#photos by preston duncan

[jeanharlowshair]

Screenland Magazine, July 1929.

#dolores costello #1920s #photos by preston duncan #screenland magazine #old hollywood #old magazines #old movies #old movie stars #old hollywood glamour #classic hollywood #old hollywood actress #vintage style #vintage fashion #1920s movies #20s movies #20s fashion #20s style #1920s fashion #silent actress #silent film #silent film actresses

[lanaturnerhascollapsed]

Picture Play, December 1927

#may mcavoy #magazine: picture play #year: 1927 #decade: 1920s #type: studio and publicity photos #photographer: preston duncan #pp vol. 27 no. 4

[clarabowlover]

Harriet Lake (Before She Became Ann Sothern 1930)

Photo By Preston Duncan

Pic Source: @ForeverLouiseB1 (Twitter)

#ann sothern #nee harriet lake #redhead #before she was famous #1930 #studio portrait #by preston duncan #beautiful american actress #normally with bleach blonde hair #pic source: twitter account - foreverlouiseb1 #sepia photography #old hollywood

[fibula-rasa]

No. Wait. THIS photo of Myrna Loy! (This time from the September 1928 issue of Photoplay.)

Caption text: “In the light that lies in a woman’s eyes is the principal charm of the face, according to Preston Duncan. In this futuristic portrait of Myrna Loy, the photographer has subordinated her other features by lines and shadows to bring out the beauty of her eyes. And, incidentally, if Myrna were the wage-slave of a company which would give her better stories, she’d be recognized as one of the most seductive actresses on the screen”

#Myrna Loy #1920s #1928 #Photoplay #magazine #film magazine #movie magazine #fan magazine #classic film #classic movies #old hollywood #movie stars #film stars #photography #portrait photography

[typingtess]

Tiptoeing through the “Bonafides” guest cast

Bill Goldberg as DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton Lance's first appearance since season 11's "Watch Over Me"

On the set with LL Cool J.  

Ski Carr as Percy Vander Guest roles include Crossing Jordan, King Pin, CSI: Miami, Karen Sisco, Arrested Development, Cursed, Fight Night Legacy, Gang Related, Workaholics, Blue Bloods, Chicago Fire, Conviction, Hand of God, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and Family Business.

Jocko Willink as Noah “Herbie” Herbert Willink is a real deal Navy SEAL, serving with SEAL Teams 1, 2 and 3.  He earned a Silver Star and a Bronze Star.  After retiring from the Navy, he wrote a few books on leadership, appeared on podcasts and started his own podcast.  This is his first acting role.

Christian George as Henrik Vuksan George returns as criminal Henrick Vuksan from "Omni" and "Head of the Snake".

Cindy Dolenc as Ryan Logue Was Kate Quinn in La Femme Nikita on USA Network back in the day.

Traci Belushi as Ms. Wilson Was Zarius in a number of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series and Pippettes in BeetleBorgs.  Guest roles include Sweet Valley High, USA High, Martial Law, Criminal Minds, See Dad Run, The Middle, How to Get Away with Murder, American Crime Story, I'm Dying Up Here, Dave, SWAT, The Morning Show and The Rookie.

Fredrik Eklund as Rexford Blake Eklund was a regular broker on Million Dollar Listing New York until January of this year.  Prior to his real estate career, Eklund was an adult film performer using the name Tag Eriksson.

On the set with ECO, Christian George and Daniela Ruah.  

Gregory Shelby as Scott Reid Appeared in a number of short films with several soap credits (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital).

Bradley Dodds as Bohdan Amantas Guest roles include Crossing Jordan, Las Vegas, Entourage, CSI: NY, Hannah Montana, True Blood, Hollywood Heights, 2 Broke Girls, Sullivan & Sons, Major Crimes, Shameless and Mayans MC.

Eugene Young as Navy Seaman Harold Forest Was Min-Tae in Squid Game.  Had guest roles in Revenge, Jane the Virgin, Criminal Minds, Unforgettable and Veep.

Trailer photo.  

Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor After top billing last week, Duncan Campbell and Agent Castor are down near the bottom.

Beckett Gunderson as Young Callen This is a different Young Callen than any of the other Young Callens we've had in the past (the season 13 premiere had Preston Edwards as Young Callen).  Gunderson was in an episode of Station 19.

Chris Mathieu as Humphrey Appeared in a number of independently made television series.

Written by:  Kyle Harimoto wrote “Omni”, “Merry Evasion”, “Chernoff, K”, “Command and Control” as episode 150, “Granger, O.”, “Ghost Gun”, “Kulinda”, “767”, “Se Murio El Payaso”, “Assets”/“Liabilities”, “Venganza”, “Superhuman”, “One of Us" (Lance Hamilton episode), “Let Fate Decide” (season 11 premiere), “Decoy” (Lance Hamilton episode), “Answers” , “Watch Over Me” (Lance Hamilton episode), “Cash Flow” and "Fukushu".   He co-wrote “Three Hearts”, “Leipei”, “Humbug”, both ends of the “Matryoshka” two-parter, “Smokescreen” part two, “Searching” (Lance Hamilton episode), “A Fait Acompli” and “A Tale of Two Igors” (season 12 finale).

Directed by:  Terrence O’Hara directed "The Only Easy Day”, “Brimstone”, “The Bank Job”, “Borderline”, “Tin Soldiers”, “The Job”, “Backstopped”, “Crimeleon”, “Blye, K.” Part Two, “San Voir” Part Two, “End Game”, “Paper Soldiers”, “Descent”, “Ascension”, “Fish Out of Water”, “Blaze of Glory”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Matryoshka” Part Two, “Belly of the Beast”, “Payback”, “Mountebank”, “Asesinos”, "Searching", “Yellow Jack”, “Raising the Dead”, “Overdue", "Red Rover, Red Rover" and "All the Little Things".

#tiptoeing #NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la

[fallout-drabbles-n-stuff]

If given a camera for their own personal use, what kind of pictures would companions take?

Cait:

Honestly? I fully imagine her taking aesthetic types of pictures as a means of expressing herself. Bloodied knuckles, broken glass, maybe even her own blackened eyes- it's all so...her. She probably won't show these pictures to anyone though.

Curie:

As much as I would like to say Curie would take "uwu" kinds of pictures- she probably would just take pictures of lab reports so she wouldn't have to worry about misplacing her papers.

Danse:

Takes one good picture with himself, sole, Rhys, and Haylen...the rest are senseless pictures of weapon and power armour modifications he is fond of . He might even start a little "how to" book with those pictures pasted in alongside steps on how he did it.

Deacon:

Really, and I mean REALLY, unfortunate photos of his fellow railroad peeps. His personal favorite is a shot of Carington spilling coffee all over himself.

Gage:

As weird as it may sound, all of his pictures are of him and sole. Romanced or not- just him and his boss genuinely happy. He doesn't need/want anything else to be pictures.

Hancock:

Bunches and bunches of group photos including his friends and other citizens of Goodneighbor. Of course, he's the most photogenic of the all.

Macready:

Sends the camera away to with Daisy so Duncan will take some pictures and send them back. He keeps each picture, no matter the quality, in boots and cap.

Maxson:

Believe it or not, he loves taking aerial photos of the commonwealth. He hangs the pictures up in his room- sorting them by area and time of day like an absolute weirdo.

Nick:

Kind of like Curie in the sense that he takes multiple photos of his files. He also uses the camera to take photos of perps once they are proven guilty so he has something to put with said files.

Old Longfellow:

Also into the whole scenic aesthetic. Sometimes he'll climb up the mountain in the early morning and see if he can find something new,

Piper:

Usually just uses it to attach photos relevant to her article after finding it drastically affects her views.

Preston:

Loves nothing more than to take pictures of the families he and the other Minutemen have helped, of course giving the photos to the respective subjects as a "house christening" gift.

Sturges:

Totally takes pictures of his favorite paint jobs and mods- really anything that he fixes up for fun and not necessity.

X6-88:

Takes awkward photos of himself, like really bad..imagine the way your phone sees you- that's the way he takes his own picture. Occasionally will also snap photos of his favorite kills.

#fallout 4 #fallout #paladin danse #fo4 companions #fallout companions #danse #elder maxson #porter gage #curie #deacon #x6 88 #cait #hancock #fo4 #sturges

[coochiequeens]

He killed his children and then he killed his girlfriend. Just say he also killed a woman instead of hiding behind gender neutral language.

A murderer who smothered his own baby daughter and his toddler son before going on to poison a new partner has been jailed for a minimum of 40 years.

Jordan Monaghan killed 24-day-old Ruby at their Blackburn home in January 2013. Eight months later, he smothered 21-month-old Logan at a swimming pool.

The 30-year-old was on police bail six years later when he went on to poison his 23-year-old girlfriend, Evie Adams.

Monaghan was found guilty at Preston Crown Court on three counts of murder.

The construction worker smothered Ruby on New Year's Day in 2013 as she slept in a Moses basket. Ruby's mother Laura Gray, 28, was sleeping upstairs at the time.

Eight months later, Monaghan took his son Logan to Waves swimming pool in Blackburn and smothered him while they were alone in a changing room cubicle.

The court heard the day before Logan's death, Ms Gray had told Monaghan their relationship was over after discovering he owed thousands of pounds in gambling debts.

'Unlawfully and deliberately'

Sentencing Monaghan, Mr Justice Goose told him: "You are an exceptionally controlling, selfish and cruel man.

