Life as Art

TONIGHT at Capalano's - downtown McMinnville

A benefit concert for the McMinnville Jaycee's Christmas program for children.  I think you'll enjoy the music - which is all ages from 6:30 - 8:00 (no smoking).  

Drew Miller will be there playing his original tunes, followed by Bangkok Rust who will rock the house! It's good music for a good cause - you can't go wrong! $5.00 at the door - little folks 10 and under get in free. I've also heard a rumor that an acoustic show will follow in the "cave" - be the first to hear the new music coming from these young songwriters.

Bangkok Rust - Appearing at Caps Fri. Feb 20th - Check out the new Publicity Shots!

Bangkok Rust is playing Capalanos Coffee Emporium - Downtown McMinnville Friday night.  The show starts at 7:00 and is ALL AGES - so the upstairs will be open to folks under 21 till 8:00.  The Band wanted to do some new publicity shots recently and my super-creative husband had some awesome concepts.  He also had time. (I was on another session this day)  So he took the shots below - I think he may have found his calling! :)  So any of you bands out there - give us a call - Let's get Creative!  : )

Jules...

It's impossible to explain how much my entire family loves this girl. The mere mention of the word "Julie" is enough to send my daughter into orbit.  I did a mini-session late one afternoon awhile back and just loved some of these...her inner beauty comes through...at least to my eyes. :)

O.K.  The shot above?...total inspiration 0r dumb luck..."lets try this against the old pool wall".  Now how many folks can even ask that question?  But thanks to my wonderful husband's foresight (aka: inability to throw ANYTHING away) this worked as a perfect backdrop in this situation. 

Tim Winton LIVE at the New York Grill

My multi-talented husband will be playing with his band the "Transitor Troubadours" tomorrow night at the New York Grill in McMinnville.  They should start around 9:00 and it will be a very eclectic set - something for everyone!  A great way to start your 4th of July Weekend!  Hope everyone can come!

Leduc redux

Here are a few more from my publicity shoot with Scott and Jackie LeDuc. Not the shot they picked for the CD cover though - you have to buy the disc to get that! :) 

When you take a publicity shot, you want the picture to speak the proverbial thousand words.  You hope for one shot that will motivate someone to listen to the disc or make that call for the audition.  Whew!  What responsibility.  I love it though! I wish the people I shoot could see what I see when I look through the viewfinder.   I love trying to capture as much as I can with my camera. However, I think I could take a thousand pictures of Jacke LeDuc and still not show ALL that she is.  She's that awesome.  But I hope I give you a glimpse - enough to be interested.  Remember...Life is Art...I'm just along for the ride.

A REAL Jewell...

Stefanie Jewell can sing!  She sings like I used to dream I'd sing one day when I was a little girl.  If you've ever been lucky enough to hear her (usually in church) then you know what I'm talking about.  She has some folks interested in her music in Nashville, and needed some publicity shots to go along with what I think (she's cringing if she's reading this) is an awesome demo disc.  Lucky Me, I got to take them!  Here are a couple of my personal favorites.  Good Luck Stef, I wish you nothing but good things and hope you find your heart's true path.

Lost but not forgotten...

In case you've been wondering why I haven't been posting as often; I've been a bit busy lately in other parts of my life.  But my photography world is suddenly VERY busy and I am working like a mad woman to stay caught up. Of course SOME folks think I really am crazy so maybe I always work like a mad woman - even when I do it slowly.  Hmmm..think about that.  Here's what's currently on my editing desk from a publicity shoot with Scott and Jackie LeDuc for an upcoming CD and radio single release.  I have to ask you...  Is it really fair for people this gorgeous to be talented too?  I don't think so. :)  And on top of that they are just awesome people.  Click here to hear some of their music on Jackie's MySpace.

Here's to Everlasting Life....or not...

Will she or won't she?  Will Winnie choose to drink the water that will give her eternal youth?  If you don't know, or even if you do, go see Tuck Everlasting at the Arts Center of Cannon County. The pictures below are some favorites from a publicity shoot for the show.  They feature Shelby, who plays Winnie in one of the casts.  The story is fascinating, thought provoking, and thouroughly entertaining. This show is geared more for the middle school age audience as opposed to "littles", but has something for almost any age. Most performances are for schools only, but there are two public performances on May 9th and 10th.  Call the Arts Center at 1.800.235.9073 for ticket information.

If you follow my blog you know my talented husband is also performing at Capalano's on May 10th.  Lucky for you, the play is at 2:30.  Tim (the aformentioned talented husband) will play late that evening and Griff ( the not aforementioned talented son) will be playing around 7:00, so there will be no problem going to both shows. :)

Coming Soon to a blog near you...

A sneek peek at the publicity shots for Tuck Everlasting at the Arts Center of Cannon County...

Babe - The Sheep Pig

The Arts Center of Cannon County has asked me to do some publicity work for their Young at Art Series of plays.  It could be that they think I'm a fantastic photographer or it could be that one or more members of my family are in just about every production. ;)  Either way, I appreciate the opportunity.  The Young at Art series are the plays they put on specifically for school age children. I think it is so awesome that, through this program, so many kids get to see live theatre at an early age.  The next production is Babe - The Sheep Pig.  They have two casts putting on the show which runs late February - Early March.  My crew (yes ALL of them) is in one of the casts.  They have one show that is open to the genral public and it is Febrary 29th at 7:30.    Then the other cast - equally as talented - has a public show on March 1st - call 1.800.235.9073 for ticket info. 

Here's my girl looking admiringly at her big brother - (Oh yeah, she's acting!)

Fly? ...Why can't I learn to be a..Sheep Pig?? :)

 

The director is Kaleena DeVar and she's an UNBELIEVABLE dancer- everything flows, each move looks effortless.  In dreams I can do this :)