Video interview for Ashiatsu massage studio

Checking video and audio settings

It was my great pleasure to work again with Christina Meehan, of Sole Symphony Austin. After a great photo shoot (see the photos on her website) earlier this year, we moved forward with a video interview. The videos will describe Ashiatsu massage and Christina's specific offerings, and provide her website with more great content to help her business' target audience.

Video interviews provide an excellent way to have a conversation with your existing customers and prospective customers, and provide more detailed information on what you provide without being to "salesy".

Conducting a video interview

Her video interview will sprinkled with some of the still photographs we took before, samples of which are below.

Hands & feet during Ashiatsu

Enjoying an Ashiatsu session

Sole symphony Ashiatsu studio

Matt's Five Fave recent articles on photo/video/design and other cool stuff

These are five interesting or useful articles I've come across recently:

How to Look Good in Self-Portraits Using the Power of Angles

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation set, shot on a Nokia N8. - YouTube

• This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while - but I actually suggest watching the "Making of" video listed below, first.
  

Gulp. The making of. - YouTube

• The "Making of" video for Gulp - actually puts the Gulp video in context. Absolutely fantastic.
  

Portraits of People’s Lives by Looking Inside Their Refrigerators

• You might not ever look at your fridge - or anyone else's - the same way.
  

Cosmic Candid Camera: This is not an article but rather a blog. Follow my friend, John Langford, on his fantastic adventure around the world. He's in his early fifties, sold ALL of his possessions (except what fit in a backpack) and is now traveling the world having adventures. His photos, stories, and observations will peak your imagination, tickle your funny bone, and captivate you like few other blogs out there.

Canine chiaroscuro

Light areas, dark areas, and a fixated dog; what more could a photographer ask for?

Firefighter calendar kick off party & new video

Another photo from one of my sessions for the 2010 Austin Firefighters Calendar. My images will illustrate the March, April, May and January months. See my September postings for more photos.

The calendar release & signing party is this Thursday, November 12 at Cool River Cafe on Parmer starting at 6:30pm.

Below is a new version of my "behind-the-scenes" video from the calendar shoot (new music). It combines time-lapse footage plus stills from the sessions. Be sure to have your speakers on for the subtle background music.

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Video not working (or want to see it larger)? Click here for the YouTube posting

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009: Good enough to eat!

Let's see... I love food...I love photography...hmmm....

More Austin Firefighter Calendar samples

Here are samples of the other three firefighters I photographed for the 2009 Austin Firefighter Calendar (see the 8/26/09 posting for more info).

Coming soon: "behind-the-scenes" video of the photo shoots.

Photo for Sunday, April 12: Mayan calendar

Mayan calendar still life. The original PDA; great for farming and predicting cycles of the moon, but tough to carry around in your pocket.
For more samples of my work click here

Photo for Wednesday, April 08: Swans at exotic animal ranch

Black swans at the TDS Exotic Animal Ranch, Creedmor, TX. I saw a group of these black swans on a small pond after photographing a corporate event at the TDS facility.

Photo for Saturday, April 04: Trailside bike repair

Trailside mountain bike repair, Walnut Creek Park, Austin, TX. The spin of a wheel, a turn of an allen wrench; we're back to phat tire antics on the trail.
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Photo for Thursday, March 26: King Henry VIII & Pooch

Marilyn & Patches, portrait clients: A medieval pet's checklist; doggie-sized castle, check. Flea resistant chain-mail, check. Human dressed as old English king with more marriages than Elizabeth Taylor, check.

Photo for Wednesday, March 25: Reflection study

Reflection in water collected on a tarp, my backyard. Amazing that I found something interesting and beautiful in the disaster that is our backyard (we have black and blue tarps all over the ground to kill off a tenacious vine - our yard looks like a big bruise!).
For samples of my other photography work, click here

Photo for Wednesday, March 24: A bird in the bush...

A peacock from Mayfield Park, Austin, TX. The peacocks at Mayfield were in full regalia and ramping up to court the peahens. I was lucky to spy this one in the ground foliage. Lucky in that he wasn't up in the trees overhead (they are very large birds and walking below them provides them an easy target!).

Photo for March 22: Flower power

Flowering amaryllis, my backyard. Actually, this plant lives inside the house but I took it outside for the purposes of this photo. Don't worry, it was safely back inside during the hail storm we just had.

Photo for March 20: High school senior portrait

High school senior portrait. No big styrofoam grad year in my senior portraits!

For more samples of this type of work click here

Photo for March 11: Casual business headshot

Client headshot: Another sample of a casual business headshot.

Photo for March 7: Individual portrait

Client portrait session: A sample of an individual's portrait; taken at by the Deer Creek Ranch neighborhood pool on Anderson Mill

Photo for March 4: Shadow rider

Shadow play on a school wall. Getting exercise AND taking photos, what more could you ask for on a Wednesday afternoon. My couch potato legs sure were screaming!

Photo for March 2: Parking garage intrigue

Arboretum parking garage, Austin, TX: Was I walking to my car in an empty parking garage and suddenly heard a suspicious noise? Am I waiting for my connection? Was it 9:00pm and I needed to take my photo for the day? You decide...art is supposed to make you think, right?

Photo for February 18: Wiley's life as a dog

Wiley basking in the sun. Where exactly did the phrase "Working like a dog" come from?

Photo for February 15: Iron rail bridge

Iron rail bridge by I-10 westbound close to Sealy, TX. I took this shot yesterday on our return trip from Houston, however, I completely forgot to post it once I got home! We exited off I-10 and drove back on the two-way access road. There were a bit of gravel road that gave some closer access to the bridge. It was quite rustic, complete with the earthy odor of decaying deer and cow carcass. I was very fortunate; I had been on the lookout for the bridge and our stop happened to coincide with that wonderful end of day light. I love the juxtaposition of the angular and rigid iron beams with the curving shapes of the deadvine.