"The trigger to these offences were your volatile relationships.

"The consequences were the snuffing out of the lives of two very young children and a young woman."

The judge added: "[Ruby's] life had barely started and you extinguished it."

Lancashire Police said that after murdering his son, Monaghan posed for pictures and spoke to newspapers about the tragedy of losing two children.

After an inquest into Logan's death in August 2013, he told reporters: "It feels as if history is repeating itself.

"Everything has been taken away from us.

"We can't believe this has happened for a second time. We are just in shock and completely devastated."

The 10-week trial heard both Ruby and Logan suffered a "collapse" and were seen by medics in the months before their deaths, but no serious medical conditions were found.

Prosecutor Duncan Smith QC told the jury both infants recovered prior to a final fatal event, when Monaghan "unlawfully and deliberately" obstructed their breathing.

The court heard parts of Logan and Ruby's mother Ms Gray's victim impact statement, which said all she had ever wanted was to be a mum and to "give my children the love and opportunities I never had growing up".

She said: "When the children were born, they consumed my world.

"I loved every single day I had with them.

"Jordan was their daddy, he was one of the two people who was meant to love and protect them the most in the whole world.

"Instead, he did the opposite."

Ms Gray could be heard weeping in the public gallery as the verdicts were given.

A post-mortem examination concluded Ruby died from acute bronchopneumonia and Logan's cause of death remained "unascertained".

Neither child's death could be explained by illness, genetic defect or natural causes, and Monaghan was arrested in 2018 after police reviewed their deaths when further information came to light.

'Cold-blooded'

In October 2019, he was on bail for their murders when he killed Ms Adams with a deadly cocktail of prescription drugs, including tramadol and diazepam, which he had bought illegally on the black market.

The court heard Monaghan committed the murders because he could not face rejection by his partners.

Police had warned Ms Adams, who had suffered "chronic abuse" before being fostered aged 12, not to be with him and a court order was made banning contact.

However, the relationship continued and Monaghan killed her and then faked a suicide note after she threatened to end their relationship.

Jurors heard he had told her: "I won't keep putting up with you saying we are over."

The court was told Monaghan had staged the suicide note's "discovery" by having it fall out of a picture frame as he removed a photo of the couple to place in her coffin.

Monaghan was also convicted of two counts of attempted murder to a third child who cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Due to a minor illness, he was not in court as the guilty verdicts were delivered following six days of deliberation by the jury.

Speakign afterwards, the Crown Prosecution Service's Martin Hill said Monaghan's cruelty was "beyond belief" and his ruthlessness was "harrowing".

"It is difficult to comprehend the depravity that went into planning and committing these murders," he said.

Det Ch Insp Pauline Stables added that Monaghan showed "no emotion" when he talked about the deaths of his two of his children, describing him as "very manipulative" and "cold-blooded".

#Just say woman #don’t hide the misogynistic behavior of a killer

[letterboxd]

Life Detained.

The Mauritanian director Kevin Macdonald talks with Jack Moulton about researching Guantanamo Bay’s top secrets, Tahar Rahim’s method-acting techniques, the ingenuity of humanity during the pandemic, and his favorite Scottish films.

“You’ve got to understand that for a Muslim man like Tahar, this role has a much greater significance than it does for you or me.” —Kevin Macdonald

It’s not uncommon for a director to release two films in one year, but Academy-Award winning—for his 1999 documentary One Day in September—director Kevin Macdonald is guilty of this achievement multiple times. Ten years ago, he released his first crowd-sourced documentary Life in a Day and the period epic The Eagle within months of each other. A decade on, he’s done it again.

The Scottish director (and grandson of legendary filmmaker Emeric Pressburger) released both his Life in a Day follow-up and the legal drama The Mauritanian this month. The latter tells the story of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi (sometimes written as Salahi), who was held and tortured in the notorious US detention center for fourteen years without a charge. The film, adapted from Slahi’s 2015 memoir Guantánamo Diary, features Jodie Foster and Shailene Woodley as his defense attorneys Nancy Hollander and Teri Duncan, with Benedict Cumberbatch, who also signed on as the film’s producer, playing prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch.

Benedict Cumberbatch as prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch in ‘The Mauritanian’.

The Mauritanian also introduces French star Tahar Rahim to a global audience, in the role of Slahi. “The ensemble is excellent across the board,” writes Zach Gilbert, “while Tahar Rahim is best in show overall, bringing honorable heart and humanity to his role [of] the titular mistreated prisoner.”

Much of the story is filmed as an office-based legal thriller involving thick files, intense conversations, and Jodie Foster’s very bright lipstick. Macdonald expertly employs aspect ratio to signify narrative shifts into scenes recreating Slahi’s vivid recollections of torture and his achingly brief conversations with unseen fellow detainees.

Qualifying for this year’s awards season due to extended deadlines, The Mauritanian has already earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Rahim and Foster respectively. Slahi remains unable to travel due to no-fly lists, but he was a valuable resource to the production, providing an accurate and rare depiction of a sympathetic Muslim character in an American film.

It was the eve of Life in a Day 2020’s Sundance Film Festival premiere when we Zoomed with Macdonald. Behind him, we spied a full set of the Italian posters for Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic Blow-Up. As it turns out, he’s not a fan of the film—only the posters—so we got him talking about his desert-island top ten after a few questions about his new film.

The attention to detail on Guantanamo Bay in The Mauritanian is impressive. There are procedures depicted that you rarely see on-screen. How did you conduct your research? Obviously Guantanamo Bay is a place which the American government spends a great deal of effort keeping secret. It was important to Mohamedou and me that we depicted the reality of the procedures as accurately as we possibly could. That research came primarily from Mohamedou who has an incredible memory. He drew sketches and made videos of himself lying down in spaces and showing how he could stretch half his arm out [in his cell]. There are a lot of photographs on the internet of Guantanamo Bay which are [fake] and others are from a later period because the place developed a lot over the years since it started in 2002 and Mohamedou was able to [identify] which photos were rooms, courtyards and medical centers he had been in.

Director Kevin Macdonald on set with Jodie Foster.

How did you approach creating an honest representation of the graphic torture scenes, without putting the audience through it as well? Whenever films about this period are [made] they’re always from the point of view of the Americans and this time we’re with Mohamedou. You can’t underestimate the fact that there have really been no mainstream American cinematic portrayals of Muslims at all, so in portraying a sympathetic Muslim character who’s also accused of terrorism, you’re pushing some hot buttons with people. It was important that those people who are uncomfortable with him understand why he confessed to what he confessed.

Everything you see in the film is what happened; the only difference is that they weren’t wearing masks of cats and Shrek-like creatures, they wore Star Wars masks of Yoda and Luke Skywalker in this very perverse fucked-up version of American pop culture. Obviously, we couldn’t get the rights to those. Actually, I don’t feel that it is graphic. There is more violence in your average Marvel movie. It’s psychologically disturbing because you’re experiencing this disorientating lighting, the [heavy-metal] music, and he’s being told his mother’s going to be raped and he’s flashing back to his childhood. To be empathizing with this character and then to see them to be so cruelly treated is so deeply disturbing.

How did you prepare Tahar Rahim for his convincing portrayal of such intense pain and suffering? Tahar went through a great deal of discomfort in order to achieve it. He felt that to give a performance that had any chance of being truthful, he needed to experience a little bit of what Mohamedou had suffered, so throughout the movie he would insist on wearing real shackles which made his leg bleed and give him blisters. I would plead with him to put on rubber ones and he would say “no, I have to do this so I’m not just play-acting”.

He starved himself for about three weeks leading up to a torture sequence—he had lost an awful amount of weight and he was really unsteady on his legs. I was very worried about it and I got him nutritionists and doctors but he was determined to stick with that. You’ve got to understand that for a Muslim man like Tahar, this role has a much greater significance than it does for you or me. He felt a great weight of responsibility to do this correctly, not just for Mohamedou, but he was speaking for the whole Muslim world in a way.

Jodie Foster and Shailene Woodley as defense attorneys in ‘The Mauritanian’.

What compels you to study this period in time? Mohamedou was released a couple of weeks before Trump came to power in 2016, so the story is still ongoing for him. He’s still being harassed by the American government and he’s not allowed to travel because he’s on these no-fly lists. I didn’t want to make a movie that was saying “George W. Bush is terrible”. We’ve been there, we’ve done that. This is looking back with a little bit of distance and saying “here’s the principles that we can learn from when you sidestep the rule of law”—what it takes to stand up like Lt. Stuart Couch did when everyone else around you is going along with something that’s really terrible.

You see that around Trump with the choices within the Republican Party to stand up and say they’re going to sacrifice their careers to do the right thing. It is a hard thing when there’s this mass hysteria in the air. The basic principles that the lawyer [characters] are representing is not about analyzing and replaying what happened after 9/11, they’re directly related in a bigger way to the world we all inhabit.

Did anything surprise you in how your subjects for Life in a Day 2020 addressed the pandemic? One of the most affecting characters in the film is an American who lost his home and business because of the pandemic, so he’s living in his car. He seems very depressed when you meet him for the first time, then later he’s telling us there’s something that’s giving him joy in his life. He brings out all these drones with these cameras on them and puts on this VR headset and loses himself by flying through the trees. I thought that was such a great metaphor for the way that human ingenuity has enabled us to survive and thrive during the pandemic.

