And sometimes you get awesome little guys like this one.
We LOVES little Travis!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Kids
Sometimes kids can be THE WORST photo subjects. They don't pay attention and make weird faces and run away from you and force you to act like a total idiot just to get them to pay attention.
And sometimes you get awesome little guys like this one.
We LOVES little Travis!
And sometimes you get awesome little guys like this one.
We LOVES little Travis!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
BUTTERDANCE
If you like to start every day laughing until you can't breathe, watch this video.
If you're impatient, fast forward to 1:30.
I am literally in tears as I type this.
If you're impatient, fast forward to 1:30.
I am literally in tears as I type this.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Floridaaaa
We've been in Florida since Wednesday for Felix's Bachelor Party.
Coming back to NYC tonight! Will post more soon.
Coming back to NYC tonight! Will post more soon.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
NEWSIESSSS
I mean...you knew I was going to win the Newsies lottery right? I did.
When they called my name (I was the 4th person drawn) I just shrugged, like I knew it was going to happen...BECAUSE I DID.
IT WAS DESTINY.
Also Megoon's tip on LIGHTLY FOLDING your card before you place it in the big box helped, in that it separates your cards from all the other cards which lie flat, so when they reach in and blindly grab a card, it pretty much triples your chances of being drawn.
We paid $30 for our tickets. And we sat in the 4th row.
AHHHHHHHHH I love this show so much. Everyone needs to go and watch it.
The dancing is incredible.
In Megoon's words:
"And then, when the show ends (SPOILER: it all works out) and you're like, 'awwwww, I could've watched those boys dance all night,' they come out and do a completely superfluous dance number before the curtain call! Newsies 4vr! "
Here's a video of that final dance number and curtain call.
IT IS SO GOOD.
When they called my name (I was the 4th person drawn) I just shrugged, like I knew it was going to happen...BECAUSE I DID.
IT WAS DESTINY.
Also Megoon's tip on LIGHTLY FOLDING your card before you place it in the big box helped, in that it separates your cards from all the other cards which lie flat, so when they reach in and blindly grab a card, it pretty much triples your chances of being drawn.
We paid $30 for our tickets. And we sat in the 4th row.
AHHHHHHHHH I love this show so much. Everyone needs to go and watch it.
The dancing is incredible.
In Megoon's words:
"And then, when the show ends (SPOILER: it all works out) and you're like, 'awwwww, I could've watched those boys dance all night,' they come out and do a completely superfluous dance number before the curtain call! Newsies 4vr! "
Here's a video of that final dance number and curtain call.
IT IS SO GOOD.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Broadway Lotto-mania
I am OBSESSED with NEWSIESSSSS
I HAVE to see the show again.
I'm heading up to the theater in a bit to try to win the lottery to watch the show again.
(Lots of shows do a ticket lottery where people can enter 2 hours before showtime to win a couple of premium seats for $20-$30. Yes I realize I could just PAY for a ticket, but what is the fun in that?)
I've mapped out a plan.
The Newsies lottery drawing is at 5. So I'm going to enter that.
If I don't win, I'm going to go over to Ghost where they do their lottery at 6.
If I don't win that I'm going to sprint over to Rent, because they do their lottery at 6:30.
I WILL SEE A SHOW TONIGHT.
I HAVE to see the show again.
I'm heading up to the theater in a bit to try to win the lottery to watch the show again.
(Lots of shows do a ticket lottery where people can enter 2 hours before showtime to win a couple of premium seats for $20-$30. Yes I realize I could just PAY for a ticket, but what is the fun in that?)
I've mapped out a plan.
The Newsies lottery drawing is at 5. So I'm going to enter that.
If I don't win, I'm going to go over to Ghost where they do their lottery at 6.
If I don't win that I'm going to sprint over to Rent, because they do their lottery at 6:30.
I WILL SEE A SHOW TONIGHT.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Twatting
I've probably mentioned before how much I hate twitter.
Twitter to me seems completely useless unless you're a celebrity or you need a minute-by-minute update on your favorite celebrities.
Honestly, I only use twitter to post about how much I hate twitter or to send messages to @JustinBieber or @Rihanna hoping they'll write back. They never do.
