I met the Cunninghams out on Kory's grandfather's farm. Katie had tried to tell me what an interesting place it is, and what an interesting guy Kory's grandfather is, but I really didn't know what it was going to be like until I got there.
As I got out of the car at the address they'd given me and began timidly looking around the yard full of curiosities, a long, tall, old country boy came out of the garage and said, "You must be the photographer!"
I knew immediately that I liked him. He reminded me a lot of my dad, except for the long and tall part. He proudly showed me around his yard-- the old smokehouse that his grandmother built, the muscadine vine that he's grown so that it makes a little gazebo-like place where he keeps his harvested pumpkins (and his grandkids call the "pumpkin forest"), and the funny little hunting cabin trailer that he'd built himself. Soon, Kory's mom arrived, and a little bit later, the Cunninghams.
I love this family so much, and I loved getting to hang out with them and photograph them having fun together. I also just have to point out that I didn't edit any of their eyes AT ALL. They all just naturally have eyes that blue and sparkly. It's pretty incredible, really.
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