Photography in Austin, Texas
Just found out that our 2009 Christmas card won an honorable mention in the 2010 PPA Magazine Cover Contest! Yay for the Doggetts! There were about 5,000 entries, and kudos to Anthony Roslund for taking home the top prize!
Here’s the image below. Also, if you are interested in getting a cool Christmas card this year, now is the time. Head on over to AustinChristmasCards.com and check out the samples.
I felt inspired recently to create this image! If you are interested in a print, canvas or light panel, you can do so directly here.
Here’s a photo of Trevor, taken with the same set up we used for the ‘Infinity and Beyond‘ astronaut shot of Brandon.
Here’s a shot from over the weekend that was inspired by one of my favorite photographers, Brian Smith. Brian took a portrait of Richard Branson for Time magazine a while back, where Richard was dressed as an astronaut. The story was about Virgin Galactic’s plans for space flight.
I’ve known Brian for several years, probably going back to 2002 or 2003. When we moved to Austin, I was heavy into film scoring. Brian was teaching a class at U.T., so I signed up.
If you got into a conversation with Brian, he would describe himself more as a filmmaker than a music composer. He’s one of those guys that not only loves film music, but loves everything about film – the story, character development, production, all of it. He prefers writing for and recording live players in an intimate setting, which is a welcome departure from the sample-library-heavy stuff of today.
Hanging out for a few hours in his studio this week was a blast (we got into a detailed conversation about the movie Inception before I broke out any gear). It was a great opportunity to catch up, listen to some music, and try some crazy lighting ideas. I hope to do it again soon.
I had some fun yesterday with my friend Ben Sassani taking shots on the field at the University of Texas. It’s a very unique place, and you can’t help but be overcome with some Texas Pride when you walk across the 50. I’d love to shoot some of the players there!
Less than 2 months until the season kicks off!
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