I get the feeling of resilience from [the film]. This is a more thoughtful film than the original one. I see this as a movie of [us] being beware of our susceptibility to disease and ultimately to death and mortality, [and] how we’ve found these consolations as human beings. To me, it’s a really profound thing. It also speaks to the main theme of the film which is how we’re all so similar, same as The Mauritanian. It’s confronting you with all these people and saying we fundamentally all share the basic things that underpin our lives and the differences between us are much less important than the things we have in common.

Let’s go from Life in a Day to your life in film. What’s a Scottish film that you love but you feel is very overlooked or underrated? That’s really hard because there aren’t many Scottish films and there aren’t many good ones. Gregory’s Girl is the greatest Scottish film ever made—it’s the bible for life for me. That’s very well-known, so I would have to say Bill Forsyth’s previous film That Sinking Feeling, which was self-funded and made on 16mm black-and-white. It has some of the same actors and characters as Gregory’s Girl in it. Or my grandfather Emeric Pressberger’s film I Know Where I’m Going! which is a rare romantic comedy set in Scotland.

John Gordon Sinclair and Dee Hepburn in Bill Forsyth’s ‘Gregory’s Girl’ (1980).

Which film made you want to become a filmmaker? I think it was Errol Morris’s The Thin Blue Line, which is one of the top five documentaries ever made and in my top ten desert-island movies.

What else is in your desert-island top ten? Oh god, don’t! I knew you were going to ask me that. I’ll give a few. I would say there would have to be something by Preston Sturges—maybe The Lady Eve or The Palm Beach Story. There would have to be a film written by my grandfather, so probably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, which is the best British film ever made. There would have to be Singin’ in the Rain, which is the most purely joyful film I’ve ever seen. There would probably be The Battle of Algiers, which I rewatched recently and was an inspiration on The Mauritanian. Citizen Kane I also rewatched in anticipation of watching Mank, of which I was very disappointed. I thought it completely missed the point and was kind of boring.

Which was the best film released in 2020 for you? I thought the Russian film Dear Comrades! was really stunning. It was made by a director [Andrei Konchalovsky] in his 80s who first worked with Andrei Tarkovsky back in the late 1950s. He co-scripted Ivan’s Childhood. I would love to make my masterpiece when I’m 86 too!

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‘The Mauritanian’ is in select US cinemas and virtual theaters now, and on SVOD from March 2. ‘Life in a Day 2020’ is available to stream free on YouTube, as is the original.

#kevin macdonald #michelangelo antonioni #scottish film #scottish director #emeric pressburger #the mauritanian #jodie foster #tahir rahim #tahar rahim #french actor #guantanamo bay #muslim representation #muslims on film #benedict cumberbatch #guantanamo diary #life in one day #life in one day 2020 #life in one day film #letterboxd

[callaamxll]

[ MADELAINE PETSCH, 20, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ] welcome to the du pont institute for the young & gifted, [ CALLA MONTGOMERY-AMELL ]. you have been accepted as a [ REGULAR ] student from [ USA ], going into your [ SOPHOMORE ] and majoring in [ CRIMINOLOGY ]. your peers at the institute say that you are [ AMBITIOUS & DETERMINED ], but being [ CUNNING & RECKLESS ] may be the reason why the police are asking about you. did you think they wouldn’t find out that you were michael’s [ PAST HOOK-UP ]? [ RAVEN, 24, SHE/HER, EST ]

Basics:

name : calla (kal-uh) genevieve montgomery-amell

nicknames : cal, calls, c, red, cherry

age : twenty-two

birthday : october 24 (scorpio)

sexuality : bisexual

born : new zeland 

relocated : manhattan, nyc

height : 5′6

favorite color : red

fluent in: english, french, & italian

hogwarts house : slytherin

major : criminology

connection to michael: past hookup

extracurriculars :  cheerleading, theatre, student council event coordinator, choir

Family:

parents : adelaide & duncan montgomery-amell

siblings : twin brother (aleki mala)

About:

it’s no surprise that calla comes from money, her family has attended du pont for generations and who was she to stray from tradition? it was practically her birthright.  especially since her mother’s brother happened to be the dean, it wasn’t something she had to think about.  

growing up it was mostly calla and her brother aleki. that was until the divorce, which resulted in each parent taking a twin and her mother moving to america. her mother then put it in her head that calla’s father wasn’t interested in being in her life, saying he only wanted aleki. which resulted in calla keeping her mother’s maiden name, then adding on due to her mother’s request so they could seem “more like a family.”

her mother remarried when she was 7, but it didn’t help much. with her step father staying late working on cases (he’s a lawyer) and her mother (a model) who wanted to do anything other than raise her children herself. she was given the same nanny all her life, margaret.

her mom had multiple miscarriages before her father forced her to get some fertility treatments done, resulting in the twins. but it also made her want nothing to do with them since she felt like she wasn’t supposed to be a mother.  

her intense intuition led her to take up criminology, she likes gathering up clues and getting to the bottom of things. 

she uses singing as a creative outlet to release stress, sometimes she’d rather be studying music than criminology but knows it’s not in her planned out “perfect” future.

she tries hard to balance the reputation her parents beg her to keep up with and her social life.

with her step father being a lawyer most of her private life, if anything were to go wrong, he’s made sure to keep it out of the press.

she isn’t afraid to speak her mind, she’s very loyal to the people she’s close to and doesn’t take people who mess with her friends lightly.

her parents don’t know she’s openly bisexual, her mom thinks it’s a phase she needs to explore and get over. her step dad just wants grandkids one day to day over the firm. she still has yet to reconnect with her birth father.

she usually finds herself in trouble being as her determination and recklessness tend to overlap.  

The Michael Agenda: 

her and michael clashed a lot, he had a way of just getting under her skin. the love/hate relationship thus resulting is some pretty hot rounds of hate sex. 

she liked to tease him a lot, drunkenly she sent him nude photos and he liked to use those as leverage over her to get whatever he wanted.

she attempted to steal his phone back so she could delete them, but when she tried someone had gotten to his phone first.

Connections: 

childhood friend/first kiss: sabina. the two girls went to boarding school together, got close pretty fast. the two were inseparable, a power duo when they were together. one day when they were prepping for first kisses (with boys), they decided to test their skills on each other. from then on calla knew she wasn’t straight.

the friend who brings out her soft side: open. calla wasn’t sure what drew them together exactly, but the girl has always been able to tear down her walls, give her a shoulder to cry on and make calla feel safe enough to share her feelings. 

there’s something: cristian. there’s tension there, playful tension. she never knows whether she’d rather kick his ass or make out with him. he does stupid shit to get under her skin, never calling her by her real name as one of them. 

childhood rivals: preston. these two go back all the way to kindergarton. the case of the “stolen” crayons that calla never gave back, preston still won’t let her live it down.

squad friends: maddy, addie, and alice. pretty self explanatory. 

the one who knows how to get under her skin: simon. he flips everything she says, makes it so it always revolves around him and his ego. they enjoy their playful back and forth banter.

he lights her fire: nico. they mess around, they joke, they cause trouble. it’s always a good time for both of them if the other is involved.

a cuddly supporter: evan. her number one fan basically, he’s always pushing her to go after her dreams especially when it comes to singing and is always down to enjoy the day cuddling with her or starting an adventure. 

Wanted Connections: 

someone to see the soft side of her

a female hookup 

a bff

playful relationship

confidant

partner in crime

cuddle buddy

etc.

other hookups, enemies, a cousin maybe

#dupont.intro #this is the basics for now. i'll probably go back and add more #about #calla

[boarix]

Wraith in the Ruins: A Fallout 4 Story Part XV

Nefarious They

Trigger warnings: Canon violence/language/gun use. Mature content *throws lemons* so look out

Game spoilers

Please enjoy!

 “It was deliberate. A direct attack on Sanctuary.”

Hancock idly flipped his tricorn, “Hmm. I’d say more like it was a attack on you, sunshine.”

“What do you mean? I wasn’t even here.” Wraith, who had been examining gouges in some of the trees that bordered Sanctuary’s fence, now turned to the ghoul, confusion on her face, “I thought that they waited until they were sure I wasn’t.”

“I don’t doubt it; you’re too terrifying to mess with directly! But you’re hurt if your loved ones are hurt, you feel me?” His smile was pitying, “If someone wants to punish you, make you suffer, than the best way is to kill your people.”

Confusion turned to anger and then swiftly to fear, “To hurt me…”

“Trouble is your people are very strong. MacCready and Danse alone could take out a score of… whatever they got.”

“They… who are ‘they’?”

After returning Valentine to his wife and appointing a new Quartermaster to Diamond City, Wraith had made good on her promise to Edward Deegan; offering her support and condolences as they delivering the remains of Emogene and Virgil to the Cabot house. Afterward she had continued on with her interrupted schedule by travelling to The Castle to check in with Preston. A few weeks had passed since the incident and Wraith would have had nothing to go on but hearsay had Danse not taken pictures.

As soon as he had known Panther would recover, he had taken the settlements camera to the breach. The photos documented the unmistakable Mecanum wheel tracks left by a sentry bot leading to and from the massive hole in Sanctuary’s defense as well as boot tracks from the aforementioned ‘They’.

“I suppose the robot dragged the caged deathclaw here too.” Wraith was running her hand back and forth over her freshly clipped hair, “Why didn’t anyone hear it? Or see it? I supposed they could have rigged it up with a stealth-boy and waited until Mac’s class started… Rust Devils? They certainly would have the knowledge…”

“They ain’t particularly stealthy though. They like it when their victims know whose victimizing ‘em.” Hancock took her fidgeting hand in his and squeezed it gently, “And if they knew to wait for MacCready’s class to mask the noise then that means there’s been a spy skulking round for a bit. Seen any new faces lately?”

