Webcast #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Vkzqdq3NQ

New Pics!!

Been a great last couple of days shooting. Some different stuff.
First shot... a vocal group called "Firesign".  We shot this morning.  I was going for the Manhattan Transfer feel.
Shot #2 a business shot, done on location at Rivet Software http://www.rivetsoftware.com/
Mike Rohan, chairman and co-founder.
Next shot.. Matt Baca, actor and comedian
And last... Shelly Gaza... actor.... thought she's have to go to either coast to get a good headshot....WRONG....!
Do you get the feeling that I like people leaning to their right..I don't mean politically!

Teaching

Jumped back into the teaching gig. Yep... I'm teaching a course for http://www.auditionbetter.com/
It's a class about how to "receive" a good picture of yourself... how to project to the camera... body language... best angles, etc.  It was great!  We'll get into posing and movement in front of the camera (which is what I have my most experience in) You should check them out.  Owner, Elizabeth Karsell
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440145/ 
is a seasoned actress with tons of credentials... you can see for yourself.
They're in a cool building down at Mississippi and Wadsworth that offers lots of photographic possibilities. Seems like a good deal for the student.  It's $125 for the month, but you get a couple of shoots with.... me... wait, that's TOO good of a deal.

Lots of good photography over the last couple of days... will post some stuff tomorrow.

posing techniques

What if I were to teach posing and lighting techniques to aspiring photographers?....that thought came to me tonight.  I was reading about photographers paying for photography workshops only to be disappointed with the results.  Read this http://www.leeannmariephotography.com/for-photographers/scarlett-lillian-workshop/.  Seems like there are tons of these workshops that are advertised in photo magazines, taught by seemingly successful photographers when they really are just successful marketers of workshops.

I was thinking... I've always had a gift for lighting and choosing the right time to press the shutter. I've got a lot that I can share with people who want to learn. I could advertise and teach photography seminars.  I certainly know a lot about it...... Waddya think.

I'm gonna have to meditate on this one.

Thoughts for a Saturday morning

ah... glorious Colorado.  The Sun is shining and you can feel Spring in the air.  We had a great crowd at the show last night... full house.  They laughed a lot... we laughed a lot.  This is such a fun show to do.

We were talking about going out for a drink after the show.  Steve and Pam said Racines and then in the parking lot, Tupper said "Mozart Lounge" 14th and Krameria".  So I show up there... see Pam and Tupper at a table with David Marlowe and my old friend Bob Leggitt.  I go to the bar... something doesn't look quite right... oh.....it's all men... holding hands.  I'm in a gay bar!  That's ok... I've got lots of gay friends, but it surprised me a bit... especially when I'm standing at the bar and these two cowboys next to me are staring at me and smiling.

So all of a sudden the piano player (who's totally holding court in the front of the club) says over the  mic.  "Did I see Eric Weber walk in?"  It was Danny Dobbins, a local legend in the musical theater scene.  I waved and he called me over to the piano.  I got a big hug and an announcement to the whole lounge that I was an actor and the best photographer in Denver.  That was nice.  Anyway...

Steve called and he and John Ashton and Pam Vanderpool had gone down to Racines.  So I finished my martini and hopped in the car to go there.

Saw lots of people I knew (man, I haven't lived the theater life in lots of years!). Got home at 1am.

A little groggy today, but that was sure fun.

Shag man

Ron Vigil!  What a great look he has.  This is today's shoot. He's got sit-com written all over him.  Here's three of them.....

today!!

Great weather... great group of people that I had the privilege to work with.

Bronco Great Karl Mecklenburg for accent windows.

Gabriel Donaldson... Radical Artists Agency.  Fun, fun shoot.  Great guy.  Easy natural smile.

Beautiful Jamie Sogard is studying acting at the Denver Center.  Again, so easy to work with and so great in front of my camera.  notice that these are natural light photos that are supplemented with strobes on the hair and the background... I think it's very important to supplement the natural light..