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W<\/span>hen I ask Eugene-based photographer Wind Home to describe his work in three words, he thinks for a few moments, lightheartedly agonizing over the task, then laughs.<\/p>\n \u201cLove. Love. Love,\u201d he chuckles. \u201cLike my mom always used to say.\u201d<\/p>\n With a carefree name like Wind \u2014\u00a0and hippie parents easy-going enough to name him that \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s not too surprising to hear this prolific photographer takes such a calm, cool and collected approach to his craft when it comes to capturing his signature sleek images of some of the most beautiful and impressively crafted pieces of glass.<\/p>\n After all, it wasn\u2019t his intention to become one of the most sought out glass art and cannabis photographers<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t until one of his friends, Greg Adams of Trident Glass and Lore Haus, asked him to shoot some pictures that things started to take off in the cannabis industry a little bit.<\/p>\n Even then, it was still a struggle to get solid footing.<\/p>\n Piece by Hamms WaterWorks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cPhotography is a tough industry to get into in general. So, to make it in the glass art industry was pretty difficult at first,\u201d he said. \u201cI had to develop a certain amount of trust between artists and myself because they would need to be willing to drop off a rig or who knows what to me. I was being entrusted with valuable items and that\u2019s a big deal for people who may not know you.\u201d<\/p>\n Growing up in Eugene, Oregon<\/a> \u2014 a region now considered one of the meccas of the glass art scene\u00a0 \u2014 definitely played a part in getting him established and catapulting his career to where it is now.<\/p>\n \u201cLuckily, I had a little bit of an \u2018in\u2019 here just from having grown up in the area around so many glass artists,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, when it came to the newer or bigger artists, I had a bit of a reputation I could rely on thanks to guys like Greg and Marcel (Braun) who were familiar with my work and could vouch for me.\u201d<\/p>\n These days, he\u2019s booked to the brim with hundreds of clients every year, from glass shops to independent glass artists to cannabis farms and is shooting up to 12 products in a single day. He\u2019s become a go-to in the industry because of the quality and attention to detail he brings to each photo. He has mastered the art of capturing the intricacies of each handmade glass piece \u2014 the swirls of colors and patterns, a range of textures and shapes \u2014 without losing the functionality of it.<\/p>\n A Yoda OG shows the beginning stages of flowering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cReally, what I\u2019m producing is an extremely high end product shot out of a really fine art,\u201d he says. \u201cI do try to do very minor editing on my shots, because what I\u2019ve done is just fine tuned my skill over time by paying close attention to the balancing of light or softening the light with the reflective black background that I have found people really love.\u201d<\/p>\n Home said he absolutely cannot stand to see my photography from three or four years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough my style has remained very much the same for most of the time I\u2019ve been doing glass,\u201d he said, \u201cmy work has gotten much neater and much tighter.\u201d<\/p>\n He shoots from his home studio in Eugene, and has the same full set up as he did in his warehouse, where he used to shoot more commercial photography. These days, though, it\u2019s just him, a camera and his products.<\/p>\n Shatter from Bomb Squad Growers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI\u2019m a one person show. I can\u2019t hire anyone because of what I shoot \u2014 glass and grass<\/a>. Half the time I\u2019m taking a bong hit while I\u2019m working,\u201d he said with a chuckle.<\/p>\n When he\u2019s not working, he loves spending time with his wife and kids \u2014 his inspiration for what he calls his \u201cprofessionally unprofessional\u201d approach to work. He keeps it casual and handles business without letting himself get drowned by the nonstop hustle and bustle of being in such high demand.<\/p>\n \u201cI never wanted to be the corporate dad who spends his whole life busy working. I didn\u2019t want my kids\u2019 memories of me to be that I was gone. I\u2019m not the type of parent that wants to go on a vacation to Hawaii and leave the kids at home,\u201d he said. \u201cMy wife and I love being around our kids. That\u2019s why I work from home and also why I make time to do things with them like go camping or swimming even though I\u2019m busy.\u201d<\/p>\n It may seem difficult to juggle a successful business with the family life, but Home takes it all in stride. Passion is what motivates him and inspires him both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n \u201cI just love my family and I love what I do,\u201d he said. \u201cI really can\u2019t complain.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally published in Issue 27<\/a>\u00a0of Cannabis Now.\u00a0<\/em>LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong> have you ever tried to photograph cannabis?<\/p>\n The post Glass & Grass: The Photos of Wind Home<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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