The Poet

                                                                          

  I spent a recent morning with a poem  embodied as this beautiful lady.

                                                                               

Author and Poet Lilah Clay

                    

                                                                             

You can find her works here: Lilah's website

             

                                                                          

In the shade....

 
This year has been a flurry of theater shoots without a lot of time for other projects. I took a break to do a shoot with my assistant Mollie.

Marissa Godinez as Dorothy

 Promo shoot for the Maui OnStage production of the Wizard of Oz, opening November 23.                            

Ricky Jones as the Tin Man

             

Chris Kepler as the Scarecrow

               

Chino LaForge as the Lion

                  

 Sunday morning shoot at Rice Park, perfect weather!

                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                     

Maui OnStage Executive Director Alexis Dascoulias with the guys.

                                         

I now have the pleasure of shooting for all three theaters on Maui. I love the theater and people with the talent of acting. I get to spend time in the theaters and observe the actors perfecting their art, not a bad way to pass the time. My favorite thing to do is the production promo shoot. I did a green screen poster shoot for the upcoming MAPA production of Macbeth, my first Shakespeare shoot.

I'm not doing the poster but I couldn't resist doing a few composite photographs using the green screen shots of Macbeth (William Makozak) and Lady Macbeth (Beth Williams). I used elements from the photographs below to create the final images.

Old Maui High, Old Haiku Sugar Mill, concrete water tower legs from northern California and arches from Mission San Antonio de Padua in Jolon, CA.Three of the elements were combined to create these images of a bloody Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

 The arches were used in this B&W image of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Maui is lucky to have so many talented actors and three wonderful venues for them; MAPA and the Steppingstone Playhouse in Kahului, Maui On Stage and the Iao Theater in Wailuku, Proarts and the Proarts Theater in Kihei.

The lighting setup.

Something special in the colors and grace of koi.

Maui Fringe Festival

One of my new projects I've been having fun with is shooting different grasses and a few flowers, experimenting with natural light and flash. Here are a few shots from the series.

Third Friday celebration in Makawao town. Kit Kat club burlesque troupe on the stage in Casanova parking lot along with the fire dancer troupe Merkabah.


Face painting by Rachel Deboer and Melissa Bruck.






Kit Kat Club and Isa Hansen
















MERKABAH