Photographing the artists of The Seagull Project at ACT – A Contemporary Theatre   Here’s a fun look at one of my latest published shoots, ”The Seagull Project“. Special thanks to Truman Buffett for capturing these great moments from the set! In this first image, Ian Spires and I are taking the time to discuss the crop of the shot I wanted while the cast and designers patiently wait.  What was particularly challenging at this point in the shoot was to keep from going too wide on the shot – I didn’t want any lens distortion or lens flare from the lights.  But I did need to get wide enough to...

Photographing the artists of The Seagull Project at ACT – A Contemporary Theatre   Concept Shoot of “The Seagull Project”  in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull at ACT Theatre in Seattle.   The All-Star Cast of the shoot included Julie Briskman (actor and producer), Brandon J. Simmons (actor and producer), CT Doescher, Hannah Victoria Franklin, Mark Jenkins, Alexandra Tavares (actor and producer), Julie Jamieson, Peter Crook, John Abramson, John Bogar (actor and producer), Tyler Polumsky, producer Gavin Reub, and director John Langs (also ACT Theatre’s Associate Art Director). The Set was...

Photographing an artist of ACT – A Contemporary Theatre   Jumping Train Tracks with Trieu Tran This last spring, ACT Theatre asked me to join them down at Olympic Sculpture Park to photograph actor Trieu Tran (HBO series “The Newsroom” and blockbuster “Tropic Thunder“) for his upcoming play “Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam“.  The initial concept was to photograph him near the water with the Puget Sound and mountains behind him, but after a few minutes, I realized that the light was just not right. So I asked Trieu if he wouldn’t mind walking a bit further down the path with me and saw the...