But today for the first time, twitter became useful. Because celebrities use it like facebook. And if you actually know a celebrity you're tweeting at, it can become really really good publicity when they tweet at you or plug your website.
I had a lovely dinner tonight at Fat Radish. I didn't take any photos because I didn't draw any attention to my dinnermates. But afterward I tweeted at my new celebrity friend and she tweeted back and my website almost instantly got 300 hits.
Hopefully I will be shooting The Countess very very soon!
Twitter to me seems completely useless unless you're a celebrity or you need a minute-by-minute update on your favorite celebrities.
Honestly, I only use twitter to post about how much I hate twitter or to send messages to @JustinBieber or @Rihanna hoping they'll write back. They never do.
But today for the first time, twitter became useful. Because celebrities use it like facebook. And if you actually know a celebrity you're tweeting at, it can become really really good publicity when they tweet at you or plug your website.
I had a lovely dinner tonight at Fat Radish. I didn't take any photos because I didn't draw any attention to my dinnermates. But afterward I tweeted at my new celebrity friend and she tweeted back and my website almost instantly got 300 hits.
Hopefully I will be shooting The Countess very very soon!
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Loves my headshot clients! / NEWSIES Star!
Some of my clients have been making me feel very special lately.
I shot Topher at the end of last week. He had flown in from St. Louis and spent 48 hours in NYC, to get his session taken care of.
Quite a versatile actor this one is.
And then today I shot Michelle and her daughter Natalie, both professional dancers.
They flew in from North Carolina last night, shot with me this morning and are leaving tonight.
AND THEN (no and then!) this afternoon I had another shoot. This time for Andrew Keenan-Bolger, one of the stars of NEWSIES on Broadway, which Con and I saw just a couple weeks ago.
Newsies officially opened a week or so ago (we saw it when it was still in previews) and it has gotten rave reviews!
Not only is Andrew a talented actor/singer/gimpy-dancer (he plays Crutchie in the show), but he's a director as well.
Here's a video he made about Newsies' Opening Night: Behind the Scenes.
I'm so happy for him and the rest of the cast, because this is a really exciting moment in their lives. For most of them, it's their Broadway debut. And the press and excitement surrounding this show has been insane. And you can just see the joy in their performances.
I'm pretty positive he'll be a household name soon enough. And he's just SO nice!
And here's another video he made, about the making of the Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Album, which was just released to iTunes today!
I already downloaded it. Obsessed.
I shot Topher at the end of last week. He had flown in from St. Louis and spent 48 hours in NYC, to get his session taken care of.
Quite a versatile actor this one is.
And then today I shot Michelle and her daughter Natalie, both professional dancers.
They flew in from North Carolina last night, shot with me this morning and are leaving tonight.
AND THEN (no and then!) this afternoon I had another shoot. This time for Andrew Keenan-Bolger, one of the stars of NEWSIES on Broadway, which Con and I saw just a couple weeks ago.
Newsies officially opened a week or so ago (we saw it when it was still in previews) and it has gotten rave reviews!
Not only is Andrew a talented actor/singer/gimpy-dancer (he plays Crutchie in the show), but he's a director as well.
Here's a video he made about Newsies' Opening Night: Behind the Scenes.
I'm so happy for him and the rest of the cast, because this is a really exciting moment in their lives. For most of them, it's their Broadway debut. And the press and excitement surrounding this show has been insane. And you can just see the joy in their performances.
I'm pretty positive he'll be a household name soon enough. And he's just SO nice!
And here's another video he made, about the making of the Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Album, which was just released to iTunes today!
I already downloaded it. Obsessed.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Art, FreeChicken, and Celebrity Sighting
Megoon invited me to the opening of photographer Alex Prager's show in Chelsea.
The photos were pretty cool. They were all to do with the theme "Can't Look Away".
Afterwards we went up to Columbia (so pretty!) for Business School Happy Hour.
CBS (Columbia Business School) hosts weekly free eat and drink-a-thons for its students and their friends. It's always mayhem and delicious.
We got to the end of the foodline though and were told they had run out of free chicken.
Because this wasn't just ANY free chicken. It was HILL COUNTRY FRIED FREECHICKEN.
