I think that every week I probably say something akin to: “I can’t believe that it is Friday again!”  The thing is, it is always true.  It is also always true that getting to Friday every week is an adventure.  Sometimes it is working on a show, sometimes it is finishing up the season.  Sometimes it is even getting in a car accident (yeah, that one sucked).  Somehow we get here though.  This past week I have done more drinking and partying in one week than I often do in a month.  I suppose we had a lot to celebrate at the end of the season.

Inevitably though, the fact that it is now Friday make sit time for my weekly photographic feature.  I have been using my own photos since I started this, and I like promoting my work, but if you have a photo that you would be interested in seeing featured, send it along and tell me about it.  Maybe, at some point I would consider having some small contests for featured photos.  We shall see.

For this week, I ended up going back a few years in my archives to when I was in college.  This image is from my junior year I believe.

Ithacan Oars

I captured this image using my father’s Nikon D100.  At the time I had not bought my first digital SLR yet.  In fact I didn’t get my first DSLR until I graduated and was heading off on the cruise ship.

My cousin was on the Ithaca crew team and so one of the times that my family was out to visit we spent some time at the waterfront watching one of his competitions.  I suppose it is a meet.  I don’t know the crew lingo.  I just thought the sun on the water and all the oars laid out made a very interesting shot.  I also love digging back through my archives to find something to share.

As always, please feel free to post any questions, comments or critiques that you might have!

At the request of some of my followers, this weeks photo is from the archival photo call for 42nd Street.  It is rather apropos as lately I have mentioned working on the show in a number of blog posts.  Also, we are going into the closing weekend today, so if you count tonight’s show there are only three performances left.

Beth Glover as Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street

This is one of my favorite images from the shoot and from the show.  The scene is the “Shadow Waltz” where Dorothy (an older actress who was hired to be the “star” of Pretty Lady) “auditions” for the part.  The lyrics of the song talk about shadows on the wall so she plays with shadow puppets as well as later going on to a big shadow-play dance number.

I also think that this image has some fun artistic merit as well.  I try to get some more “artsy” shots when I can, as opposed to just standing in the center of the house and shooting the scenes.  This was not the easiest subject to get close to on account of the angles of the lights for the shadows.  I had to work pretty hard to not get my own shadow in the shots (no one wants to see my shadow anyway).

So, now I am counting down the days to get ready for my photo excursion in Moab and hopefully will bring you a few fresh images!  For now though, as always, comments, questions and critiques are welcome!

On account of the fact that tomorrow is the kickoff day for the Bloggerstock blog-swap I thought that I would bump up my Foto Friday to Thursday.  It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, but the concept is the same.

Today’s photo comes from the archives.  In fact, it is old enough that it was originally shot on film.  Crazy right?  Not really.  I still have my film camera, it mostly collects dust, but every now and then I think that it would be fun to take it out again.  When you shoot film there is always the mystery and waiting to see if the photos turned out the way you wanted (or turned out at all).  There is also the factor of having a limited number of images you can shoot at once (24 or 36 frames).  I think makes you think a little more when you compose your shots.

A white Lupine up on Sugar Hill, NH

This photo was taken in 2005 in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.  Every year they have the Lupine Festival when the fields are covered in lupines.  Generally you see purple lupines, so it is fun to find the white ones in the middle of a field of purple.  It is really beautiful to see the lupines in bloom, it just makes Sugar Hill and Franconia that much more wonderful.

I do think there is something about film that gives a different feel to photos even when they are scanned.  As I went looking for a photo for this week, this one caught my eye.  I hope that you enjoy it as well.  As always, comments and critiques are welcome!

I really can’t believe that it is once again Friday.  I mean, where did this week go?  I suppose I know where the week went, I spent it sitting around a dark theatre in rehearsal.  While that was going on, it was mostly a nice week outside…  So, in honor of it being a nice week outside, I thought that a nice outdoor photo would be in order.

Just off SR224 on the way up to Park City you pass the McPolin Farm.  It happens that this is one of the most photographed locations in Utah.  On the grounds of the farm they have lots of old farm equipment.  Old Farm equipment can make a fun subject to shoot, and on a nice day it is even better.  I have no idea what this thing is, but this is one of my favorite images that I took up there one day last spring.

McPolin Farm, Park City, UT

I like playing with the depth of field, it can make for some interesting looks.

I should also mention that I received my new camera lens yesterday.  I have not had a chance to test it out yet, but I certainly will post some photos when I do.  I picked up the Sigma 15mm f/2.8 full frame fisheye.  I thought that it would be fun to have for my photo workshop next month.  I also have always like the super-wide angle look so I think that it will be fun to play with.  Certainly a great addition to my kit.

As always, comments, questions and critiques are welcome!  Have a great weekend.

One of the photographers whose blog I follow always has great advice.  One of the tidbits that he has mentioned for people who want to be professional photographers is to find some niche in the market.  So, what I do, which seemed to be a natural fit, is shoot for theatre.  I do production stills for the theatre company that I work for as well as a couple other local theatre companies and the theatre department at the U of U.  It is a lot of fun and it can provide a way to make some fairly artistic images while capturing the art that we make on stage every day.

This week I thought that it would be fun to share one of my recent images from the archival photo call from the U of U theatre department’s production of Molière’s The Would-be Gentleman.  The show is extremely funny and it seems like the cast had a lot of fun working on it.  It was hard to pick one image to share with you, but I think that the one I picked is pretty good.  If you want to see more of them or the cast list you can find the entire gallery at this link.

Lucile's "fairytale entrance"

There are many rather funny and what now seem cliché moments in the show, however this is the kind of literature that defined the ideas we think of as cliché.  The moment in this photo is Lucile’s “fairytale entrance” where she comes in to meet her lover accompanied by perfume and birds and flower petals.  Of course you couldn’t complete the scene without the servant sweeping up the mess.

So enjoy the photo, and as always, please feel free to leave comments, questions, and criticism.