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Collaboration – Behind the Scenes

eB — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:44:57 +0000

At the end of March I packed up an SUV worth of lighting and photo gear and headed to Fort Wayne to join a friend and visual artist cohort for a day of throwing around ideas for a poster concept he’d been working on for his employers.

Back during his 5-ish years as the Underground Cafe’s resident DJ and lighting designer, Phil came up with some pretty slick shows mixing music between bands and lighting up the stage when they played. He left town to study graphic design and the concerts sorely missed his mixing and lighting skills ever since. (Trust me, I’ve filled in both areas and it’s not the same whatsoever. I am a tech geek that keeps things running smoothly, not a crowd-rocker.)

If you’re following us on Facebook I posted a behind the scenes video there last month for a little preview of the shoot – here it is again to enjoy before the final poster design is shown – enjoy!

Part 2 coming later today!

What to expect (us not to do)

eB — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:30:28 +0000

I saw a few film photographers pull this move when I started out and it kept me away from photographing weddings and events and stepping in someone else’s spotlight. Finding out how to shoot the style I enjoy and NOT steal the spotlight and run someone else’s day: priceless.

One of the best compliments after a fun filled wedding day is to hear that we were barely, if at all, noticed.

Hey Eric and Sara!

We are again completely amazed at your talent. Sara, you were so fantastic to be with the morning of. You helped to put my mind at ease and just blended in with the madness up in the room. Eric, I felt like the only time I saw you was when you sat down to have a quick bite to eat. How you manage to take such beautiful photos and remain so “invisible” I will never know! In any case, I LOVE THESE AND COULD NOT BE HAPPIER!

Take care and talk to you soon!!
XOXO,
Beth

See if you can spot the photographers below.

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If the embedded video isn’t showing up jump on over ot our post here to see it. You’ll want to.

Music Monday Wedding Remixes

eB — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:59:44 +0000

It’s wedding season! Two wedding weekends in a row and I’ve already got the Saturday night playlists stuck in my head. These videos make the weekend mix of reception music crack me up while I’m shooting.

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Love the Polaroid camera closing snap sound!

Don’t make me sing this part of the song,
the lyrics are so bad
we’re going to skip ahead
to the “single ladies” part instead

And of course, a band I’ve been part of hosting at the Underground Cafe covers Miley Cyrus ripping on local shows… instant classic.

See “I’m playing metal beats like yeaughhh!”

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Enjoy!

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Eric’s & Sara’s skills combined

eB — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:53:35 +0000

Just a fun post to enjoy -

With all the cheesecake baking, homemade garlic & curry hummus, and tonight’s seared salmon dinner I have to brag on Sara’s culinary creativity. I mentioned turning our back deck into a neighborhood cafe tonight, especially as the spring weather brings grilling back to the dinner deck. I loved eating outside in the back yard as a kid when my dad grilled anything and everything (even lasagna once, only took once to learn that a microwave reheats better). This summer marks two years at our townhouse, and two years grilling around the back deck.

If Sara and I had a computer program that combined my image editing skills and her cooking creativity it would be Adobe Photoshop CS3 Cook Extended as demonstrated below.

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If you’re seeing an RSS feed and the video above doesn’t show up check the original post here.

And I thought my family’s Christmas was…

eB — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:13:18 +0000

a little crazy! Mr Bean’s Nativity recreation comes close to how I think the Christmas story would have been recorded if my friends and I told the story in a toy shop.

Merry Christmas, friends!

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Happy Christmas (music!)

eB — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:30:39 +0000

Just in time for the holiday weekend and my personal preferred date to start hearing Christmas music (if it hasn’t snowed yet) -

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“O Holy Night” by Seven Day Jesus. Their encore song from February 1, 1998. The song was recorded for the Happy Christmas compilations, my favorite Christmas songs ever.

Live performance has a bit of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at the end too, years before Shrek caught it.

Find the Happy Christmas CD or mp3s here

Enjoy! Now let’s get some Christmas festivities started!

Myspace Hoax Fail

eB — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:49:42 +0000

This junk never ceases to amaze. There’s a reason I’m not using Myspace too often, well several reasons, and this bulletin hoax is my favorite reason yet.

From Mr. Tom Jones (Manager of Myspace).

Myspace system is getting too crowded!! [too "lets try and copy FaceBook features," maybe, it's been crowded with junk for years] We need you to forward this to at least 20 people. . . If you do not send this to at least 10 Myspace members, we will delete your account. [did we forget our original number was 20 already?]

WARNING!

We want to find out which users are actually using their Myspace accounts. So if you are using your account, please pass this email to every Myspace user that you can. IF YOU DO NOT PASS this letter to anyone [not 20 or 10 any more, just anyoone??] we will delete your account.

Sorry for this inconvenience.
[you should be. your number scheme is confusing!]

-Tom

The best part of this hoax – Tom *Jones* runs myspace?
I wish! It would probably have a theme song like this:

It’s not unusual to hang out too much online.
It’s not unusual to get spammed at any time.
If I see you comment on my friend’s pix another time
There will be drama without a warning sign!
You’ll wanna die.

It’s not unusual to get dumped at any time
If you’re tagged in friends’ pix that aren’t mine!
If you should ever want a comment on your blog
Post bulletins and beg just like a dog

It’s not unusual it happens every day
No matter what you say
You’ll see PC4PC all the time
Real friends will never do
Sparkly comments to you
Who are those lousy friends of mine!

It’s not unusual to be mad with anyone
You’ve never met but hate their reply’s opinion.
If you should ever feel like acting your age
You’ll have to first log out
or use your teen kid’s page.

No matter what you say
Hatemail all the way
And constant whining about life…

Thank you, good night.

Tom Jones’ best cameo:

(if no video shows click HERE to see one of my favorite Carlton Banks song & dances)

Zack Arias sums it up in video

eB — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:32:46 +0000

“Johnny 5, now you are hitting the nail right between the eyes.”

Wow. I caught this video following Zack Arias‘ blog.

For those of you outside the photography world, this week is the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention in Vegas. Yes, warm Vegas. Shiny, warm, not Indiana Vegas where rock star photographers show you shiny new books, cameras, software and toys related to making you an awesome photographer. Everyone pats each other on the back and has sparkles in their teeth when they smile. They’re all booked for a year straight and still have time to travel the globe and make awesome photos, albums, software, and…….

It’s my week of skipping almost every single blog post, Twitter tweet, and email news update from these photographers because one stuck in a rainy, snowy gray Indiana can be quickly overwhelmed at reading “this is so awesome” so many times a day while feeling totally left out of the fun. (And I’m pretty sure it’s marketed that way on purpose.)

And in this winter funk… much needed inspiration and reminders to push on have come over and over in the last week. This one sums it up best. Enjoy.

If you don’t see this video check it here http://blip.tv/file/1785698/

If roadies ran the world

eB — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:49:47 +0000

This one’s for all my tech production friends. You know who you are. Judah, Mark, Phil, Alex, JP, Adam, the Jesses, Aaron, Dustin, and the whole late night cleanup crew… you guys rock. You make the Underground happen and make it a happening place.

It’s been way too long since the last Underground Cafe show, time to fire it up again this weekend!

Lights, stage, let’s rock!

Adrian says “Daddy”

eB — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:48:47 +0000

I can’t even describe how proud of him I am. The kid’s got skills. “Daddy” saying skills, walking skills, and ninja skills. Making his parents crack up skills, too, for that matter.

We’re celebrating his 1st birthday this weekend. It has been an amazing year seeing him grow from sleepy baby to wiggly walker learning new words and new fun skills.

We love you Adrian!

And for flashback’s sake – here’s the day we met him.