Conspirare- New York

Last February I had an amazing opportunity through fellow photographer Karen Sacher, to work with a chroal ensemble called Conspirare, lead by Craig Johnson.  The group had traveled to New York to preform around the city, and Karen and I followed them for a couple days, taking photos of their performances and rehearsals.  I also did some portraits of Craig.

Listening to their group was extraordinary and deeply inspirational!  Craig is a very kind person, and is so passionate about what he does.  I loved watching him work and orchestrate the group with such love and intensity.  It was a gift for me to witness an artist so connected to and passionate about his work and craft.  I look back at this trip last February with such fond memories.  Anytime your in New York creating work, it is wonderful, but to accompany Craig and his group, it was an experience I'll never forget.

Please visit their website, www.conspirare.org, to read about their group and mission, and to see a listing of their upcoming shows in Austin, Texas.

Yellowstone Academy-Brown Event

Over the coming weeks, this blog is going to blow up with TONS of overdue posts.  We're going to get caught up finally, and I've got a plan to keep us on track and current throughout 2012.  But for the next couple of weeks, we'll be looking back in time...

Like WAY back for this one!  But I just love so many of the details from the shoot, and I certainly love every chance I get to feature Yellowstone Academy and everything they do.  This event was hosted and made possible by Jill Brown of Brown.  She has a fabulous store near River Oaks, and hosted a silent auction event for Yellowstone Academy in...I'm embarrassed to say this because I'm just now posting these photos...November of 2010...

Nevertheless, it was a wonderful event to support the children of Yellowstone!

Here are some of my favorite shots of the night.  Thank you to Brown for hosting such a beautiful and wonderful party, and for supporting the children of Yellowstone Academy.

Weddings in Houston Blog Feature

Today, Kelsey and Matt's wedding was featured on Weddings In Houston Blog!  You can check it out here: http://houstonweddingblog.com/2011/12/kelsey-matthew’s-petal-perfect-country-club-wedding/

The wedding was beautiful, and we had such a great time working with Kelsey and Matt.  Enjoy!

Yellowstone Academy's Photo Club-Halloween Project!

It has been a while since I've posted about my class at Yellowstone, so I thought I'd make a quick post with our Halloween Project this year.  I've got a new class this school year with 7 new students, and they are eager to learn about photography.  We'll be meeting Monday afternoons this year, and Yellowstone has moved to an all year calendar, so the students are currently on Fall break.  Before they left for Fall break, I wanted to introduce some concepts dealing with shutter speed, but I didn't want to get into too much, as long breaks can lead to forgetfulness.  So, I came up with an idea to take some spooky Halloween photos of our class, and use slow shutter speeds and double exposures to achieve ghostly effects!  All of the students will return to school on Halloween day, so they will come back to Photo Club's terrifying 1st show of the year!

Incendiary-Washington Post Article

My brother has co-directed a documentary film, and it is getting a lot of press and attention right now.  Not only because it is a great film, but also because it deals with an arson case that put a man on death row.  He was executed, but it seems perhaps for a crime that he did not committ.  Rick Perry had an important role in the case, and because of his recent presidential run, this has helped boost national interest in the case and in the film.

The film, Incendiary has been showing in Austin, at the Violet Crown, and opens in Washington D.C. this weekend.  The film will open in NYC the weekend of October 7th, then will travel to Dallas, TX the weekend of October 14th.  After Dallas, the film opens in LA November 18th.   If you haven't seen it, check it out.  It is very interesting, and extremely well done.  Incendiary is already an award winning film!

My brother emailed me a couple of days ago with this link to the Washington Post website, where their movie (and my photo!) was featured in an article.  Nothing like riding the coat tails of your famous brother!  You can check out the article and photo here.  And don't forget to check out the film if you can.  Click here for Incendiary's website, where you can find information about the film and showings.