We were SO SAD.
But then... we went to the bar....and saw that one of the bartendresses had stockpiled a plate of freechicken behind the bar.
About half an hour and 3 trips to the bar later I noticed that the skinny barlady was not touching her stockpiled chicken.
So I waved a soggy five-dollar bill in her face and offered to buy a piece of freechicken from her.
She said, "Oh! You can just have it..." And handed me THE ENTIRE PLATE.
You don't understand. People were waiting in line in the other room for the fried freechicken, and were SO UPSET when they found out that they had run out. This was the last of the freechicken and there were hundreds of hungrypeople at the event. P
People in NYC are too cool and proud to ask for someone else's secondhand freechicken, even though they all would gladly eat it. Luckily. I AM NOT PROUD.
I asked for the freechicken. AND I RECEIVED THE FREECHICKEN!!!!!
We ran outside and found a private table away from the staring jealous hungryfaces and destroyed our freechicken.
Then as we left, we noticed a filming taking place.
We ventured closer and there were lots of gathered peoples.
Who could it be? Who could it be?
IT WAS HARRIOUS POTTERMAN!!!!
Not fully satisfied, we went to a beerhall and ate sausages.
Then I ended up at some Brazilian joint w/ Kayvon and Katie and Semmesey, in town from NOLA.
The pomegranate caiparinha was HEAVEN.
The photos were pretty cool. They were all to do with the theme "Can't Look Away".
Afterwards we went up to Columbia (so pretty!) for Business School Happy Hour.
CBS (Columbia Business School) hosts weekly free eat and drink-a-thons for its students and their friends. It's always mayhem and delicious.
We got to the end of the foodline though and were told they had run out of free chicken.
Because this wasn't just ANY free chicken. It was HILL COUNTRY FRIED FREECHICKEN.
We were SO SAD.
But then... we went to the bar....and saw that one of the bartendresses had stockpiled a plate of freechicken behind the bar.
About half an hour and 3 trips to the bar later I noticed that the skinny barlady was not touching her stockpiled chicken.
So I waved a soggy five-dollar bill in her face and offered to buy a piece of freechicken from her.
She said, "Oh! You can just have it..." And handed me THE ENTIRE PLATE.
You don't understand. People were waiting in line in the other room for the fried freechicken, and were SO UPSET when they found out that they had run out. This was the last of the freechicken and there were hundreds of hungrypeople at the event. P
People in NYC are too cool and proud to ask for someone else's secondhand freechicken, even though they all would gladly eat it. Luckily. I AM NOT PROUD.
I asked for the freechicken. AND I RECEIVED THE FREECHICKEN!!!!!
We ran outside and found a private table away from the staring jealous hungryfaces and destroyed our freechicken.
Then as we left, we noticed a filming taking place.
We ventured closer and there were lots of gathered peoples.
Who could it be? Who could it be?
IT WAS HARRIOUS POTTERMAN!!!!
Not fully satisfied, we went to a beerhall and ate sausages.
Then I ended up at some Brazilian joint w/ Kayvon and Katie and Semmesey, in town from NOLA.
The pomegranate caiparinha was HEAVEN.
Make It Count
Max just completed this new video. It's f*cking amazing.
Nike asked him and his friend Casey to make a movie about what it means to "Make It Count".
Instead they used the entire budget to travel around the world until the money ran out.
It took ten days.
Hope this inspires you!
Nice work Max! You are so talented.
Here's a great article about the adventure:
http://tnw.to/1Dyci
Nike asked him and his friend Casey to make a movie about what it means to "Make It Count".
Instead they used the entire budget to travel around the world until the money ran out.
It took ten days.
Hope this inspires you!
Nice work Max! You are so talented.
Here's a great article about the adventure:
http://tnw.to/1Dyci
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Oh NYC...
Some crazy screaming obese lady with a big catface on her sweater just tried to get in my car while I was parking and I had to scream "THIS ISN'T A FUCKING TAXI" to her three times while she was telling me where to go before she finally got it and got out.
I love New York.
I love New York.
