Jazz Band Performance Portraits.
When I shoot concerts, especially Jazz concerts, I love to do performance portraits. Performance portraits are not just pictures of someone playing an instrument or singing. Every shot is that. The moments I search for are the ones in between the notes when the artist’s personality really shines through their instrument. When the artist is fully in the moment of the music . When Jazz becomes the air that carries the breathe of those experience the performance: from the stage. from the audience. Or through the camera.
Outtakes: Production ad shoot
I recently did some shots in a recording studio for an ad and website. During several fo the shots, I had to drag the shutter to 1/4 second or so to get the lights of the recording board to show up. I have been shooting many of my street images with movement and have come to seek it out for my personal work.
Fortunately, I had a great cast and crew to work with and we also got the “solid” shots we needed….
Outtakes: Marcus Lovett live during Broadway@Frost - 10.15.2018
Marcus Lovett on stage at Gusman Concert Hall at the Frost School of Music for Broadway@Frost. Lovett is the only lead actor to play “Phantom” on Broadway and London and also starred on Broadway in “Aspects of Love" and "King David." After a solo set, he performed on stage with his daughter, Cathryn Lovett, whom is an alumnus of the Frost School of Music. Cathryn studied vocal performance and music therapy.
Joshua Henry - Broadway@Frost outtakes
Joshua Henry, a 2018 Tony-nominated star of Broadway’s “Carousel” and lead of the first U.S. tour of “Hamilton,” was on the stage at Gusman Hall with Marcus Lovett and The Frost Stars of Tomorrow for Broadway@Frost on October 15, 2018. The Frost Alumnus received the Frost Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award during an on stage presentation.