Saturday, April 10, 2010

the remains of the days

the rest of the week was a bit of a bumpy ride, visually....started by having a morning portrait of a golfer at the same course i was at the day before for the other golfer portrait...this one, not quite as successful - trying to pose/compose/shoot while keeping one foot on the lightstand in the very gusty wind and slight rain, well, let's just say it wasn't a recipe for success...and no, i am not posting up the mediocrity that ensued
later that day went out to search for a feature - the weather had turned even colder, gustier and rainier, so, needless to say not a lot going on out there, nor much on our events calendar, but i figured, it being spring break, with little opportunity for the kids to be outdoors, i'd hit the little pool hall/store - haven't been there in a while....found a dad and his son playing - dad had a short work day and promised his son they'd spend the rest of the afternoon together doing something fun, and here's where they ended up - nothing stellar, but it's just a decent slice o' life-ish picture

next day, still nothing on the schedule, and they had no main art for page 1 - so we were just going to have to feature hunt - again, the community calendar was sparse, but i did find a church rummage sale going on - didn't sound too promising, but i figured maybe there'd be a moment or something, so i went to check it out....it was a little tough, but i did like the lighting and bit of a moment between these 2 church volunteer workers inbetween welcoming people in to their sale...

saturday was to be pretty full - first went to a big annual antique sale at the community college - shot a lot of the usual kind of stuff - framing people up as they perused the tables and shelves of items, did the reflection thing in the old antique mirrors, and then i came upon these ladies trying on old hats - kind of hung back and shot some while they were talking - they seemed pretty lively, then i moved in, and this one lady put on a hat for her daughter and immediately broke out into this "strike a pose" diva attitude - to the amusement of the vendor - hey, at least it's a moment, which is kind of tough to get at things like this....so, after shooting some more before i had to leave for my next assignment, i was at least able to leave feeling like i'd done a little better than i'd anticipated...

next on the agenda was to meet up with 2 brothers and their friend who said they'd be downtown shooting for an indy film they're making...note, we'd rearranged a lot with assignments that came in later so that i could keep this appointment to shoot them shooting, as opposed to ending up only with the opportunity for a portrait....so, i was a little dismayed when they showed up and said, well, they didn't really have anything to shoot, so they figured they'd just leave the pix up to me - oh, seriously?! so, now, i'm not only really not prepared for a portrait, but i was frustrated that there was all this back-story of rearrangement that had gone on all in the attempt to not have this turn out to be exactly what it was turning out to be....aargh!
so, we checked out a couple alleyways and other "urban" looking spots downtown, and then, that was that...

took a short break, then came back in to head toward a play rehearsal - a ballet version of "Peter Pan." had to shoot this for 2 different publications - as an entertainment preview story, then later as a story to run in our Parent magazine - so i needed to shoot rehearsal, but also some more set-up/portrait kind of shots - brought the light kit, but i liked the stage lighting they had, so i didn't end up using them...anyway, the shots i really liked were these behind-the-scenes moments....

this is an "almost" - by the time i saw this come together, composed and focused, it was already just about gone, and i'm not sure it quite works, but i still kind of like it....
and then, the more offstage moments - i'm such a sucker for these, but they're a little different from my normal sidelines images...


really liked the weird color in this one, and the moment, too
then it was back in to tone fotos for the night,
and such was my day

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