“I haven’t been here… I should check in at the gate and the Rocket; talk to Tina, she was a Devil.”

“I don’t get how they could have dragged a caged deathclaw cross the Wealth without attracting some attention. I realize the population ain’t exactly dense…” Hancock paused, smiling to himself on his phrasing, “Somebody had to have seen somethin’.”

“You up for playing detective with me?”

“I’m always down for some roll-play.”

 Tina shook her head emphatically, “No ma’am. The Devils would want you to know it was them. It’s possible this was staged to look like them to make you crush them.” She offered Wraith a somewhat abashed smile, “It’s not like there are many of them left for you to punish.”

“The Hounds have been doing a commendable job in keeping Minutemen settlements safe. You should be proud, Tina.”

Lifting her chin, the former raider gave Wraith a sharp salute, “I am very proud, general! Thank you for taking a chance on me.”

Stepping out of the Red Rocket, Wraith winced as the wave of light and heat washed over her, “Ugh… so…”

“Who’s left?”

“This seemed more organized than your average raider group. L&L?”

Hancock was quick to dismiss them, “Not likely.” He removed his hat and held it aloft, blocking the sun from Wraith’s face as they walked, “I’ll have my network look into things. We’ll figure out who’s fuckin’ with ya and serve them up some bad days. No worries, sunshine.”

“In the meantime, I guess I’ll have the Minutemen make sure to check new visitors. I’ll reinitialize long patrols on all settlements… I hate to do that but we are going to be on high alert.”

Bear stopped them after they passed through the gate, “C’mere a sec, Wolf. I want to measure your feet.”

“My feet? Oooo, are you going to make me some new gofasters?”

“New gowhatnow?”

Bear chuckled, “It’s slang for ‘sneakers’, Johnny Boy. And no, I’m making you some serious shit-kicker boots! That deathclaw hide made some fantastic leather and I’m itchin’ to start creating.”

Wraith had worked with the ghoul to re-build the home just to the right of the bridge. Now with a full workshop and storefront, Bear’s business was booming. So much so that he had begun an apprentice program, just so he could have assistance with the near-overwhelming volume of orders.

“I noticed you seem to make a big deal about everyone else’s birthday, while doin’ your best to pretend yours don’t exist. Well, I’ve literally known you for centuries, so I’m making you something special and I want it done for the BIG one.” He passed her a vest as she sat down, “Try this on too.”

Wraith groaned, “Two-hundred forty years…”

“You’re only as old as the woman you feel.”

“It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.”

“Thanks, boys. That’s great. Super helpful.”

Bear clapped his large hands together, “Oh yeah, I finished the new armored jackets for the Hounds.” Turning, he grabbed an enormous coat off of a rack and held it up for them to see, “I even made one for my buddy Strong!”

The garment’s main body was fashioned from dark green leather and on the back the Hounds’ symbol, the Triskelion was done in golden inlay.

Hancock whistled appreciatively, “That is some mighty fine craftsmanship there. You’re a true master!”

“Incredible! Cait is going to spaz!”

“You think so?” Bear ducked his head, suddenly embarrassed, “You think she’ll be happy?”

Hancock’s eyes crinkled in a warm smile, “Yeah, brother. She’ll love ‘em.”

Leaving the shop, both were quiet as they entertained happy romantic thoughts. Arm in arm despite the heat, they slowly made their way up the street. Sudden bombastic laughter made them both jump slightly and as they turned a corner they could see Duncan, mouth open wide, laughing and pointing at Shaun. Wraith’s grandson was singing and dancing in a goofy manner along to the radio.

“Pretty good set of pipes on that kid… Nate sing?”

“Not as well as you. Honestly. I’m not just saying that to blow up your ego, or get in your pants.”

“I like it when you do those things too though…”

“Anchor! Anchor!” The song had ended and Duncan was clapping and shouting, “More! Anchor!”

Breathless, Shaun bowed with mock solemnity, “Jus a min, Dunk. I wanna talk to Grandma Wraith...”

Wraith clapped as well, “Anchor? What’s Anchor?”

“Oh, he just means ‘encore’. Dr. Curie said it earlier… So, speaking of that; Cap’n Danse left the clinic a little bit ago and he looked, I dunno… like, scared.”

“Brother Shaun! I asking politely, please!”

“Give me a second please.” Shaun smiled and shook his head, “He’s really needy today… So, yeah… um maybe you should poke your head in and see if Dr. Curie and…”

“I ASKING POLITELY!”

“Not at that volume.” Even with a quiet and even tone Shaun’s admonishment cracked like a whip.

“You have this under control?” Wraith popped her chin at the now apparently sullen Duncan.

“He needs to know I’ll stop playing with him if he gets too bossy, right?” Shaun flashed her an impish grin, “It’s just as important for a child to be told ‘no’ for reasonable reasons, as it is to receive positive reinforcement.”

“Ha! Well alright then.”

“That one from you?” Hancock tucked his chin, his question quiet.

“Yeah, but hearing it said back to me… ugh, it sounds really…”

“Robotic?”

“Yeah…”

Once inside the clinic, Wraith knocked politely on Curie’s exam room. Both jumped back when the door flew open and Fahrenheit, face scarlet in fury, yelled at them.

“I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE!” As soon as she realized who she was roaring at, the red in her cheeks deepened, “What do you two want?”

“I’m sorry Fahr; I thought your exam would have been over…”

Curie’s voice carried an uncharacteristic tone of irritation, “Mademoiselle’s exam has not yet started.”

“This is all just a waste of time! I will not be a party to this farce!” The redhead swept out her hand, seeming to indicate all of Sanctuary, “I will not stay here for the remainder of my pregnancy to be poked and prodded!” She stabbed a finger in Curie’s face, “Perhaps you’ll do better to convince Mrs. Valentine to be your lab rat. I will not!”

“Who said anything about you staying here? I thought you just came to get an ultrasound? Maybe hear th’ lil one’s heartbeat…” Hancock’s face clouded in confusion.

“I simply asked.” Curie pushed herself to her feet and frowned at Wraith, “This… woman… yelled at Danse after I asked him to help me move equipment.” Her struggle to maintain a professional tone was becoming increasingly apparent, “He would have naturally left before the examination commenced! Her… bellowing was unnecessary!”

“YOU’RE UNNECESSARY!”

“Okay whoa!” Hancock stood between them with his hands up, “Let’s all just breathe…”

Wraith’s laughter cut through the room like a saber, “Ha ha… you’re… hahaha.”

“I fail to see what is so damn funny.”

“Fahrenheit this is so unlike you! No one is going to make you do anything! As if we even could.” Wraith wiped a tear from her eye, “I’m sorry for laughing but this has gotten really out of hand, right? You came all this way… so let’s regroup. Do you want me to stay? Do you want your dad here? You tell us how you want this to go.”

“Monsieur Hancock is… oh my.”

“He raised me but he didn’t help make me.”

“Oh, I don’t know about that.”

She rolled her eyes, “Semantics… you were pivotal in my development as an individual. Satisfied?”

“Quite.”

Fahrenheit’s shoulders sagged, “Very well. I might have overreacted. But I am firm in that Amari will deliver my child.”

“But surely my procedural knowledge far outweighs even Dr. Amari’s.”

“How many babies have you delivered?”

“Well… none.”

“She has delivered several to drifters; in poor health, no less.” She gestured to Hancock, “He himself has helped with at least four in my memory. Their practical experience far outweighs your procedural knowledge, Dr. Curie.” She offered the synth a slight smile, “If we can time it out and you would like to come and observe, I suppose I would have no objections.”

“You’ve delivered babies, Hancock?”

“Helped. I helped. Mostly just made sure there was clean water and a hand to hold.”

“I’ve been made to understand that even these simple things can be pivotal, oui?” Curie sighed, “I would be remiss if I did not defer to the mother.” She turned and pulled a book from the shelf behind her desk. Smiling, she offered it to the ghoul, “In that case, please accept this, Monsieur Hancock. I know you will have no difficulty in committing it to memory and I am certain Dr. Amari will find it useful as well.”

“Tiny, Tiny Babies: All You Need to Know About Pediatric Medicine.” Flipping through the first few pages, his smile was tender, “I might get choked up here…”

“In that case, please leave! I’ve had my fill of hormonally-induced, excessive emotion today. Thank you.”

“Fine by me.” Smiling wickedly, he kissed the top of her head as he passed her on his way to the door, “Love you, Fahr.”

“I said no more.” Her smile betrayed her tone.

 That evening, Wraith used her guests as an excuse to throw a settlement-wide cookout. The outdoor communal dining area was filled with the sounds of people happily eating and visiting. Wraith sat at a picnic table with the MacCreadys, Shaun, Hancock, Fahrenheit, Curie and Danse. Sighing with contentment she watched their faces, committing their expressions and happy tones to memory; fighting dark thoughts about how she might have lost them to the deathclaw.

Fahrenheit’s exam had gone well and she agreed to go back after dinner so that Hancock could hear the heartbeat of his grandchild.

“You and Mikey come up with some names yet?”

“No, MacCready; Michael and I will decide when we actually meet the child.”

“You see my eyes rolling, right? Jeez.”

