John and Charly of the Cabiri

It is always fun and exciting to get a call from Charly asking me to work on a new concept photo for the Cabiri performance group.

John and Charly preparing for the photo session

We've done some fun underwater photos, we've gone to Mt Rainier in the snow, and we've documented shows. And now we get to work in the "studio" (the studio being the SANCA workspace, but I got to bring in lights and treat it as a location studio).

John Murphy

Charly McCreary

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Tech info: Speedotron strobes with a Westcott Apollo Orb and 12x50 Strip Light. First photo (overhead applying makeup) taken with an iPhone and ambient light in the studio. Big thanks to the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA) for providing the space to work in.

Winternacht by the Cabiri

It is always interesting to see what the Cabiri put together for their annual Ghost Games shows around the Halloween season. This year they presented Winternacht. You may remember that I made some photographs for them at Mt Rainier back in August.

The show introduced a new act from John Murphy using a set of chains. The show also featured a giant and a snow storm. The lighting for the show was done by Sara Torres (who doesn't have a web site yet, I'll add a link when she sets up a site). Emcee duties were handled wonderfully by Steffon Moody.

The Cabiri shows mix aerial, dance, story telling, mythology, light, and sound that educate as well as entertain. Here are a few of my favorite images from the show...

And the poster...

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Photos of the show were taken with a Canon 7D with these lenses: 85mm f/1.8, 135mm f/2.0, and 200mm f/2.8, all hand-held. Processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

WinterNacht

A few weeks ago I wrote about a quick Friday night trip to Mt. Rainier to make some photographs for a poster for an upcoming show. The poster has now been released, so I can talk more about it.

WinterNacht is the 2011 Ghost Game show by Seattle's Cabiri group, part of the Anunaki Project. Above is the poster for this year's show, which runs October 21 to 31 at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle. Below are some of the photos we made in producing this poster.

Note that we had a visitor pass through
the scene in this frame

This is the frame that was
used in the final poster

Please contact me if you are interested in working on a conceptual photo session for your next performance, CD, or any other project. You can see some other promotional pieces I've worked on at these links:

The Habit
Cabiri 2010 show
The Moisture Festival
Circus Contraption
Vertical Girl
Cafe Nordo

Thanks for taking a look!

Photos on Mount Rainier in August 2011

On friday evening I packed up a camera, lens, and tripod for a "quick" trip up to Paradise at Mt. Rainier with folks from the Cabiri performance group. Going into this I wasn't quite sure what to expect.

View from the car as we approached Paradise

We left Seattle around 4:30pm for the 2-1/2 hour drive. The day was already overcast, but that's what we were looking for (along with some snow). Things were lining up, we didn't even hit much traffic. As soon as we arrived at Paradise (a little after 7), we did a quick scouting walk to find the snow and a ridge line of trees in the fog. The temperature was quite mild and almost comfortable for the models.

Can't show you the images for the poster and mailer yet, but I will post them when they are published. In the meantime, here are some behind the scenes photos...

We got the fog we wanted. Now to go look for snow.

Have make-up brush, will travel!

I see snow up ahead

This is the poster and card that
resulted from this photo session