Now that the show Young Frankenstein is done, I will have a lot more time for photography! The last few weeks I have had no time for any photography except show-related, digital imagery, but I do have some backstage images I can share. Yes it was a fun show!! 🙂
Firstly, the title of this entry does not refer to a camera!! 🙂
Because of my show involvement I have had next to no time for photography recently, but I did do a promo photo for two very talented ladies (Erin and Mallory) who in addition to being very busy with Young Frankenstein are also putting on a cabaret type show in June. (Highly recommended!!).
The graphic design and post work for this piece was done by the amazing Sharon Zehavi.
Here is another image of Nicole Faye, one of the musicians I am working with for project 6-3-1. This image is a composite of three different images I took of Nicole, allowing her to to in effect channel the Supremes-esque 60’s Motown look.
I am in the middle of a project called “Project 6-3-1” in which I am seeing if I can break into music photography as a sideline business. The name is the plan: I do six engagements for free (as an unpaid internship), three at a heavily discounted price, then one (and hopefuly more) at standard market rates. So far, I am involved in three of the six freebies. If you are a local musician/group (preferably an independent who could use a break) looking for publicity/album cover work, please get in touch!!
(Singer/Songwriter Matt Simmonds at the recent Toronto VOX 2 Songwriters Circle at the Cameron House)
From a shoot yesterday afternoon. I really like the expression I managed to capture. before my fingers felt like they were too cold to operate the camera.
Today’s image is the official publicity photo I made of Angela Saini for her Canadian Music Week performances. Her expression really seems to evoke the idea of telling a story.
(Make-up and Styling by Lisa Holbrook)
Here is Angela’s performance info:
Friday, March 22 –Cest What? (full band show)
67 Front St E Toronto
10pm
Saturday, March 23 – Free Times Café (solo acoustic show)
320 College St Toronto
12am (midnight)
Another image from the VOX Toronto Songwriters Circle from last Thursday. As only one of the four songwriters was performing at any given time, it was interesting to watch the interplay and expressions of the other artists when they were not playing.
On Thursday night I had fun shooting the second Vox Toronto Songwriter event at the Cameron House. Four performers were on stage, including Angela Saini, who is the subject of today’s photo. (I had the honour of shooting the cover for her upcoming CD, stay tuned!).
It was a challenging shoot: the room was very dim, and I had to set my Nikon D90 to ISO 3200, and then underexpose a stop, to have a chance at shooting handheld, without a flash. Even then, it was a good thing that I shoot hundreds of image, as many many frames were just too blurred to use.
An interesting passenger on the TTC: a very thoughtful expression.
I’ve said on more than one occasion that actors, musicians and other artists are a lot of fun to shoot: they bring their creativity and imagination and together we create stories. This past weekend I had the pleasure of working with singer Nicole Faye, and one of the looks we created was a vintage portrait where Nicole was able to project the style and mood required to make that kind of portrait work.
(Mamiya 645 Pro TL camera, 80mm f2.8 lens, Kodak TMax 100 film developed in Xtol 1:1, negative scan and post-processed with Nik software)
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