BATTLEGROUND: Music Performed Live to Screen on Stage
Last night was the Opening Night Red Carpet Celebration for the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with guest conductor Jeff Beal.
From the Frost website Frost live calendar:
Music and movie buffs alike will be mesmerized as Jeff Beal, five-time Emmy-winning composer of music for film, media and concert halls, joins the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra on stage. The evening features a live music-to-screen performance of Battleground, Beal’s score from the acclaimed television series Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King.
Frost 2018...so far.
Every August for the last 8 years, I have had the pleasure of preparing for a new season of concerts and photo shoots for the Frost School of Music. Each year presents different challenges as the Communications department reviews the images they need created and the concerts they want documented for the archive. One thing has been consistent: I am given the creative freedom to explore during most of the photo shoots. Below are some of my selects from Spring 2018.
The 122nd Granddaddy of them all
It has been 30 or so years since I last attended Cheyenne Frontier Days. The last time I was there was to help my best friend, Kori, whom was competing in the barrel racing. Its been almost 25 years since I last spoke to her. Not because we had any falling out but because she went to high school a year before me and discovered, "BOYS".
This time, I attended with my parents, sisters and (very soon to be) 4 year old son. I had an amazing time watching him as he watched the bronco riding and the bull riding. But what really blew his mind was the barrel racing! I asked him later what his favorite part was and he lit up talking about how fast the horses were going and how they spun around the barrels. It was a nice twist that the winner was from our Colorado home town.
For most of these shots, my son was either on my shoulders or on my lap. While that made it hard to shoot and I certainly missed shots I would have otherwise captured, these images hold much more significance for me because he was integral to the capture and even shot a few himself (but not displayed here).
The 122nd Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, Wyoming - July 21st, 2018
Bull Rider #3
VPU - 01 May 2018
Visual push ups are the creative fluid conducting the impulses between synapses: WYNWOOD, FLORIDA
01.MAY.2018 PHOTOWALK - 1.9 miles. 1:00:57, WYNWOOD, FLORIDA.
SCORE Magazine 2018
SCORE magazine from the Frost School of Music has been publishing many of my images for many years. This year, for the first time, one of my shots landed on the cover!
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh