Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Feb 17, 2009, at 11:31 , Wes Medlin wrote:
Bruce,
If you're going to shoot theatre, you have to get in good with the
techs. Get to know the lighting people, the prop people, the
costumers, everyone. Not only is it good manners, but you can get some
good shots backstage as well.
Also, you will find some genuinely fascinating people lurking in the
dark behind the scenes. I warn you though, it's very easy to get
sucked into this world and never emerge. ;-)
Bruce...
Theater folk are wonderful people, and can be a lot of fun to work
with and be around.
But beware!
You can be sucked into their magic, and end up spending a great deal
of time at the expense of your real life.
A few free gives of your photos is OK to set the tone of your
relationship with a theater, but don't give in to the lovely ingenue
who flutters her lashes and sweet talks you into a portfolio. ( i have)
Wes and Joseph: I'm afraid I'm a total sucker for lash-fluttering from
ingenues of just about any degree of loveliness. :-)
Luckily for my time I don't travel in any circles that intersect with
theater people ... presently, anyhow. I've done some theater and stage
work in the distant past; once as stage manager, and one time as a sound
effects guy for a university production. It was marvelous, I completely
agree!
The kind of stuff I'm much more likely to accidentally volunteer for now
is in the music world. I shoot performers at an open-mic series put on
by a local arts society together in cooperation with the Metalworks
recording studio and school. It only costs me an evening a month, plus
of course $$$K for fast lenses and other photo bling. :-) Oh and hours
of photoshopping, but what the hell, I'd have been doing those things
for something or other anyway.
And a huge collection of sound effects, many that I recorded myself
(23 minutes of crackling fire, burbling brook, distant bells, clock
chimes). And many friends, most of whom have moved on or out of the
genre.
Yeah, I've still got some sound-effect LP's lying around somewhere. The
friends are probably the best part.
Volunteering, for me, opens doors to opportunities. My daytime job
(WiMAX broadband engineering) is completely unrelated to photography and
music so there's no conflict of interest, and it's just fun. But who
knows what any of these part-time curiosities *might* lead to? (It led
to a completely new career arc for my wife, but that's a whole other
story ...)
-bmw
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