“Mon ours, would you pass me the carrots? Merci beaucoup.”

“What’s ‘ours’, Docker Curie?”

“It means ‘bear’, sweet boy.”

His cherubic face screwed up in confusion, Duncan pointed at another table, “Unkie Bear is right there.”

“It is a nickname that I have given to Danse. It demonstrates the deep affection I have for him.”

“It’s like how Wraith calls you ‘Dunk’ and me ‘Mac’, because she loves us.”

“Oh, you call Mr. Cap’n ‘Tin Can’ cause you love him too, right daddy?”

MacCready choked on his Nuka Cola.

“Is that true MacCready? Do you love me?”

Danse’s tone was so perfectly deadpan, Wraith couldn’t trust herself to look up. Afraid she might ruin the moment, she feigned fascination over the carrots on her plate.

Looking down at the hopeful and sweet smiling face of his son, MacCready visibly swallowed, “What… ahhh… what’s not… to… to love?”

“You alright MacCready? Looking painful o’er there.” Hancock’s voice shook slightly with suppressed mirth.

“… just overcome with love, man. Overcome…”

 Later, Shaun was helping Wraith wash dishes and she could tell he was working himself up to ask her something big. Alone in her kitchen, with the radio softly playing, he would normally hum along. Quiet and stiff limbed, the youth practically shouted anxiety at her.

“Mr. MacCready says that I’m a really good shot.”

“Mmm hmm. He brags about you almost as much as he brags about himself.”

I have a feeling I know where this is going…

“I was able to disarm Nat almost every drill and my throws have gotten better too…”

“You certainly have improved but don’t forget; it’s almost impossible to defend against a knife without getting cut. If you can run away…”

I’m not going to make this too easy on you, kid.

“Yeah, I remember. So, I heard that you were going to start long patrols back up…”

“Yup.”

“If… if Mr. MacCready goes out, may I go too?” He stood perfectly straight with his arms down to either side and his chin high. “I won’t get in the way and I think that if we bring Dogmeat or… or another adult…”

“I’m not sure Mac will want to leave Duncan.” Wraith reached out and tapped her grandson’s elbow, hoping the contact would help him relax, “He isn’t, technically speaking, a member of the Minutemen. He has gone on long patrol before, that’s true, but mostly it was because he was frustrated and bored.”

Shaun’s face fell, “Oh…”

“I tell you what; it’s up to him. If he agrees and you take both a Minutemen solider and Dogmeat, then you have my permission.” She held up a finger in the face of his jubilant bouncing, “Maybe not a loooong patrol, okay? Maybe a longish patrol.”

“Really! Oh cool!” Suddenly serious he schooled his features back into attention, “I won’t let you down, General!”

 “Why are you laughing at me, Mac?!”

The sun had set and Sanctuary was quiet. Sitting on the bench next to the mill, Wraith and MacCready waited for Hancock and Fahrenheit to finish at the clinic. Snuggled up under his arm, she had told him about Shaun’s proposal.

“I’m just surprised ‘s all. You barely let the kid go to the bathroom by himself…”

“Oh, please! I’m not that bad…”

“Uh huh. Yeah. Sure.”

She dug a knuckle into his ribs, hitting a particularly ticklish spot, “Robert Joseph, you take that back!”

When he attempted to twist away, she hooked her arm around his waist pulling him fully beneath her. Popping herself up, she straddled him and held his arms; pinning him in less than a blink.

Breathless and aroused he tried to lean toward her, “Or you’ll what? Tell me what you’ll do to me.”

“Hmm, I don’t know…” Smiling evilly, she shifted her pelvis, grinding against him, “See how close I can get you? Hmm? Make you shudder and shake…”

“Please, yes…”

“That’s it, ask me nicely.” Reaching down between them, she palmed him through his jeans.

“Plea… uhhhh.”

She stopped stroking and gave him a squeeze, “What was that? I didn’t quite hear you.”

“Don’t stop. Please don’t… God yes. Just like that. Please, Wraith. Please touch me.”

“Why, I’m surprised at you!” Arching over him, she bent to set her teeth on his neck, nipping gently even as she slipped her hand beneath his waistband, “Asking for such things on a public bench.”

“You’re so… I’m… puh… ye… plea…”  Close to climax, he bucked involuntarily into her hand.

“Tell me, baby. Tell me how good it is.”

“Shit! Wraith, it’s so fucking good… I’m gonna… HUH UHHhhhhhh!”

After a few seconds of heavy breathing, MacCready suddenly sat up and pulled Wraith to his chest, kissing her hard, “Your turn…”

“Oh yeah? I don’t know; I’m not an exhibitionist…”

“There’s no one to see…”

“I can see you two got started without me.” Hancock smiled down at them, “And I hear that foul mouth of yours, Robert. What’s the matter, house too full?”

“Nothing quite like screwing on a hard bench outdoors…”

“Mills open, ain’t it?” Hancock opened the barn door and bowing, bade them enter.

MacCready picked Wraith up princess style and carried her across the threshold, “Good, you can help me with something.”

“From what I could see, you got it well in hand.”

 Bossy and the Goodneighbor provisoner caravan arrived a few days later. Despite his protests, Fahrenheit had insisted that Hancock stay with Wraith.

“You’ll drive me crazy. I’ll not have you under-foot and following me around.” Her tone softened briefly when a flash of hurt crossed the ghoul’s face, “Stay for a month and return home on Bossy’s next run. I’ll be sure to contact you, either through Radio Freedom or a courier, with any new information on the deathclaw incident.” Then to everyone’s amazement, she embraced Wraith, “I want to thank you Queenie, for everything you’ve done. Oh, and one more thing; the mattress in your guest room is terrible. I’ve slept on cobblestone streets that were less… lumpy. I’m almost positive, judging from what I know of you, that is most likely the best bed in the house. I’ll have Daisy find you better ones.”

“Oh… Okay Fahr… thank… thank you?”

“A larger one for your room as well since you are oft sharing a bed with two others. Especially since MacCready sleeps like he’s making snow angels.”

“Oh, I do not!”

“You kinda do…”

“Be well.” Turning briskly, Fahrenheit led the caravan through the gate an across the bridge.

“What the heck is a snow angel anyway?”

“Like this, daddy.” Duncan flopped onto his back and made angels in the dirt.

“Smart kid.” Hancock scooped the small boy into his arms and tousled the sand from his hair, “Your aunties teach you that?”

Sighing, he laid his head on the ghoul’s shoulder, “Yup. I miss ‘em.”

“Good thing it’s bath night...” MacCready sighed as well, “So, are you going to start on the new greenhouse or are you two going to go talk to the Abernathy settlers?”

Hancock passed Duncan to his father, “I still think it’s a dead end; they would have sent someone if they saw something.”

“I’m not going to leave it to chance. Any small detail could prove invaluable.” Wraith smiled at the MacCreadys as they hugged each other, “What about you, Mac? You figure out a ‘patrol for beginners’?”

“Yeah, Tenpines. I’ve got a couple more days of lessons then we’ll head out.”

“You takin’ Lloyd?”

“Naw, man; I’m going to let Shaun pick.”

Hancock gave him a mischievous grin, “You know he’ll pick Danse, right?”

“That’s fine,” He rubbed noses with his son, his voice going up an octave, “cause we all loooove Mr. Cap’n, don’t we?”

 Hancock was right. The trip to and from the Abernathy farm was both uneventful and fruitless. Frustration drove Wraith to sleeplessness and she slipped away from her lovers to go for a late-night walk. Her intention was to do a complete circuit of Sanctuary but instead found herself at Nate’s grave. To her surprise, Curie was standing near the make-shift headstone. Not wanting to shock or scare her, Wraith froze in indecision.

“What ez it, Panther?”

The large feline walked through the synth’s legs and padded to Wraith, whiskers extended.  Crouching slightly with arms out, she picked them up; holding them to her chest like a child.

“Oh, Madame, it is you.” Curie’s voice was strangely thick, “May I assist you?”

“Me?! Curie, what’s wrong?!”

“Oh! I do not want to burden you…”

Setting the cat gently on the ground Wraith went to embrace her, “You’ll never, ever be a burden!”

Seeming to melt in her arms, Curie cried bitterly for several minutes. Wraith thought her heart might break and her own eyes filled with tears.

“Oh, crying this much is so very taxing.” Sniffling and hiccupping she motioned to the grass, “May we sit?”

“I’m crying myself, and I don’t even know what about!”

“I… Even if we decided to… I wanted to… But, we cannot!”

A sudden revelation came to Wraith, “You two can’t have kids.”

“Mon ours would have been the greatest father…” Crying anew she bent forward, placing her face in her hands.

“Oh, honey. I’m sorry.”

“There is more… I’m sorry but… Danse isn’t aging… but I… I AM!” Raising her head, she turned to Wraith, eyes filled with deep sadness, “How will I ever tell him? He will have to watch me grow old and die. I will be gone and he will be alone… again alone.”

The realization that Curie was upset, not at her own mortality, but at the thought of Danse’s grief, set a pain in Wraith’s chest. “He’ll have time with you, right?” Reaching out she patted Curie’s back, “You are still young! There are years of memories for the two of you to make. And when you are no longer with us,” Fighting her own emotions, she swallowed hard, “he’ll…”

“Oh! That’s right!” Her face suddenly brightening, Curie clasped Wraith’s face in her hands, “You and Hancock will be with him! He would no doubt take comfort in your love and friendship.” Pulling Wraith’s face to her own, she clunked her forehead affectionately.

