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Photography in the Presido San Francisco

Published April 19th, 2008 in bands | 7 Comments »

This was done a while back and I am currently finishing a project for a musician named Rick Kurek. I have been a follower of his music since 2001 when he was the lead guitarist for a Celtic indie band called Brother. The summer of 2001 was a fabulous time seeing them perform throughout California while I was pregnant with my youngest. Rick went back to doing his own independent work a few years ago and I continued to enjoy his music. He even did a house concert at our home in 2004 with about 40 people in my backyard one September evening. We had such a great time even though the police were called around 8 pm because of the noise level! Rick was up visiting the Bay Area a few weeks ago and we did a little location shooting in the city. Some were natural light, some were shot with off camera flash (Vivatar 285) and a Wescott Apollo 28 x 28 softbox on a lightstand. Because Rick is an artist/musician I knew he would let me play with lighting and effects and go for some more dramatic looks. You can also hear some of his music on his myspace page.

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Band photographer

Published February 18th, 2008 in bands, music | 1 Comment »

Did you know I like to shoot concert photography and band photos? Pam Biasotti is not only a newborn, children and maternity photographer. (I sound like Jimmy from Seinfeld speaking in third person here.) Here are some sneak peaks of a group called Calaveras. They are a local folk, jazz, blues, and country band located here in the East Bay. I hope I described them accurately! One of the nicest things that worked on this session was how relaxed they were with me and how they moved and posed in front of the camera. It made my job very easy. One thing I adore about St. Mary’s College in Moraga is the Spanish architecture and the white walls create this fabulous soft light.

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So, I am going to be traveling later this week down to San Diego to assist a friend of mine at her workshop. First I am stopping off in central California to meet up with my sister who is down visiting to see the Tour of California bike race. She will be celebrating her birthday which is just 4 days before mine and my parents will be joining us for dinner as well. Look at my travel here…of course Google thinks the best way to San Diego is to take the boring Highway 5 route. I guess I didn’t input that I was stopping in Los Olivos on the way.

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Have you ever seen the movie Sideways? That is exactly where I will be for dinner.

I am looking forward to heading to Southern California. My wish is that it’s warmer and sunnier. The forecast looks like this

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I really don’t see a change compared to here.  The nice thing will be checking out the ocean and seeing some friends and just being free to enjoy a few days of zero responsibilities.