Bruce Wayne Takes Central Park

Last Saturday the best friends and our new soon to be best friend and permanent gang member (The very innocent 50's-esq let's go hang out with the gang tonight kind of way. Not the let's go shoot up a school yard kind of way), Susan Waits and I had a lovely brunch. Afterwards we decided to enjoy some of the little surprising sunny weather New York decided to give us, by taking a walk in Central Park. Well of course this meant we had to go pick up Bruce Wayne. Susan's adorable little pup Bruce Wayne, of course. Let me tell you that cute little thing is the talk of the upper west side. Everybody in the park wanted to pet him or sniff him (the puppies, not the people) or plain take him home. Here are some shots of the wonderful smooshy face (this is his actual nickname not something I came up with). It totes fits though, don't you think? Oh and a shout out to Susan's mom, who apparently loved my past photo of the pup! I was inspired to do a shoot of the smooshy cause of you. :)

 

Look at that smooppy pants.

Pet and his owner!

Smooshy and his snow cat friend.

Oh, it's love.

Smooshy and the sunset. 

Little tug of war. 

Pup is pooped and glad to be in the warm apt.

OMG, somebody get this dog an agent.

Mara, My Jersey Girl Muse

This weekend I went photo crazy. I mean I usually have a camera in my hand but this weekend I had so many beautiful subjects at my disposal. The gorg and uber photogenic Mara Gannon who has become somewhat of a muse for me was over at the Apt Sunday for her Glenn Close/Fatal Attraction recreation. I knew I had to take advantage of her being out of Jersey and in front of my camera. The shoot was very raw and natural. She stripped down just a little and I worked with all natural light from my 2nd floor Harlem apartment window and my 50 mm lens. She was stunning (as always) and I'm really happy with what came out.

Recreating the Classics Part Deux!

I shot another batch of recreations this weekend. This round we did Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (classic in it's own right). Again, I had wonderful friends who fit the parts perfectly and my trusty bff by my side coaching them and other bestie manning the reflector. 

The gorgeous and brooding Solomon Shiv and the talented, Southern beauty (and bff) Brittany Bell Spencer.

The always fashionable KK Kelso rockin' the cig and fedora.

My photographic muse...the always willing to do anything I tell her to do and look good doing it, Mara Gannon.

Subway Series: #3

So, you know I love old people and I love taking photos of unsuspecting subway riders. Today I combined my two loves bringing you my Aging Gracefully and my Subway Series features together. Love! This lady was so striking. So much life in her face. I snapped two quick shots without looking before I had to get off the train. So lucky to have gotten this one.

Recreating the Classics....My Way

Currently I'm obsessed with old movies. Well I guess I've always been obsessed with them but recently I have actually been watching a lot of them. In old films every scene is such a perfect photograph. There is so much beauty and passion in every clip. I have been printing off these inspiring still images from classic films and hanging them in my room for personal inspiration. Inspiration in my life and of course in my photography. So of course like I always do I gathered several of my gorgeous and always willing friends and made them pose for me, recreating several scenes from said classic films. With the help of my right hand man and bff Zac, this past weekend we successfully recreated Judy Garland in A Star is Born, Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn in The Children's Hour and Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. My girls were FAB. Not only did they look the part put they took frame after frame until I was satisified which sometimes took a couple of hours. It was so much fun and I think they turned out really well. More to come....

 

The beautiful and talented Dana Colagiovanni.

 

The ridiculously stunning Stephanie Gibson-Chase.

 Gorg ladies Sarah Hill and Meghan Blalock who are giving serious face.

The Hook-up Conversations or the Best Valentine's Day Ever!

So, this weekend as you know was Valentine's Day. Gotta say not my fave holiday since it usually consists of me never celebrating with a significant other, wah wah. However, this V-day was totally different. One of my dear friends, the talented writer Jessie Rosen, wrote an amazing collection of monologues about relationships and dating and formed a show with them called The Hook-up Conversations. My bff Zac was the SM and my other bff Brittany was in the show and a whole gaggle of other friends from Effable Arts (the artist collective I am involved in) were involved. It was shmashazing to say the least. We laughed and cried at the amazing pieces and their performers and then drank copious amounts of alcohol. Best. Valentine's Day. Ever. Anyway, Friday before the big day there was a rehearsal for said show. I was there to capture some shots of the brilliant actors and a special one of the writer/director/fabulous human being herself, Miss Rosen. Trust!