radio show going forward

I haven't wanted to post much about the new radio show I'm producing, but I wanted to give an update of some sort here. I can't say where the show will be aired yet, or who the first few guests will be, because we're still working out syndication and some other things, but hopefully I can post that information soon. I'm almost afraid to jinx it, things seem to be going so well on this project. Cross your fingers!

The show is going to be called Light and Gravity. It is about photography and cinematography, but more generally about images and applied creativity. The "light" part of the title is pretty obviously relevant for photo and cinema, light is how you record images. The word "gravity" refers not to the Newtonian force, but to the importance of images as communication. We will be talking a lot about artist intent, editorial images, and viewer perception. In other words, it will be some pretty deep stuff.

Sandy Ramirez is going to co-host with me, and has been a big help in working to line up master photographers to interview. Currently looking for a cinematographer to join the on-air team.

The first few episodes should be done and ready for air in late February.

For each weekly one hour show we will have a main guest to interview live on the air, along with discussion of news from the photography, film, and creative arts worlds, and usually a pre-recorded feature or two. I'm up in the air about doing call-ins. We may take questions live from the forum on modelmayhem.com.

Ohrinthel is a fashion Yoda

edit: videos removed at source, broken links deleted from this post

Three Wishes

I'm going to be directing a one act play called "Three Wishes" to be performed during the Curan Reperatory Company's Notes from The Underground Festival in March. More details to follow.

Jackie's blog from Iraq

My friend Jackie is a defense contractor in Iraq, and she has been blogging about her activities from there. She has two videos up so far, feels a lot more real than the coverage from CNN etc.

Check it out here: http://www.defiantcompliance.com/

a short update

It has been a while since I posted here. With the holidays and a nasty cold finally over it's time to get back to work. What have I been up to?

I have a few test shoots scheduled for this week and next. One particularly interesting new girl at Supreme I'm really looking forward to working with.

I'm working on outlines for two screenplays. One is the StarFortress story about the polar bear that I have been working on since I was 18 which never seems to reach a satisfactory ending. The other is my take off on the Voltron cartoon series. I heard there is a live-action film in the works out in Hollywood, but the rumor web sites I've skimmed seem to indicate that the feature being developed is more or less Voltron in name and basic premise only, and not an expansion of the story already existent like what I am working on. These are both long term projects that I scratch on every once in a while when I have the inclination. I hope I finish both of them at some point and can send them out to studios, but at the moment they're largely just writing exercises.

I'm also kicking around an idea about producing a radio show that would deal with photography and cinematography. Sort of a guest of the week thing with leaders in cinema and commercial photography talking about how they think about their art and what is going on in that world. I don't really want to do a podcast, but it seems like that is the way to get these things launched lately. I'd much rather just make a pilot and send that out to syndicates like musicians send out demos to record labels. I have thought of the perfect name for it, but I'll hold off on making that public for the moment.

I'm having fun playing with a Pentax Optio A30 point and shoot digital camera that I picked up back in December. It's 10 megapixels and records decent video clips. Not perfect in low light conditions, but what digital camera is really.

I also picked up a second Hensel beauty dish when I got the new camera, but I haven't used it yet. I don't use Hensel lights, but the dishes fit my AlienBees kit lights well enough. No such luck on the ProFoto line.

My credentials were confirmed yesterday for the February 1-8 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week here in New York, so I'll be in the pit at the end of the runway again. You can see some of my Spring and Fall 2007 runway and backstage images in the runway image gallery on my website.