What an amazing night this was, full of familiar faces and unbelievable music! Karen Monte lit up the stage at the Berkeley Jazz School while debuting her newest venture into the sounds of electronic-jazz fusion. I decided to take a few pictures during the show, pulling in as much ambient light as possible for a soft, warm image. Balanced the ambient with some fill from my Canon 580 EX II on camera. To learn more about Karen, check out www.karenmonte.com.
Last week we did a shoot for a beautiful singer named Sherie Julianne Friedlander. Sherie was looking for some fun photography for her upcoming Brazilian music album. She is an extraordinary singer and is so much fun to see in concert – she really brings down the house! For her shoot, we wanted her to be bathed in a lot of soft light with soft shadows. To do this, we used two back lights on either side of the subject fitted with small shoot-thru umbrellas, a large softbox as the main front light, with a beauty dish for fill. She was so wonderful to shoot and I’m really looking forward to working with her again in the future!
We recently did some promotional photography for Jazz singer, Nicolas Bearde. Now that man can sing! Wow! I saw him perform a few weeks ago at Yoshi’s and was blown away by his incredible voice and killer stage presence. He was also fantastic to work with – a great sense of humor and so down to earth. I can’t wait to work with him more in the future! Make sure to check him out at www.nicolasbearde.com!
Congratulations to Ed Reed who just released is latest CD, The Song Is You! It is always wonderful to see our photography out there and I think his album turned out beautifully. For more information on Ed and to hear his new album, head over to edreedsings.com
