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the turn @ longhorns 7/31
This was my very last shoot before ‘closing’ for the month of August. A perfect way to end the season with some great music from my favorite band!
Needed some new pictures of them for some posters, cards and other advertising stuff that I’m working on for them.
They are SO rock n roll!
The crowd loves them!
Adding to my collection…
So, not only were they my last shoot before closing up, they are going to be my first shoot back to work! Perfect!!
To see all of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
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7 for Sunday
Ok, I haven’t dissapeared off the face of the planet. Just been busy and have no new shoot to post (I do have shoots to edit however- 12 of them to be exact- but don’t have anything new done to post yet). So, here’s a 7 for Sunday post to tide you blog stalkers over til I can post something new.
Pictures of the sunset thrown in for your viewing pleasure…
1. I am officially ON VACATION!! No more shoots until September!!!!! And although my calendar says that bsquared is closed for August, that’s not entirely true. I’m just not shooting, but still have plenty of editing, paperwork, scheduling shoots, emails to answer, shoots to post, holiday cards to post, etc. So I’ll be working, but not shooting. Today was the first day I went to the beach on a Saturday (and not for a shoot) this year. It was fabulous!
2. My last shoot (Friday night) was the perfect way to end the year so far. I did a little shoot for The Turn. Brian and Pat were in town playing and we needed some new pictures for upcoming posters and promo cards. They are just getting better and better and rocked the hell out of the crowd at Longhorns. I can’t wait til my birthday party where the whole band will be playing! Here’s a little sneak peek :
3. I was brushing Timmy’s hair in the mirror friday night after his tub. He took one look at himself and said “yeaaaaaaahh”. The kid cracks me up.
4. Visited with an old friend on Friday (friday was a very busy day). He was on Long Island and came by for a visit. It was so great catching up and reliving old memories. I love that there’s someone else who gets things from the past that no one else does. We’ve been friends since I’m 15 years old. That’s a lot of memories. Wish I had taken a picture but I was so busy visiting that I forgot!
5. Fished out some old notes from high school for the above visit for laughs. And it made me realize how sad it is that this generation will not have notes and letters to save (and I saved everything) from friends. Everything is email and texting. Even pictures are mostly digital- on phones, on computers. The pictures and notes I dug up are priceless to me. I even found two from my friend John Crapo who died this year unexpectedly. Now that’s all that’s left of him because I never saved any of the emails we exchanged later in life. Sad.
6. We will be leaving on the annual baseball trip on Monday for about a week. Yes, I am going. No, I am not happy about it. At all. We will be visiting Pittsburgh, Cinncinatti, Clevland & Detroit with baseball games at each location. Bet your ass I’m bringing the Kindle. There will be significant reading in each park cause that’s the only thing I can do there without attempting suicide. The only high points: visiting the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and The Christmas Story house (yes, Ralphie’s house with the leg lamp in the window) in Cleveland, and seeing our friends in Michigan. But that’s it. I’ll most likely be on FB non stop. And checking emails. So send me something good to read so I’m not ripping my hair out. Why couldn’t we like Hockey instead? That, I would love!
7. From January-July 2009, I have shot 97 different families/events/occassions. I have now booked 52 shoots so far for the fall with spaces still available and some pending bookings. Holy crap. No wonder I’m so tired.
I am hoping to still be posting while I’m away. I’m working on editing some shoots to schedule to post automatically, so keep checking back my loyal blog stalkers.
And one thought/beth trivia to leave you with: those fake, limparmed, barelythere hugs suck and frankly, piss me off. Give me a real hug with a squeeze anytime!
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the turn @ arctica nyc
Went last week to catch my favorite band at another 3rd Ave. gig in the city. But this time, it was the full band playing which is always a great show. Ends up that Arctica liked them so much that The Turn was offered an ongoing gig with the full band for something like 7 dates this summer. So awesome!
A few favorites (there are always so many) from the evening.
The collection is growing. All pictures taken during Sex on Fire.
To see all of the images from Arctica, please click HERE.
And here are some advertising materials Brian, Eric & I have been working on. More to come soon- they’re making the rounds and playing hard.
A 11×17 poster for upcoming acoustic Van Diemens shows.
A 5×7 glossy ‘calendar card’ for all their upcoming appearances:
See you at show along the way, I hope.
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the turn @ van diemens- nyc
The Turn has been staging a takeover of 3rd Ave in Manhattan (mostly between 27th and 28th Streets). This is one of their stops on the stretch where they recently rocked it for Pat’s monthlong birthday celebration.
Everyone had a great time (I even dragged Nelson in with me and we had just enough time to grab a quick sushi dinner at a cool place right next door to the bar) and thoroughly enjoyed the show.
Still doing lots of work for the band for advertising. Here’s a recent poster we put together for an upcoming show.
More Turn coming really soon. A full band show at Artica from last night and some new advertising materials too.
Going into the city to see them play is always so fun for me! Seriously, I have the best job ever!!
To see more pictures from The Turn at Van Diemen’s, please click HERE.
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the turn @ the webb institute/webbstock
What a great day this was! Sitting at an old beautiful mansion on the great lawn, listening to The Turn sing and play away with the sun shining down (you remember the sun, don’t you?) and taking fabulous pictures all afternoon? =happiness. My job rocks (pun intended)!
I had never heard of the Webb Institute either, but it turned out to be an awesome place. It’s a very small (something like 90 students total) 4 year college in Glen Cove, New York. It’s an old mansion that at the behest of the owner was turned into a ship building FREE university. Brian got himself a shirt with some other info on it above. So, they have “Webbstock” (ya know, instead of Woodstock) every year with a number of different bands preforming throughout the day and evening. The Turn was invited and therefore I was too.
First thing you see after pulling in thru the gates, and the only thing I could think of to say even though there was no one in the car but me was “honey, I’m home…”
The view from the inside out and the back, including the three tiered backyard overlooking the sound. Uh huh.
So, it’s a little nice there, huh? Pat and I walked around to check out the place and take some pictures while Brian restrung his guitar.
Then they played for two hours or so. Awesome, of course.
Another for my collection.
On the way to the place, I saw this old abandoned gas station/garage and after my eyes lighting up, of course I begged the boys if we could stop on the way back out for a quick shoot there. They agreed and I think they are glad they did. I am!!
