Headshots. Production. Engagement. Wedding.
I've been shooting productions for Flying V for five years, and their work is always visually arresting, playful, unique, and exciting. Their current production of Bekah Brunstetter's The Oregon Trail is no exception!
The Oregon Trail
Presented by Flying V Theatre at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD
Written By Bekah Brunstetter
Directed by Amber Jackson
Two months ago, Bob Bartlett, one of the Welders, posted a teaser about his upcoming show: Happiness (and other reasons to die). I immediately sent him the picture above, which I took three years ago, and we were both a little astounded.
I've posted about the Welders before: How they are a group I love to collaborate with because our creative sensibilities meld so well and lead to the creation of interesting, engaging work. Well, in this case, our sensibilities not only were a spot on match, but also, I created my part of the work long before they needed it, in fact, before the play and even the theatre company existed.
So now this picture is a part of Bob's promotion of the show going forward, and I couldn't be happier with this creative partnership that keeps growing, even backwards in time.
Previews start tonight, and you can get tickets for the show here!
Eastern Market, DC
The great thing about working with actors who know how to play to the camera is that even your castoff shots end up looking pretty darned good...
I don't shoot for my subway portrait project nearly as often as I did when I was a train commuter.
But every trip to New York is a feast for the candid subway portraitist's eye.
This time last year, I was working as assistant director to Randy Johnson on Arena Stage's production of SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE. It was a fantastic room to be in, full of some of the most talented singers and dancers in the DC theatre community. During technical rehearsals, someone came up with the idea of projecting late-50's-style mugshots of the actors during JAILHOUSE ROCK.
After few minutes in the green room with my iPhone, the actors, and Arena's costumes, hair, and makeup crews, we had the base shots, which I then composited and finished in Photoshop.
When the images below were done and I showed them to the cast... Well: I've never seen anyone so happy to see themselves arrested.
