2009 archives
Wow, ok. I’m finally getting caught up on blogs after my longest dry spell yet. One month and three days. That’s fairly large fraction of the blog’s entire lifespan. I used to freak out if I hadn’t posted in 36 hours. I also used to have slightly more free time. Anyway, enough about that. I’m [...]
Seattle is one of of my favorite cities on the planet. Not that I’ve been to many places on the planet. But Seattle currently stands as a favorite regardless. In college, I would take my spring breaks and, instead of going to the beach or on a cruise like everyone else, I would go to [...]
Tour day 2. We awaken in Chico, CA, greeted by heavy freezing rain. I am quickly becoming acquainted with how lovely winter touring conditions are in the northwest. We say our goodbyes to our gracious host Sara Rose and prepare to head on our way. We take a quick tour through downtown Chico, in which [...]
Greetings from Northern California. I’m writing to you from the back seat of the tourmobile, in the middle of a heavy rainstorm, en route to Oregon. The tour posse: Mark Growden – musical mastermind/reason why all of this is happening. Alex Kelly – cello prodigy/giggler/noise maker extraordinaire. Helena Price – record label representative/doer of business-related [...]
I have spent the last two weekends tagging along with some ridiculously cute and happy couples… makes me want to barf sunshine just thinking about it. I really couldn’t ask for better people to be honorary third wheel with. First round was with Kelly and Jim. I spent last Sunday with them shooting some engagement [...]
It finally happened. The event I’ve been working my tail off for, along with producer Will Chase, Porto Franco Records, among others. Mark Growden‘s CD Release was Friday. The sponsorships were secured, the programs were designed & printed, the last promotional waves were complete. I could relax… sort of. Relax enough to go receive my [...]
This is the last night I stay up til 4am working! The project I have been working on non-stop for weeks now, Mark Growden’s CD Release, is tonight. The theatre is almost sold out already, the CDs are packaged, the programs are designed and printed… everything is falling into place. It’s a great feeling. Everyone [...]
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I really can’t believe it’s November. I feel like it was just summertime. Perhaps because it was 80 degrees yesterday. I haven’t been running around quite as much in the last few days, so I don’t have a plethora of photos from different events and locations in San Francisco. This is probably good for me. [...]
So if you’re wondering what’s keeping me so busy these days… My most important project as of late is working as a project manager for Mark Growden‘s upcoming CD release show at the Cowell Theatre. I’ve put together a program that finds event contributors, then connects them to the SF arts community, using Mark’s show [...]
It was a weekend of festing. Tara and I decided that we would adventure to Pumpkin Fest on Saturday afternoon. I heard there would be a giant pumpkin, and I enjoy all food products involving pumpkin, so I figured it would be a good way to spend my time. Backed up in a surprising large [...]
Literally. This blog comes about two weeks late, but it’s still neat, so I feel like I should post it. This was a homework assignment. I was to experiment with white balance, and create a project that reflected what I had discovered. Kind of a broad assignment. I figured that since we obviously weren’t going [...]
To say I’m drained is a bit of an understatement. I’m working on a lot of projects and don’t have much time to breathe. They’re good projects though, I assure you. I will pull it off, I just won’t be sleeping much in the meantime. Things I’ve done lately: - Acquired new treats, including a [...]
After awaking from my 15-hour couch nap, I was onward to Phase 3 of my trip: hitching a ride to my hometown of New Bern, NC. My brother was off work for the night and offered to tote me. He would arrive at 1:00. This would all be great, if my belongings weren’t strewn all [...]
The primary reason I came back to Raleigh so soon, other than to catch up with old friends by wandering the streets of my hometown neighborhood (as I accomplished in my last post), was a wedding. My close friends Bill and Jessica are getting married. I met Bill while packing a giant van full of [...]
Greetings from North Carolina. I write to you as I wait patiently for 4:30 AM, the time I should awake and begin preparing to head to the airport. I have just finished up a week in my glorious home state. I arrived at approximately 9:49 AM Thursday morning. I had expected ample sleeping time on [...]
So I’m busy again. Like, more-busy-than-I’d-prefer-to-be type of busy. I suppose it’s a good problem to have, if you’re going to have a problem. I’m currently balancing full-time grad school work, full-time photogging, working at a PR firm, and doing some serious freelance PR/production work. I’m basically working on projects from 8 AM to midnight, [...]
So this week’s project was to take 25 photos of complete strangers. Since I did something similar for last week’s “A Day in the Life” project, I wanted to make this set particularly unique. What better way than to do my assignment at the Folsom Street Fair. I’m particularly proud of this set. I’m not [...]
If you kept up with my blogs over the summer, you know I spent a good portion of it touring the country with Tim Lytvinenko, Bowerbirds and Megafaun. It was quite an adventure. Tim and I took countless photos and recounted all of our adventures on welldonetour.com, the photo-site we created for the tour. It [...]
Man, it’s been a long two days. Quite a few great things have happened. 1 – I got 431 visits and 1,131 page views on my blog today. Seriously, WTF. I didn’t even post today, technically. I’m posting this first not because it is remotely the most interesting or important, but I found out approximately [...]
Another day in my not-so-normal life. I was voluntarily kidnapped on Saturday and taken to a few places I would have never otherwise found, including a random bulb of waterfront land in Berkeley, and a middle school. I tagged along to this bulb of note with friends Mark and Cherry. It was a bit of [...]
I have recently had the pleasure of experiencing the magic berry. I suppose the proper name would be “Synsepalum dulcificum.” These berries contain a protein that binds to the taste buds, temporarily causing sour and bitter foods to seem sweeter, thereby allowing you to easily eat foods otherwise inedible… So that’s what we did. My [...]
I finally went to the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) this week. I have been ecstatic that I live in a city that hosts such epic collections, but, even better – as an Academy of Art student, I get FREE admission. I also have homework assignments that require me going there. Tough life, [...]
It’s been a busy week. News in Helena’s life: - I am finally employed! After spending countless hours wandering around the city, handing resumes out at bars, scanning Craigslist incessantly, dealing with sheisty scammers, etc etc, my patience actually paid off. I will be working with Triple Point PR, a firm that builds campaigns for [...]