“You ladies alright?” Hancock had woken up when Wraith got out of the bed. Worried when she didn’t return, instinct drove him to check Nate’s grave, “Somethin’ happen?”

“Et is well, Monsieur Hancock.” Curie cocked her head to the side, considering the ghoul’s silhouette with the moon as a backdrop, “Have I done a metabolism study with you?”

“That a pick-up line?”

 Wraith did her best to keep occupied while Shaun, MacCready, Dogmeat and Danse were gone on patrol. From Tenpines, the group would head to Starlight Drive-in then on to Abernathy Farm and finally return to Sanctuary. Knowing that her grandson would be beyond her protective reach for several days was bothering her. However, she did take comfort in the strength of the adults (she counted Dogmeat as one such adult) he was with. Joining Sturges’s greenhouse work crew certainly helped as well; working hands helped to still a working mind.

“General, we’ve got a white flag bearer on the road.” Lloyd’s voice crackled from the walkie on Wraith’s hip, “Children of Atom, from the looks of it.”

“It’s not Marie, is it?”

“No ma’am, from the posture and gait, I’d say it’s a middle-aged woman.”

“Good job. Have Gabby meet her at the Rocket. I’m on my way.” Motioning for Hancock to join her, she set a brisk pace to the bridge, “I think it might be Isolde. I’ve been expecting to hear from her, but not in person!” Accepting her coat from a helpful soldier, she stopped to work the various clasps, “I’m thinking she’ll be a more reasonable conversationalists then her daughter...” Catching sight of her face in a window, she stopped again to work on a spot of grease.

“Having to talk to any of these… folks, doesn’t exactly razz my berries…”

It was indeed Isolde. Sitting on a barstool, she stared at the air conditioner with a mixture of fascination and keen distrust.

“Mother Isolde, welcome to Sanctuary. This is an unexpected honor.”

“Forgive me child, for surprising you this way. I was concerned that any attempts to contact or indeed warn you, in any way, would have been thwarted by Marie.”

“Is there a… difficulty concerning your daughter? Some aid I might provide?”

Looking down at the glass of water that Gabby had given her she seemed on the verge of tears, “My daughter’s obsession with you has not waned. She has convinced herself that if she kills you she will have destroyed a false profit.”

Hancock growled deep in his chest, “That’s bullshit! Wraith has never claimed to be this… whatchamacallit, ‘Fog Walkn’ Favored One’. From what I heard that was all that Tektus asshole’s nonsense.”

“I’ll have to respectfully disagree Mayor Hancock. Wraith is indeed the Mother’s Favored One. Although she chooses not to embrace it, your wife is a Blessed Child of Atom and that holds immense religious significance to my people.”

“My… wife...”

Doing her best to ignore Hancock’s confused and sappy smile, Wraith pushed the conversation to the point, “All that aside; we recently came afoul of a chameleon deathclaw. Was that Marie? What else can I expect from her?”

“I truly know very little.” Looking up at Wraith there was a great deal of fear and regret in her eyes, “She began stirring up some of the younger, more fanatical Children and pushing for open war; against you and your Minutemen.” Her gaze returned to her cup and her voice softened, “My Marie, my daughter…”

“Isolde, what has happened?”

“I feared for my people. I knew that you would never want to destroy us but… you would. Utterly.” Standing, she set her cup aside and squared her shoulders, “I have denounced her. I cast her out.”

“I’m so sorry. That must have been so hard…”

Islode held up her hand, “I fear I have made the situation worse. After I exiled her she and her followers traveled to Megaton. It is my belief that they intended to recruit Infamy.”

Hancock sucked air over his teeth and groaned, “Goddam…”

“Who or what is Infamy?” Hancock’s reaction genuinely spooked Wraith.

“Nyx has had some… difficulty with ‘em. They’re Children but they are closer to feral than even I am.”

“They act like a collective; all of them ghouls. Having discarded their names, they are all Infamy. They defer to a glowing one who believes he’s Atom’s personal assassin.”

“You can hire ‘em if you can convince ‘em, that your goal is beneficial to Atom.” The ghoul rolled his eyes, “MacCready has bitched about ‘em too.”

“They are Atom’s ‘Divine Blade’. Very cunning. Very deadly.”

“Not so deadly when it comes to my people.”

Islode shook her head, “Marie somehow blames you for not receiving visions of her own. She blames you for her exile… for the loss of everything she holds dear. She wants you to lose everything the same way she has; then watch as you die in anguish.”

Revelation struck Wraith like a hammer, “If there was a spy… then they knew I’d set long patrols… Shaun, Mac, Danse and Dogmeat…” She practically turned herself inside out to sprint to the Radio Freedom tower…

 “I’m not sure when I noticed… Maybe that one time with the deathclaw… when she broke her ribs, remember?”

“I missed that one. I must have still been at the police station.” Danse’s brow furrowed, “What about her breaking her ribs would have made her alluring?”

“Not cause she got hurt. Just… I don’t know… the fact that she would get hurt for other people’s sake.”

“That I can understand; her selflessness and devotion to others does make her compelling.”

“And her legs and her eyes and…”  

“Mr. MacCready… can we please change the subject…”

Navigating the rocky terrain south of Tenpines, the group had fallen into an easy banter.

“Shaun, buddy, I’ve told you to drop the ‘mister’. Call me ‘Mac’; like Wraith does.”

The youth’s mouth twisted, “No that’s weird…”

“Well kid I have plenty of names… how about ‘MacCready’ like Hancock does?”

Danse chuckled, “I think that might be weird for similar reasons.”

“Okay… what about ‘RJ’?”

Happy to have moved on from the ‘Wraith is a Knockout’ discussion, Shaun readily agreed.

The sniper’s bullet hit Danse and he fell from the ridge.

Dogmeat instantly turned and made a beeline for the assailant.

MacCready’s first thought was for Shaun and he screamed his name, even as he was overrun by a herd of feral ghouls.

A slight movement out of the corner of his eye was all the warning Shaun got before a hooded attacker, wielding an evil looking dagger, hacked at his face. Grabbing his opponent’s right elbow, Shaun pulled forward and raised his own right arm up; tight to theirs. Pivoting to the left and using his back and hip as a fulcrum, he thrust his arm toward the earth, rolling them both to the ground. Keeping his momentum, he put some small distance between them, and then vaulted to his feet while unsheathing his bayonet.

Infamy was impressed.

Shocked to see his foe was a glowing one, Shaun backed away even as eyes kept flicking to the cliff where Danse fell. And to his rifle that lay midway between them.

Infamy noticed.

“That your friend, there? Too bad little boy.” Their voice had an odd, echoing quality that sent shivers down the spine. “That your precious mentor, getting gnawed at by my children? So tragic! What will you do, little boy?” They chuckled low and evil, “I got you, you know? You’re cut. Your blood is flowing, ha ha. Flowing away.”

Ignoring the baiting, Shaun's mind was filled with only one thought:

Danse didn’t cry out when he fell…

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BRIDGEPORT — The Class of 2020 at Bridgeport High School graduated with individual ceremonies held to honor each class member. The top five students of the graduating class include Maura Jean Tiber, Nicholas Nolan, Kayla Marie Kuri, Addyson Rae Terek and Jaren Kathryn Tucker.

Maura Jean Tiber earned the rank of valedictorian. She has been on the Principal’s List all four years and also earned academic letters all four years. Throughout her high school career, she was involved in many activities in and out of school. She was a four-year member of the JETS Science/Engineering Team and a four-year member of the Belmont County Schools Staying Clean Club. She has been a three-year member of the Art Club, Spanish Club and Pep Club. She has been on the yearbook staff for three years, serving as the junior editor her junior year and chief editor her senior year. She has been a member of the Math Club and Interact Club, National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society for two years. She was a one-year member of the Future Medical Professionals Club and the WBHS News. She also attended the iBelieve Leadership Camp every summer of high school. Tiber was on student council her freshman and junior years and now serves as her senior class treasurer. She was the Student of the Month her freshman and junior years. Athletically, she was a four-year letter winner on the volleyball team serving as co-captain her junior and senior year. She also was a four-year member of the basketball team, lettering her senior year. She was also a two-year member of the softball team, lettering her sophomore year. Outside of school, Tiber has also served several community service hours, babysat all four years of high school, and has worked at Justice at the local mall since October 2018. Maura plans to attend Ohio State University to major in biology and minor in computer science. She is the daughter of Brent and Charlene Tiber.

Nicholas Nolan earned the rank of salutatorian. He has been on the Principal’s List for all four years and has earned an academic letter for every year except his freshman year. During his senior year, he attended Ohio University Eastern through the College Credit Plus Program. The activities Nicholas was a part of in school were a combination of clubs and sports. He participated in the Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science competition during his freshman year. During his junior year, he was inducted into the National Honor Society. He was also a member of Tech Aide/Student Help Desk and Spanish Club for two years. For three years, he was a member of Hack Club, which taught scripting. For one year each, he was a member of the Current Events Club and the Video Game Club. Regarding sports, Nicholas lettered by both running track and cross country. One of his proudest races was the Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic, which he ran for two years. During his second year of the Ogden, he placed 25th overall out of 340 runners and second out of 15 runners in his age group. Some of the other notable races he ran include the Debbie Green 5K and the Barton 5K, placing first in his age group in the latter. Nolan plans to attend Ohio University Eastern to dual major in communications and applied management. After his undergraduate program, Nicholas will further his education by attending graduate school in order to earn a master of business administration. He is the son of Jerry and Michelle Nolan.

