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Day #137

ShareWednesday. Dallas. Texas. Sleep. Grassy Knoll. Mirror. Show. Mirror. I figured I would begin the random blog post with random words about the day. It’s Wednesday and I am in Dallas, TX. I slept a LOT. (but not on … Continue reading →

Day #136

16 May ’12

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ShareTuesday at the Music Hall in Fair Park here in Dallas, TX. The last time I was here with a show, the fair was here too. This time around, there is no fair, and for some reason I just pictured … Continue reading →

Day #135

14 May ’12

ShareMonday was mostly spent in the airport here in St. Louis, as I referenced in my last two catch-up posts. It was surprisingly awake and productive throughout the morning and early afternoon of flight delays thanks to the early load … Continue reading →

Day #134

13 May ’12

ShareSunday… (not really. It’s still Monday morning, I’m still at the airport in St. Louis, and our flight to Dallas is still delayed…) anyways, Sunday… was VERY civil. Two matinee load out’s in the last month is really making this … Continue reading →

Day #133

12 May ’12

ShareSaturday here in St. Louis, (ok… really it’s Monday morning and I’m sitting at the airport waiting for our delayed flight to take off)… Blogging a bit late this weekend after a few days of just not being motivated to … Continue reading →

Day #132

11 May ’12

ShareSuitcase Explosion! It’s been a whirlwind of different travel for the past month. So much so that when I got into St. Louis, I had no real control over my stuff. The 4 bags that I had re-packed in 6 … Continue reading →

Day #131

10 May ’12

Share Two shows here in St. Louis today. the first of which caused me to be in the theatre at 11:30am. While 11:30 may sound late to most people… for us, a 11:30 call time is an outright breakfast show. … Continue reading →

Day #130

9 May ’12

ShareSt. Louis has been the city FULL of animal photos. I started the day out at the St. Louis Art Museum in the center of Forest Park. With a headlining exhibit highlighting the theatricality of photography, it was something that … Continue reading →

Day #129

8 May ’12

ShareContinued with my “day off” attitude today, and managed to hang out and continue to watch the Law and Order marathon on USA until about 2pm when I decided to venture out for food. Managed to stumble on this image … Continue reading →

Day #128

7 May ’12

ShareTraditionally in the theatre industry Monday’s are ‘dark’ and therefore generally considered to be a day off. For those of us in the touring portion of the industry that is Broadway Theatre while Mondays are still ‘dark’, it is the … Continue reading →

Day #127

6 May ’12

ShareSoooo… the “super moon” was last night. I have to say that initially, I was a bit disappointed in myself that I didn’t care to set up camera(s) at all, but for some reason, I didn’t. I did come out … Continue reading →

Day #126

5 May ’12

ShareOne quick photo on the balcony of our hotel room overlooking the arch seems like such a simple thing… and yet… sometimes, it’s just not. After two attempts at taking this photo, and failing at getting my new flashes to … Continue reading →

Day #125

4 May ’12

ShareAn early start to the day here in St. Louis as Crystal and I woke up around 6:15 this morning… and just in time too… We awoke to storm clouds on the horizon, that quickly engulfed the downtown area, promising … Continue reading →

Day #124

3 May ’12

Share“Take me out to the ball game… Take me out to the crowd…” It was field trip day on the MEMPHIS tour as our “Huey” Bryan Fenkart was enlisted to throw out the “first pitch”. A sizable group of the … Continue reading →

Day #123

2 May ’12

ShareToday Crystal and I visited one of my favorite places here in St Louis… The ZOO. It amazes me that a zoo as nicely kept and as accredited as this one can be completely and totally free to visit. Relying … Continue reading →

Day #122

1 May ’12

ShareWell, I completely failed at a good photo today. Snapped a bracketed series of 3 photos of the arch this morning and pushed them through the HDR plugin to make an interesting stormy image of the iconic arch out our … Continue reading →

Day #121

30 Apr ’12

ShareAs is tradition (albeit self appointed tradition) I visited Pappy’s Smokehouse on Monday before load in here in St. Louis, Missouri’s Fox Theatre… Taking Crystal back for a second visit proved as incredible as it was the first time we … Continue reading →

Day #120

29 Apr ’12

ShareBack in Des Moines, Iowa for 1 final show before packing it up, jumping into the car, and making a b-line for St. Louis, Missouri. It’s been a whirlwind of a week here, and unfortunately, the next few days won’t … Continue reading →

Day #119

28 Apr ’12

ShareIt’s official. My Mom graduated with her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education on Saturday morning, and unbeknownst to her, as I was (intentionally) fumbling around with my camera my new Quadra flashes and a softbox to set up a … Continue reading →

Day #118

27 Apr ’12

ShareFlying Attempting to fly from Des Moines, Iowa to Detroit, Michigan today… not going so well thusfar. My 6:20am flight was delayed to 7:40… and then to 9:25… and then to 12:18… and last checked, it was scheduled to leave … Continue reading →

Day #117

26 Apr ’12

ShareHeaded back to Michigan tomorrow to visit with family and get away for a bit… I spent a good part of the day watching some free “how to better photograph” videos online before finally making it out to wander a … Continue reading →

Day #116

25 Apr ’12

ShareSpent the morning catching up on some missed TV episodes. It’s the little things like not being able to watch ‘prime-time’ TV that sometimes go unnoticed by outsiders that are unfortunately missed out by those of us working in this … Continue reading →

Day #115

24 Apr ’12

ShareLoad in continued today here in Des Moines. As you could probably tell from yesterday’s extra photo, it’s an interesting “theatre” here in Des Moines. (and I DO use theatre in the figurative sense of the word) It’s an indoor … Continue reading →

Day #114

23 Apr ’12

ShareAfter cramming myself into the two smallest most cramped seats on the Boeing 737, the back row window (where the seat doesn’t recline), and the window seat in front of the exit row (where the seat again doesn’t recline, and … Continue reading →

Day #113

22 Apr ’12

ShareThe important part of today’s photo isn’t the subject matter, I mean, as much as “blue moon” claims to be an artisan beer, and their advertisements portray the beer and its famous orange slice in oil paints, this bottle of … Continue reading →

Day #112

21 Apr ’12

ShareAnother amazing day with my fiancé here in Schenectady. Spent the morning working on some design type things for wedding invites… The more I work in Photoshop, the more I want to really learn graphics design and illustrator. Maybe I … Continue reading →