Had the privilege of shooting production stills for the Winnipeg Studio Theatre musical SPRING AWAKENING this past week. The show runs from November 24 – December 3, 2011. I shot during the dress rehearsal and was “WOW” impressed. I can’t get the songs out of my head … “Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah… ” (These are actual lyrics … maybe one of the cast can tell me if I missed a “blah” !!!). But, if I’m mistaken, then so be it…. because “I don’t do sadness…” (LOL… that’s another song from the musical). Click on the link to learn more about the musical and how to get tickets. Thanks to the cast and crew for putting on a great show !! Thanks to my assistant, Andrew… who hid in the grassy knoll as my second shooter.

This Halloween Project was a chance to shoot with a few new models and reconnect with ones that I had worked with before. Initially, the plan was to involve 10-15 models for the shoot, but scheduling issues, elusive costumes, and last minute changes resulted in fewer models than originally thought. In the end, more may have been too many … and these nine models seemed “just right”. Thanks to everyone who put up with the repeated update messages, the costume-status inquiries, and the last minute scheduling craziness !!
The costumes are Lumberjack, Leprechaun, Bride, Emma Frost (X-Men), Nurse, Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), and Zombie.
The image posted here is “tiny”…. the full resolution JPG is 14758×18448 pixels … I need a faster PC !!! Time for a break before the next EVENT !!! Things can only get better… and BIGGER !!!

The Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg) presents the musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS from May 12 – 15, 2011 featuring an all-Dentist cast. I had the opportunity to shoot during a couple of the rehearsals and this image was featured in the May 11, 2011 Winnipeg Free Press article showcasing this fundraiser. This image, shot in the Saan Studio of the Prairie Theatre Exchange, features the two leads (Trish and Wally) of the musical. From what I saw of the rehearsals, this production looks and sounds DENTASTIC !!! Who knew Dentists could sing and dance ?!?!?! Apparently tickets are nearly all gone … so if you want to see for yourself, you better act quickly !

During the weekend of March 25-27, 2011 I had the opportunity to shoot (four) Fashion Shows and the Miss World of Wheels Pageant at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The annual Winnipeg WORLD OF WHEELS car show is one of North America’s premier “Hot Rod” events. Typically, I prefer to shoot such events with an assistant, but on this busy weekend … I was on my own. Fortunately, the Fashion Show and Pageant organizers had everything under control and this marked another successful year for team from RHS PROMOTIONS. I had the chance to meet some interesting people… and captured some nice images as well. You can see most of these images on my FaceBook page. If you LIKE it, then LIKE my page !! Thanks !!

Here’s an example of the beautiful bodypaint artistry by SamanthaWpg during the Central Canada ComicCon 2010 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Samantha painted model Grace at the Convention. This image was shot in Studio after the October 30, 2010 day of the show. This is just a small peek at the intricate artistry by Samantha. See more of her work on her website (http://www.samanthawpg.webs.com).