Kayla Marie Kuri graduated third in the Class of 2020, earning an honors diploma. She has been on the Principal’s List and Honor Roll all four years and is a three-year academic letter winner. She received Student of the Month awards her freshman and sophomore years. Her junior year, she was inducted into the National Honor Society, a member of Prom Committee, and a WBHS News anchor. She was president of the Interact Club her junior year and secretary her senior year. She was on Spanish National Honors Society her senior year. Throughout high school, she has been a member of Math Club, Pep Club, Spanish Club, Staying Clean Club, and JETS Team. She was also on the yearbook staff for three years and was business manager for two. She was a varsity and competition cheerleader for three years and lettered each year. She also was on the OVAC All-Conference Academic Team her junior year. Outside of school, she was a volunteer at East Ohio Regional Hospital and Bridgeport’s Community Day. She plans on attending Ohio University Eastern and is undecided on her studies. She is the daughter of Leslie Kerns and Kenneth Kuri.

Addyson Rae Terek finishes fourth in the class with an Honors Diploma. She was on the Principal’s List and received an academic letter all four years. She was Student of the Month her freshman and junior years. Terek was very active in school clubs by being a member of the Belmont County Staying Clean Club all four years, Pep Club her sophomore, junior and senior years, and the JETS Team her sophomore and senior years. She was in the Spanish Club her junior and senior years and was a part of the Spanish National Honors Society her senior year. Terek was the secretary of the Interact Club and a part of the Math Club her junior year. Also, during Addy’s junior year, she was inducted into the National Honor Society, served on Prom Committee, and was a news anchor for the WBHS News. During both her junior and senior years, she was a member of the yearbook staff and held the role of yearbook photo editor her senior year. In addition to clubs, she also participated in the school’s musical, “Annie.” While cheering on the Bulldogs, she earned a letter as a member of Bridgettes her freshman year and in cheerleading her sophomore and junior years. During her sophomore year, she was part of the cheering squad that went to the state competition. She plans to further her education at Ohio University Eastern in the fall. She is the daughter of Marc and Erica Terek.

Jaren Kathryn Tucker graduates fifth in the class. She was active in many school clubs at Bridgeport. She was a member of the Spanish Honor Society, Staying Clean Club, Math Club, Rotary Club, Future Medical Professionals Club, and a one-year member of yearbook. She was inducted into National Honor Society during her junior year. During her senior year, she participated in the Ohio University College Credit Plus Program. As for sports, she was very active and was recognized many times for her skills. She was a four-year letter winner in basketball, received two-time First Team All-OVAC, All-Times Leader Team, The Intelligencer All-Valley Honorable Mention, Eastern District Honorable Mention, one-time All-Ohio Honorable Mention, and All Team Eastern District. Tucker is also a four-year letter winner in softball, receiving 2nd Team Eastern District her junior year and a two-year letterman in volleyball. She plans to further both her academic and athletic (basketball) careers at Ohio University Eastern by studying nursing with future hopes of becoming an obstetrician. She is the daughter of Josh and Erica Tucker.

Members of the CLass of 2020

Dakota Rose Allen, Andrew Joseph Armstrong, Cayden Rex Baker, Aaron Christopher Beaver, Emily Dawn Blake, Alex Christopher Bloom, Danielle Victoria Bradac, Preston Russell Brown, Jacob Nathaniel Childers, Devin Michael Danhart, Taylor Dale Duncan, Christian Lee Doughty, Walker Gage Dubil, Brett Miller Eberle, Spencer Alexander Echemann, Tate Robert Eddy, Adam Nelson Fahner, Roshaundra Aleah Delcia Foston, Kelsey Dawn Garrett, Noah Giovanni George, Gavan Lucas Graham, Nikalia Alizè Griffiths, William Kyle Gummere, Destiny Jasmyn Jade Harris, Skyler Eugene Hatten, Kira Marie Herman, Izaac Joseph Jozwiak, Mason Ryan Kelly, Austin William King, Dylan Alexander Kinney, Zachary Michael Kuneff, Kayla Marie Kuri, Rachel Lee Kurner, Jaida Leigh Kusic, Kiara Johanna Lodi, Sydney Ann Lough, Kiara Alexandria Loughman, Branden Ray Luckett, Terry Allan Maag III, Connor David Markus, Cameron Michael Marsh, Dakota Jacob Martin, Katelin Mae Mcconn, Madison Leigh McMahon, Madisyn Skylar Mills, Autumn Rose Myers, Nicholas Andrew Nolan, Victoria Lynn Parsons, Megan Jonette Perdok, Elizabeth Ann Phares, Kieley Marie Reed, Kayleigh Ann Roberts, Philip Justin Sauvageot, Ty Franklin Schambach, James Michael Shaheen, David Joe Shoulders III, Sierra Raynelle Simeth, Kenneth Albert Spoon Jr., Jessa Rae Stockwell, McKenzie Rose Taylor, Addyson Rae Terek, Dustin Marshall Throckmorton, Maura Jean Tiber, Jaren Kathryn Tucker, Ava Janae Watson, Kole Anthony Wilson, David Lee Worwa Jr.

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Goalkeepers are different

LIKE THE HERO OF BRIAN GLANVILLE’S CLASSIC FOOTBALL NOVEL, PRESTON EDWARDS’ CAREER IS FULL OF HIGHS. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM FOR A CHAT

WORDS BY LUKE G WILLIAMS; PHOTO BY DUNCAN PALMER

In the world of sports media, the anodyne and the superficial are commonplace, so it’s refreshing to discover that Dulwich Hamlet FC goalkeeper Preston Edwards is as straight-talking as they come.

Honest and apparently ego-free, the 29-year-old shot-stopper was recently named The Hamlet supporters’ player of the year for the 2018-19 season, but he disarmingly admits that – as honoured and humbled as he was to receive the award – he would rather not have collected it at all.

“I was quite happy with my performances last season, but in my eyes it says a lot when the goalkeeper is getting the player of the year award,” Preston says. “Of course I want to play well, but if the goalkeeper is getting worked that much then the team aren’t doing that well. Hopefully one of the strikers can get player of the year next year!”

Preston’s sentiments are understandable after a season that saw newly promoted Dulwich Hamlet finish 14th during their first season in National League South.

Although many clubs would be happy with such a respectable result during their maiden season in a new league, Preston’s assessment of the season reflects the high standards and lofty ambitions he and the rest of The Hamlet’s officials have for the club.

“As a team I believe that we under-estimated the league,” he says. “We went in thinking that the level would be similar to what we had faced the previous season and we really struggled for the first six games.

“Then we did well for a period up until late November but after that we were terrible really. Maybe some of us couldn’t handle the new level. We certainly didn’t perform consistently enough.

“In the long term with all these thousands of fans we have, which is very unusual at this level, we have to try and push on. With the infrastructure and support we have next season I think the play-offs is the minimum we should aim for.”

Despite his disappointment with the overall campaign, he earmarks two particular performances as highlights of the season.

“For me the Woking game away was the most pleasing performance of the season,” he says, referring to the club’s 2-1 away win against the powerful Surrey club, who won promotion at the end of the season. “We really stepped up that day. No one gave us a hope in hell to win that game but we won and deserved to win and they didn’t really have many chances.

“I also thought Wealdstone away was a good performance [a 3-1 win in April]. Although the pressure was off us by then we performed really well.”

Preston’s professional ethos and unswerving commitment to excellence and high standards are the result of several years spent at Millwall as a full-time professional footballer. “I was born in Edmonton but grew up in Enfield,” he says.

“I started playing football when I was about eight years old, when my dad took me along to a club called Enfield Spartans. I would have played out on the pitch but I was a fat, tall asthmatic kid and the fat asthmatic kid normally gets stuck in goal!

“I did pretty well and got scouted quite early by Millwall and Tottenham. My dad made a good decision for me to play for Millwall when I was nine. We lived in Cheshunt, which was quite far away from Millwall but my dad thought long term I would have more opportunities at Millwall to play first team football. He made the right decision because I did play for the first team there.

“Unfortunately when I was 19 I ran out of contract and they offered me a deal that didn’t really suit me, which I turned down. I’d just had first-team experience on loan at Dover Athletic winning the [2009 Isthmian Premier Division] league and I wanted to play more football. So I left and I joined Grays Athletic.”

It was, with the benefit of hindsight, a decision the ever-honest Preston admits he now regrets and describes as “probably the worst decision I’ve made in my life”.

“I was playing every week at Grays but there was a stark difference between professional football at a club like Millwall and a non-league side like Grays Athletic,” he explains.

“Maybe I should have stayed in the pro game longer. That’s certainly the advice I would give to any young player – stay in the pro game as long as you can because if you leave it’s very difficult to get back.”

After one season at Grays, Preston joined Ebbsfleet in 2010. “I had a very successful six years there. We got promoted, I got England C team call-ups. I made over 200 appearances then a new manager came in who didn’t fancy me, which is fair enough, that’s football. I had a short time on loan at Boreham Wood and then joined Dulwich in 2016.”

Since moving to The Hamlet, Preston has made 171 first-team appearances and has become a firm fan favourite. Indeed, the loyalty of the club’s fans is something he admits has been a great boost.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time at Dulwich,” he says. “The first season I played really well in the semi finals of the play-offs to help us get to the final, then I probably had my worst game in a Dulwich shirt against Thurrock away in the final.

