I don’t shoot portraits often, in a formal sense at least. I photograph people all the time but I don’t sit down with the specific intention of photographing a person’s face very frequently. A friend of my wife recently had her first child. She asked if I would take some informal pictures of Kady and of course, who am I to to refuse? The pictures are set in the families home with no attempt made create a set. We just wanted to document Kady at two weeks. So we did.
This is how you put a baby to sleep. I had no idea. It’s like the Vulcan Nerve Pinch for babies I guess.
I’ve just about finished rebuilding a small product studio here in the house. This test is a the result of that work. I’m really excited to be able to shoot things here in the house again. I love small product work, it’s something I enjoy and I think I’m fairly competent at it.
What isn’t would be the better question. I’ve been all over the place as the spring thaw continues.
There’s been a flurry of year end activity at Millersville University.
Here’s Vyner Award winner , Nate Sheffer playing the Jazz & Java event at MU.
And here’s Dr. Keith Wiley conducting the ensemble.
There’s a ton of new MU work, you can see it all here in the Millersville main gallery.
My good friend Jason Mundok held his first in a series of home concerts dubbed, The Wood Stove Concerts. They are amazing events and redefine the artist’s relationship with the audience (and the music is stellar to say the least). Here’s one shot of Jason and his ensemble, Living Fables.
Here’s something I don’t do very often, basic portraiture. Below is a shot from a set done for the girl’s first communion. I should do more of this stuff, it was a lot of fun.
A shot from a set of this year’s YWCA Race Against Racism.
A did a lot of shooting surrounding the Launch Music Conference. Here is one shot from a late night show at the Chameleon.
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Here’s what I’ve been doing for the last week.
First Friday, a shot from Gallery 141…
The second wedding I’ve shot in two decades (I don’t shoot weddings, this was an exception for a very good friend)…
Team WeeBee racing at Lanco…
Equal rights rally…
Kids visiting the Lancaster Museum of Art’s Maurice Sendak exhibit…
A shot from a lunch promoting the Convention Center where a video that I made from my images of Lancaster was shown…
Artistry In Motion vintage car show…
YWCA’s Race Against Racism…
McCaskey High School Senior art show at Building Character (which, by the way, was a wonderful show)…
Vintage Datsun 1600 being worked on at WeeBee Audio/Video…
Shooting a TV commercial at WeeBee Audio/Video (Watch Blue Ridge cable, channel 11, Sunday’s at 3:00 p.m. to see the commercial)…
That’s a busy week.
Two things stand out here.
One, I love my work. Look at what I get to do.
Second, Lancaster is an amazing place. The variety of things to do in any given week is simply astounding. The beautiful surroundings, the friendly people. I love my city.
Today I’m working on a jewelry catalog and web site, a catalog for a racing products manufacturer and work for the rest of the my regular clients.
And, as Linda Ellerbee used to say, so it goes…
Just latest in a series of examples of how we are wasting millions of dollars in security theater and not protecting the country.
Tourist or Terrorist?
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI teach people to spot potential terrorists.
BY BIANCA PHILLIPS | APRIL 3, 2008Elvis fan or al-Qaeda operative? You make the call.
A man walking through Tom Lee Park pauses to snap a photo of the iconic Hernando DeSoto Bridge. Another man shoots pictures of numerous downtown buildings.
Many would assume the men are tourists taking in the city’s sights, but law enforcement officials say they could be terrorists staking out possible targets.
The scenarios were described at an anti-terrorism town hall meeting last week hosted by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. The meeting, held at Cordova’s First Assembly of God Church, was one of four public meetings that occurred in conjunction with Operation Sudden Impact, a new local anti-terrorism initiative.
“You may think a guy is just shooting pictures, but if you report it to us, we’ll send it on to the FBI and they may have four or five other reports of the same thing,” said Richard Pillsbury with the Tennessee Fusion Center, a collaboration between the Department of Safety and the Department of Homeland Security.
Shelby County sergeant Larry Allen warned attendees at the meeting to look for people who appear to be doing surveillance outside public buildings, such as shopping malls.
Read the whole tawdry piece here.