Monday, April 2, 2012
RAINBOW STORM / Diana's Bachelorette
Jesse, Will, Smileyjohn and I rolled into Palm Springs on Saturday afternoon to join in on Diana's Bachelorette celebration.
We checked into our room at the Renaissance, a gorgeous resort hotel.
And we spent a good hour or two dancing around our hotel room and being really really gay.
Then we stopped at a Jewish deli for giant sandwiches.
And then it was on to the pretty little house Diana and her ladyfriends had rented for the weekend for a little preparty.
Originally our entrance was supposed to be a surprise...but some awful secret-keeper failed to keep it a secret.
Diana love love LOVES the gays, as you can probably tell from her frequent appearances when we go gay dancing. So the theme for the night was RAINBOW.
Our preparty was super fun. We decorated the bride-to-be in the usual phallic accoutrements.
And we stood around and played several rounds of Never Have I Ever "It's gotta be SEXUAL!!!" edition as we eagerly awaited the arrival of some "special guests".
Finally our guests, the strippers, arrived.
We had ordered them from www.palmspringsstrippers.com and hand-picked "Drew" and "Travis" to appear.
But upon arrival, it was VERY clear that neither of our visitors were Drew or Travis.
And one of the strippers was SO FAT and REFUSED to take off his shirt, saying "I'm so out of shape." To which we responded, "Then WHY are you HERE?!?!?" It was ridiculous that he had the audacity to even show up AND that he expected to be paid. It made for a funny story though.
In fact...a couple weeks before, I had been ichatting with Jesse and we had said:
me: wouldn't it be HILARIOUS
if he was hideous
6:26 PM
and he tries to dance on everyone
and each person who he goes up to is like ewww! ewww! get away!!!
Jesse: and we all SHRIEK!!!
me: HAHHAHAHHAHA
Jesse: lol
omg!
me: like he's a cockraoach!!!
me: hahahahahhaa
Jesse: lol
omg
dennis!
And that's pretty much EXACTLY what happened.
Obviously these pictures are going to be froggified.
But you can kind of get idea of what went down.
SO we had one FAT STRIPPER. And then the other stripper was a HOMOPHOBE. He refused to make eye contact with any of the boys. After about half an hour we asked them to leave. Never in my life would I ever have thought I'd be asking a stripper to LEAVE!
.............
From there we cabbed it to Hunter's. A fun dancey bar.
I was gesturing wildly and accidentally poked Jesse right in the eyeball. Literally I felt it squish. It was so gross. That's why he's squinting in this group picture.
We loves a rainbow storm!
There were so many girls and names to remember that we came up with the funniest nicknames for everyone. Sunshine...Azul....Coral....Macy...Katinka....Jeeem...
Late arrivals Danny and Steven were a welcome addition as always.
All us boys wore capes by the way. And EVERYONE was SO JEALOUS.
And then came the RAINBOW STORM!
It followed Lady Di everywhere she went.
So amazing.
And Will channeled Erykah Badu.
"I LOVE GAYS!!!!!!!!"
We just danced and danced and danced and acted SILLY.
It was SO FUN.
---------------------------------
Some other hilarious quotes of the night.
"I'm actually a really successful realtor. I've love to come back when I'm in shape and show you what I can do." -The Fat Stripper
"Yeah right...BUH-BYE!!!!" -Jesse
"I only want to sleep under a rainbow!"
"I'm really nice....TO YOUR FACE." -what Smileyjohn's tagline would be if we were in a reality show
"We don't NEED to be the center of attention...we just ARE!" -what Jesse's would be
"Rainbow storm!!!!! Rainbow storm!!!!"
"D-I-N. DIANA!" (cheered to the tune of Madonna's "Gimme All Your Luvin")
"SmileyJohn, you're SO smart but then you say something totally stupid like that Coral is a shade of blue... give us back your Ph.D!"
"Wait....you have other gays?!?!?!" (to Diana when we found out other gays were attending)
"Oh they're from work? That's ok. Every workday needs a work gay!"
"We LOVES Lulu!!!" (30 minutes later) "We HATE Lulu!!!!"
At brunch the next day we sat separately from the girls because we weren't sure if maybe they had overloaded on Gay and if Diana suddenly woke up and realized that she HATES gays.
