Los Angeles recap 2

"tower"

"pool portraits" thanks David Hockney

~More images from my digital class.  The palm tree and title comes from a scavenger hunt and the others from portrait of place.

"pool portraits"

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Los Angeles recap

 I've been trying to come to terms with the fact that I DO live in Los Angeles and have for the last 8 years. Feeling that I needed to come to terms with it, I've been working to take images that embrace the idea of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hollywood.  Now as I embrace it, it looks as if I may be on my way away from it for a little while.  Who knows where things may lead? Enjoy some of my favorite images.  They were for a class I took, hoping to change or kick start my photography.

The pictures from the Chinese Theatre was a stretch for me since street  photography and taking portraits of people is not my thing.  I like to think most of my photos are portraits of inanimate objects. -Prefering to capture architecture and still life more than people.

Since I don't have a gaggle of friends to take pics of anymore, I chose one of the biggest tourist spots I could think of in Los Angeles so I could have a camera and stalk strangers without incident.  It was a grey day and using a lens without auto focus was difficult but I had fun!

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Exciting Day in Media and Society

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Sound Walk

SoundWalk 2010-Hot and Cold by Erin Scott

So this weekend's Soundwalk in Long Beach was probably my greatest success for an installation so far.  It was also as close to performance as I was comfortable with.  The work involved sounds of me eating breakfast the week before--a variety of sounds of bowl themed food-oatmeal, cold cereal, and berries with yogurt.  Although I impressed or at least pleased myself with great recording while performing, I was also a little disturbed that it only took me 3-4 minutes to eat and that my stomach and mouth played as much a part as the bowl and the spoon!  The green and blue cup also made sounds of me preparing tea and slurping it up and also preparing a refreshing glass of ginger ale!

The one thing I missed which would have been a secondary element would have been to video tape the people interacting with the work.  Many folks thought they had to trigger something, some people sat at the table and others didn't think it was working and then would light up in recognition when they could hear the spoon scraping the bowl!

Here are past installations I've worked on!

Leave a Message (07)

Art Challenge  09

Birdhouse Gallery Show (08)

Birdhouse Gallery Show (08)

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My Work

I never knew the radio bug would hit with such a force.  I became passionate and to the point of junkie status pretty quick.  I came from a theatre background and after 10 plus years felt I had left it and wouldn't miss it.  I then took my love for audio to movie post production and ended up teaching what I knew about working post on independent shorts.  I was tired of moving gear for theatre and liked post audio where EVERYTHING was rack mounted.

Radio took the live element of theatre and rackmountedness of post and put the two together!  I also loved the fact that David Brown, host of Marketplace, was drinking a tab in the studio, had shoulder length hair, was wearing a KISS t shirt AND talking economics.

Here are some links to where my passion has taken me!

Marketplace Money Beer Brewer and Shoe Designer

Marketplace's Converstations from the Corner Office-Reynold Levy -- although I didn't edit this interview,  I traveled to NYC and  went to the Lincoln Center, collecting all ambient sound as well as the interview and the rehearsal hall music.

Stories Behind the Fur Podcasts

I hope you enjoy checking out these links... This past year, I've been working on a show called After Midnite on Saturdays and designed sound for 2 one actor plays called Blind Dates and Blank- which was Ovation nominated for overall production as well as doing post sound for a friends feature screening in Baltimore and that's what I did on my summer vacation!

This weekend I will be out for a 3 time doing Soundwalk in Long Beach with an art installation called Hot and Cold! _______________________ _________________________________

First Posting

Yes, I know, I know....I already have trouble posting to my current blog, why have another?
Since Stories Behind the Fur is strictly all things mascot, I have the need for a place to post anything I want.  My art, graphic design, rants, raves, culture observations and what nots--
Just another vanity blog!  Hooray! and I hope you enjoy...more excitement to come.  _______________________ _________________________________