Behind The Scenes

Here are some BTS videos of past shoots.

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Working on an experiment which could either be really cool, or a complete disaster. ;)
Last one from the set of Liberty images! We are in front of the Queen's residence in Scotland, and it had just rained about an hour before.
Here's another shot of Liberty. This one is from the streets of Edinburgh. Actually, they are all from Edinburgh. I don’t know why I said London in that last one 😊
While we were in London this summer I got the chance to take some senior photos of my beautiful niece, Liberty! Here's one of my favorites. We drove around and around until we found a red phone booth we liked :)
Here’s a new painting I’ve started involving a brick wall and a lot of letters. It’s a 12”x36” on wood panel, which is definitely an odd size. I’ve only done one other painting at this size before. I’m very excited though as this piece has a really special meaning to some wonderful people!
I picked up a lighted magnifying glass and it’s making a big difference in getting the small detail work done. However if you ever catch me using it to look at a TV Guide, shoot me.
Almost done with the background elements on this painting. I’ll have it all wrapped up this week, and then it’s on to ... the next painting! (I feel like Santa from “Elf” when I say that).
So, the studio is a complete disaster right now, which is what always happens when I get deep into paint mode. I will have to force myself later today to clean :) In the meantime, things are progressing nicely on the 2017 version of "I Can't Stand You At All". Originally I had planned to have it finished this week, but apparently I have to do something called 'sleep', which is really annoying 😀
Looking at my painting of “Hipster Santa” from a few years ago, he’s already out of date because his headphones aren’t wireless! Time to add him to my ‘redo’ list for 2017. :)
If you are ever in a bind for what to do with your Christmas card, I always recommend showing your family delivering presents. It’s easy, and it works every time! For this family we photographed the gift delivery on a stand-up paddle board. The paddle board was in front of their house in the grass. The family even brought along empty boxes of presents for us to use!
Look how small this piece is! It's the toy we used for the Battlestar Galactica Christmas card I just posted. Is that crazy??
I was super-excited to create this Battlestar Galactica themed Christmas card a few years ago. I was even more excited when Olympia and Frank went 'classic' with their 70's era Viper! :) The next picture I post here will be the 'toy' we used for the Viper - you won't believe how small it is!
This Christmas card was photographed in my studio in southwest Austin. Each person stood on a little mound of dirt, which I later re-colored to match the beach setting. You'd be surprised how little dirt you actually need to do this - I think it was maybe 2 feet by 2 feet.
This card is, obviously, "The Nutcracker" :) This was a fun one, as it’s always easy to get great expressions out of this family! Coincidentally I had never seen The Nutcracker show until about a week after creating this card. The background was a miniature snow scene I made in the studio, and I added some out of focus shots I took of marbles to get a great glow in the background.