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Cautionary Tales 2

Happy Halloween!

I had a few people ask me if I planned on doing a continuation to my Cautionary Tales series from last year. I was considering not doing it since this October has been very busy. Inevitably, my desire to create took over and I started writing ideas out and started to figure out how I wanted to execute them, no pun intended. For the people that didn’t see last year’s series, this is a horror photo series showcasing distraction and what could happen when you are. With no further delay, I present Cautionary Tales 2.

Blues, Brews and BBQ 2019 Allentown, PA

I spent Saturday afternoon in Allentown hanging out at Blues, Brews and BBQ. I’ve been to it years in the past, but this was the first time I spent a significant amount of time there watching various artists perform. My friend Pentley was playing on the stage outside of Queen City BBQ. The Allentown Arts Walk provided a great backdrop for the stage. For the most part, Pentley plays alone, but he was backed by a group of great local musicians which provided a different feel to his set. Here’s a few photos from his performance.

Passions: Pentley Holmes

Life can be strange sometimes. Peoples’ lives cross in unexpected ways. When we were kids, Pentley Holmes and I shared a bus stop at the half point between our houses. Then he moved to P’burg and I didn't see him for a long time. Around high school, I started to ride BMX and I started to see Pentley around again since he also rode at the time. After a few years, he started music and really immersed himself in playing and learning music. It was a rarity when I would catch him out somewhere. Back when I started photography around 6 years ago, he was one of the first people I did some photos and videos for while he performed in a little basement venue. This past Saturday, I met him at the State Theatre in Easton, PA and shot photos and videos for him in the nicest venue in town. He’s had an awesome journey in music thus far and I thought he’d be a perfect person to talk with.

Cautionary Tales

This year for Halloween, I wanted to create a horror photo series. I’ve been really thinking about scenes that would be inherently horrifying when you saw them. When thinking about what would work, I started to think about my fiance. She runs by herself in the woods sometimes and it always gives me a bit of anxiety when I think about what could happen. So I started to think, why should I attempt to portray a gruesome scene when I could shoot a suspenseful scene and have the viewer fill in the rest. I tried to think of times where people could be vulnerable or just plain distracted, hence the name, Cautionary Tales.

Photo Story, Photo SeriesNilo HodgeOctober 30, 2018Halloween, Cautionary Tales, Photo Series, Horror Photos