it was a chance to be in front of the...

Picture Me, Loving You – Coming May 15th!

by Dan Thompson

The wait for Picture Me, Loving You is almost over! We will be dropping the first image of the photo narrative on the morning of Friday, May 15th. You'll be able to see the images here: http://danandholly.com/pmly/, starting that day....

My Affinity for Urban Decay

by Dan Thompson

In as much as people may find Chris' costume making hobby strange, I totally get that people may also find my affinity for urban decay to be strange. While I don't consider myself to be a camera-toting-hipster who takes pictures of...

One shoot left, and you're Invited!

by Dan Thompson

I am totally excited that now that the shoot at Eastern State Penitentiary is over, we only have one shoot left to do! Oh, and we'd love for you to come join us! Nope, it's not an April Fool's joke; here's the deal. ...

That time we drove 9.5 hours for one photo

by Dan Thompson

Okay, okay, so we took more than one photo... and technically I guess you could say it was 19 hours total for the entire roundtrip... however you want to cut it, we went a long way out of our way to get an image (not the image above, to be clear). What in the world...

My Spirit Animal is a Whatever

by Chris Hill

I’ve always been a bit of an odd chicken full of strange ideas and impractical dreams. I guess that’s why my Twitter bio reads, “I’m an idealist living in a realist’s world.” I just refuse to believe that gravity has any effect on...

That time I went to a bar with people dressed up in costumes.

by Dan Thompson

As you can probably imagine, the 'Picture Me, Loving You' project has had it's interesting moments, to say the least... not the least of which was walking through Market Square with 4 people dressed up in costumes. The shenanigans...

POTW: Introducing Picture Me, Loving You

by Dan Thompson

Can I get a drum roll please? This is something I've been excited about for a while, and I'm thrilled to be finally introducing it. Hang on... this is going to be different. If you've been paying close attention to...

POTW: Little Yellow Corvette

by Dan Thompson

Let me just say that it is nice to have friends, and it is VERY nice to have a friend that has a Corvette... and will let you borrow it. Said friend has asked to remain anonymous for reasons that should be fairly obvious, though a good...

POTW: Inside the Nemo Tunnel

by Dan Thompson

I'm going to step away from Poland content for just a bit (I figured you would want a short break) and post something local. By now you guys have probably noticed that I sometimes get photographic ideas in my head and then I run with them. Sometimes these ideas work...

Credits

All concepts by Dan Thompson and Chris Hill. Photography by Dan Thompson. Costumes by Chris Hill / Screaming Chicken Studios. Thanks to Steve Zigler, Ashley Adcock, and Holly Rogers for being our focus group and providing great feedback. I’m sure I’m forgetting people, so thank you to anyone else that helped, and for those friends and family that have had to listen to me go on and on about this for the last 12 months!

Their Big Day

Special thanks to Colby McLemore of Colby’s Photography for help with the lighting, and to participants Ben Green, JJ Green, Lora Irwin, Cade Irwin (Raccoon), Allison Bakken (Chicken), Bahar Hill (Bridezilla), Brandi Blackard (brown horse), Amy Rogers (black horse), Holly Rogers (brown horse), Jay Norris (reindeer), Jennifer Norris (duck and as herself), Boone Norris (Wonderboy), my loving wife Holly, and to the random people who volunteered to be in the shot.

What have we here?

Special thanks to Shelley Huskey for help with the title and participants Ben Green, JJ Green, Colby McLemore, Lora Irwin, Cade Irwin (Raccoon), Allison Bakken (Chicken), Bahar Hill (Bridezilla), Brandi Blackard (brown horse), Amy Rogers (black horse), Holly Rogers (brown horse), Jay Norris (reindeer), Jennifer Norris (duck and as herself), Boone Norris (Wonderboy), my loving wife Holly, and to the random people who volunteered to be in the shot.

Won't hurt me again

Special thanks to Shelley Huskey for help with the title and to Bryan Allen… you know why.

Alone in the mourning

Huge thanks to Paul Noe and the Vibraslaps as well as the owners of Scruffy City Hall for letting us crash their party, and to Bill Foster for setting it all up. Special thanks to participants Allison Bakken (Chicken), Bahar Hill (brown horse), and Lisa Fuller (brown horse), and to Alan Cummins for letting me borrow the camera!

If it wasn't for you

Special thanks to participant Cade Irwin (Chicken).

It wasn't me!

Special thanks to Colby McLemore of Colby’s Photography for help with the lighting and for the hook up on the studio, thanks to Shelley Huskey and Logan Fairfax for help with the title, and to participants Bahar Hill (brown horse), Lisa Oakley (brown horse), and Rachel Cuthell (black horse).

Seriously, it wasn't me!!

Special thanks to the staff at Eastern State Penitentiary for putting up with our shenanigans, to Josh Cantrell and Claris Networks for letting me borrow the lighting, and to Eddie Foley for hooking us up with the police uniform. Many thanks to Bahar Hill (brown horse) and my loving wife Holly Thompson for letting us drive 9.5 hours one way for a single photo; you guys rock! Also thank you to Holly Thompson for help with the title.

Suckas!

Huge thank you to my friend whom shall remain nameless for letting me borrow your Corvette (I still want one). Special thanks to Shelley Huskey for help with the title, Jay Norris for helping with the shot and for the tip on the location, and to Bahar Hill for helping drive the car.

This proves nothing

Special thanks to Shelley Huskey for help with the title and to participant Cade Irwin (raccoon).

In search of justice

Huge thank you to Jay Norris for driving Chris and I to Nemo tunnel multiple times and letting us borrow your jeep several times as well, and for the tip on the location.

To catch a monster, you need a bigger monster

Again, huge thank you to Jay Norris for driving Chris and I to Nemo tunnel multiple times and letting us borrow your jeep several times as well, and for the tip on the location. Thanks to Andrew Irwin for help with the lighting, and thanks to Shelley Huskey for help with the title.

Eye for an eye

Special thanks to Justin Boyter (monster) for freezing your butt off with us for this shot, and to Shelley Huskey and Logan Fairfax for help with the title.

Picture me loving you, still

Special thanks to participants Clay Allen (Bridezilla) and Holly Thompson (raccoon hand).