“The supporters could have easily turned their heads but the support of the manager, my team mates and the fans kept me going and we kept building.”

Disappointingly for Preston he was injured towards the end of the 2017-18 season and did not play in the club’s memorable penalty shoot-out victory against Hendon in May that secured promotion – at last – to the National League South and inspired celebrations on the streets of Dulwich.

However, ever the team player, it is not something he dwells on. “We did really well that season,” he says. “The day we were promoted was a great day. I was hoping I could be involved but having been injured so late in the season and the team having done so well I didn’t expect it.

“Obviously, the team had my full support. It was just the best day, we had all those fans there screaming the team’s name. It was something I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. Getting promoted after so many near misses meant everything.

“I’m convinced that if we hadn’t got promoted that season it might have taken another five years or so to get promoted. Everyone would have said we were bottle jobs!”

After an unwelcome spell playing their home games in Tooting, Preston has welcomed the club’s return to their Champion Hill home.

“We all found it difficult at Tooting,” he says.“It was a lovely stadium but very difficult to get to. It was really far away and I believe that if we had stayed there, slowly but surely all but the most loyal of fans would have floated away.

“Moving back to Champion Hill has galvanised the club. Seeing the pink and blue scarves come out in force again every Saturday is the best sight ever.”

Away from the football pitch, Preston balances the demands of his football career with being a father to two children aged three and three months, as well as his other career as a maths teacher.

“It’s difficult,” he admits. “Fortunately I’ve got a very supportive wife who understands that my football career is important to me. My son also likes coming to the games. I think it will be easier next year when our training at Dulwich Hamlet moves from evenings to mornings, and I can spend more time with my family.

“Teaching is rewarding. What’s most refreshing is working with lower ability pupils – seeing them come in not having a clue and then understanding something. When that happens it’s great and I think, ‘I did that!’”

As well as being disarmingly honest, Preston also has a good sense of humour, as evidenced by his account of an incident last season that saw him attract national media attention.

“I was running late for a friendly fundraising match against Crystal Palace at Tooting,” he explains. “So I parked somewhere I shouldn’t and thought, ‘Well if someone’s blocked in they’re probably at the game anyway.’

“Then 20 minutes or so into the game a Tannoy came out giving the registration of my car and could it be moved. I thought, ‘I can’t do that now!’ Five minutes later they repeated the message, and I thought, ‘No way do I want to get my car towed, I don’t care what game it is’, so I yelled to the crowd, ‘That’s my car, someone move my car!’

“Someone moved my car and that was it. Then all of a sudden it blew up on social media, Sky Sports News came to the school I work at and I ended up doing an interview in my car. It was surreal!”

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Young runners dominated the race. Rain and cool temperatures did not discourage them at 2nd annual Cannon Runs for Children 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 5.

Over sixty runners signed up to participate in the event. Dr. Trea Wessell from Cannon County Chiropractic gave the opening speech. Brian Elrod sounded the starting gun and runners took to the course.

The Overall Male Winners were Aaron Gottlied (age 13) with a time of 19:10, Brad Phillips (age 16) with a time of 19:26, and Duncan Cook (age 17) with a time of 20:49. The Overall Female Winners were Keilee Campbell (age 13) with a time of 23:24, Kiley Hughes (age 13) with a time of 24:37, and Emily Morris (age 13) with a time of 24:59.

The Child Advocacy Center works as a multidisciplinary team with the Warren County Department of Children’s Services, Woodbury Police Department, Cannon County Sheriff’s Department, and the District Attorney’s Office to investigate and prosecute child abuse cases and help children and their families heal from the trauma. The Department of Children’s Services protects children. Law enforcement investigates the crime and arrests offenders. The District Attorney’s Office aggressively prosecutes perpetrators. While the Cannon County Child Advocacy Center helps children and families heal from the trauma of the abuse.

Over $6,800 was raised. All proceeds from the event will be used to provide services to Cannon County child abuse victims and their families.

Cannon Runs would not be possible without incredible community support. Presenting sponsors were Cannon County Chiropractic and Moonlite Drive In. Silver sponsors included Experience Community Church Cannon, Law Offices of Galligan and Newman, and Preston Brothers Construction. Bronze sponsors were DTC Communications, Katina George for Circuit Court Clerk, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Project Hometown Help, Piggly Wiggly, Tri-Star Title Co. LLC, and Woodbury Drug Center LLC. Supporters included Arts Center of Cannon County, Bernard and Nancy Coomes, Chad Davis, Shannon and Daisy Gannon, Gregory Goff, Catherine Player, Margot Riser, Tennessee Renaissance Festival, UT Extension Office of Cannon County, and Woodbury Funeral Home.

“The Child Advocacy Center wants to say a special THANK YOU to the amazing members of the Cannon Runs Committee: Jo Bonner, Cassell Galligan-Davis, Brian Elrod, Kevin Halpern, Catherine Player, Carolyn Motley, Angie Sexton, Chief Lowell Womack, and Jessica Wauchek,” said director Sharon De Boer. “The committee worked their hearts out to make this event a huge success. We are looking forward to next year’s run!”

Please contact Cassell Galligan-Davis at the Cannon County Child Advocacy Center at [phone] or [email protected] if you want to serve on the 2019 Cannon Runs Committee. Runner’s times and event photos are available on the website at cannoncac.org.

Cannon Runs for Children 5K Winners Announced Young runners dominated the race. Rain and cool temperatures did not discourage them at 2nd annual Cannon Runs for Children 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 5.

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The Preston Woodall House Wedding | Raleigh Wedding Photographer | Mary and Brandon

The Preston Woodall House Wedding – Mary and Brandon are Married!

When I got to The Preston Woodall House for Mary and Brandon’s wedding, things were different for me as a photographer. Moments have been a big deal to me this year. Finding the heart of a wedding day, and telling the story has been a challenge ever growing. I’m proud to share this blog post because this is the first post ever on my blog where there is not a single image that was directed by me. Every moment in this post is completely candid, and just something I had the fortune to observe. I’m so excited to share it and hope you get a small glimpse into how special Mary and Brandon’s day was.

About the Couple

Hair Stylist 

Kelsey Duncan

DJ/Band Name

Bounce

Florist & Company Affiliated With

Jeffrey’s Floral

Officiant

Matt Shelton

Who designed your cake?

I did. Edible Art baked it

Who designed your wedding dress?

I got it off the sale rack – no idea

Where did your wedding take place?

Preston Woodall House

What drew you to this venue? What were your favorite things about this venue?

Overnight stay on site for our immediate families.  All events in one location, Steampunk, Victorian-era feel & look.

What was your favorite moment on your wedding day?

Letting my dinner get cold so I could go talk to all of my guests

What was the biggest reason you chose Dave Shay Photography on your wedding day?

Instant comfort factor, interacting over the phone & in person

How would you describe your Wedding day? 

I’m going to ramble.

It was hard to follow the previous night’s on-site rehearsal dinner. The food & company was amazing and then dinner turned into a side-splitting roast of the Bride & Groom. Childhood songs were sung, broken school rules told on, and where all the boogers were hidden over the years were all discussed. Most stories may not appear on your blog!

Our style: Theatrical. Vintage.  Family talent on display in a fairytale story weekend from a tattered, antique book

Songwriter & Guitarist: Sandra Mueller

Band: Bounce! (My cousin’s band)

Singers: Mike Foster, Cricket (Christine Foster) (cousins), Eileen Austin (sister of the Bride)

Dancers: Ashlyn & Jaida Perkinson (cousins) “1000 years” by Christina Perri

Fire Poi: Sandra Mueller “Heart on Fire” Dubstep

Bran & I are soul mates. Katie suggested for “our song” we consider “1000 years”.  As soon as I heard it during our engagement it became soldered to my heart like it was always meant for us.

Bran wanted to dance to “the Way you look tonight” and in exchange, I got to pick the rest of the music

Fresh, sunny, chilly, fun, amazing flowers, happy faces

2nd chances, late bloomer-wedding

Groomsmen & ushers wore a variety of bow ties, each themed with something that gentleman loves (golf, beer, hard shell crabs, world travel, Pokémon, etc) They also donned _______ brand socks picked out by the Groom that featured famous basketball players, sharks & more. Their cufflinks were wood, customized with their initials

Bridesmaids got fancy hair, Autumn scented candles & floral hair ties. There’s something extra headed their way soon. Maids of honor got special charm bracelets & a chair massager. Lucky ladies!

Lots of stuff went wrong all night. Not that anyone noticed or cared, I’d panic, Bran would just look at me and say all the right things.

The party went late. We brought the house down.

About the images

These Bridal images were taken with combinations of a Nikon D4s, Nikon D750, Nikkor 85mm 1.4G, Nikkor 45mm Tilt Shift, Nikkor 24mm 1.4G and two off camera SN-910 Speedlights with an assortment of MagMod modifiers. All of my images are color corrected with Adobe Lightroom only and not altered or photoshopped in any way.

I’d also like to extend a huge thank you to Elizabeth and Shannon for their help on this shoot, some of their images are mixed in with mine above.

In addition to these Preston Woodall House Wedding Photos, Raleigh Wedding Photographer Dave Shay is available for wedding and couple’s portraiture along the entire East Coast and worldwide. To see more work from Raleigh Wedding Photographer Dave Shay, please head over to the portfolio page.

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