But no...she still loves us.
Happy Bachelorette Lady Di!
We checked into our room at the Renaissance, a gorgeous resort hotel.
And we spent a good hour or two dancing around our hotel room and being really really gay.
Then we stopped at a Jewish deli for giant sandwiches.
And then it was on to the pretty little house Diana and her ladyfriends had rented for the weekend for a little preparty.
Originally our entrance was supposed to be a surprise...but some awful secret-keeper failed to keep it a secret.
Diana love love LOVES the gays, as you can probably tell from her frequent appearances when we go gay dancing. So the theme for the night was RAINBOW.
Our preparty was super fun. We decorated the bride-to-be in the usual phallic accoutrements.
And we stood around and played several rounds of Never Have I Ever "It's gotta be SEXUAL!!!" edition as we eagerly awaited the arrival of some "special guests".
Finally our guests, the strippers, arrived.
We had ordered them from www.palmspringsstrippers.com and hand-picked "Drew" and "Travis" to appear.
But upon arrival, it was VERY clear that neither of our visitors were Drew or Travis.
And one of the strippers was SO FAT and REFUSED to take off his shirt, saying "I'm so out of shape." To which we responded, "Then WHY are you HERE?!?!?" It was ridiculous that he had the audacity to even show up AND that he expected to be paid. It made for a funny story though.
In fact...a couple weeks before, I had been ichatting with Jesse and we had said:
me: wouldn't it be HILARIOUS
if he was hideous
6:26 PM
and he tries to dance on everyone
and each person who he goes up to is like ewww! ewww! get away!!!
Jesse: and we all SHRIEK!!!
me: HAHHAHAHHAHA
Jesse: lol
omg!
me: like he's a cockraoach!!!
me: hahahahahhaa
Jesse: lol
omg
dennis!
And that's pretty much EXACTLY what happened.
Obviously these pictures are going to be froggified.
But you can kind of get idea of what went down.
SO we had one FAT STRIPPER. And then the other stripper was a HOMOPHOBE. He refused to make eye contact with any of the boys. After about half an hour we asked them to leave. Never in my life would I ever have thought I'd be asking a stripper to LEAVE!
.............
From there we cabbed it to Hunter's. A fun dancey bar.
I was gesturing wildly and accidentally poked Jesse right in the eyeball. Literally I felt it squish. It was so gross. That's why he's squinting in this group picture.
We loves a rainbow storm!
There were so many girls and names to remember that we came up with the funniest nicknames for everyone. Sunshine...Azul....Coral....Macy...Katinka....Jeeem...
Late arrivals Danny and Steven were a welcome addition as always.
All us boys wore capes by the way. And EVERYONE was SO JEALOUS.
And then came the RAINBOW STORM!
It followed Lady Di everywhere she went.
So amazing.
And Will channeled Erykah Badu.
"I LOVE GAYS!!!!!!!!"
We just danced and danced and danced and acted SILLY.
It was SO FUN.
---------------------------------
Some other hilarious quotes of the night.
"I'm actually a really successful realtor. I've love to come back when I'm in shape and show you what I can do." -The Fat Stripper
"Yeah right...BUH-BYE!!!!" -Jesse
"I only want to sleep under a rainbow!"
"I'm really nice....TO YOUR FACE." -what Smileyjohn's tagline would be if we were in a reality show
"We don't NEED to be the center of attention...we just ARE!" -what Jesse's would be
"Rainbow storm!!!!! Rainbow storm!!!!"
"D-I-N. DIANA!" (cheered to the tune of Madonna's "Gimme All Your Luvin")
"SmileyJohn, you're SO smart but then you say something totally stupid like that Coral is a shade of blue... give us back your Ph.D!"
"Wait....you have other gays?!?!?!" (to Diana when we found out other gays were attending)
"Oh they're from work? That's ok. Every workday needs a work gay!"
"We LOVES Lulu!!!" (30 minutes later) "We HATE Lulu!!!!"
At brunch the next day we sat separately from the girls because we weren't sure if maybe they had overloaded on Gay and if Diana suddenly woke up and realized that she HATES gays.
But no...she still loves us.
Happy Bachelorette Lady Di!
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