a Lost moment

I brought my two older children to Double Midnight Comics last weekend for the store's 8th anniversary. While they checked things out, I wandered around.  The little guy below was testing his knowledge of the Lost cast (part of Jason Casey's work) with his dad.  It's rare that the various elements of a photograph come together so well.

Billy

The Pond

Last fall, I had the opportunity to work with my friend Dan Hannon on his first directing project, The Pond (which he also wrote).  It was filmed in NH, with talent and production teams coming from all over.  Seeing a movie production from the inside was a great experience.  Despite being a smaller (20 min) movie, the amount of planning and work was impressive.  I was on site for just one day, but I met and worked closely with many involved, including two of the leads, Alicia Witt and Todd Rotondi.

I won't mention any plot elements here, but my task was to create a set of photographs of the couple, including some wedding portraits and candids, vacation photos, and a random bar shot.  (The last photo includes Dan in the background.)  Alas, the scenes in which these would be used were cut--although the final scene shows one photo (not posted here).

The movie is debuting at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market.  I received my copy last week, and it's very impressive. Congratulations to all those who worked on making this a reality, and good luck at the festival.

theatre kapow: reception portraits

I've been very grateful for my continued relationship with theatre kapow, a NH-based theatre company who just completed their second season.  I was editing some work for them and found these from a post-show reception of Alone, which was adapted from Poe's works for the stage by Brian Kennedy (first photo).  Nearly the entire ensemble is shown below.  (The baby wasn't in the show--that's Anna, who wasn't yet 2 months old at the time, being held by tkapow's Carey Cahoon.)