ThOURsday
September 4, 2008 | Filed Under TOURsday | Leave a Comment
Since this week was a short week, TOURsday snuck up on me and it had to be postponed until ThOURsday.
{1} First up, some awesome photography. Every time I think I have a handle on this whole photography thing I see some photos that totally rock my world.
{a} Erik Boker’s Product Dissections. Having studied marketing and advertising, I’m kind of a dork about it. I love good branding, good design, and a clever marketing campaign, and when it’s mixed with rockin’ photography it makes it that much more sweet.
{2} I was going to post a bunch of links about the insanity in St. Paul, but everything I read just frustrates me. Our city has literally gone insane and adrenaline is flying all over the place; I can’t wait until St. Paul is boring again (just jokes, just jokes). If you’re interested, though, MN Indy has a ton of coverage, as does The Uptake.{3} I’m heading up to my grand ol’ hometown of Pequot Lakes this weekend, so if you’re from there and you want to book a session, definitely let me know.
{4} For most of the day I’ve gotten lost in Nick Onken’s blog ShopTalk. He’s an awesome photographer and has some great resources on his blog for photographers. I was just scrolling through a bunch of it and found this:
He {Chase Jarvis} reminded me, that everything about this business stems from within. The original passion, to make the amazing images you desire to make is your livelyhood. It’s something I’ve always lived by, but tend to forget sometimes and easy to do so. If you do what you’re passionate about, and it seeps from your pores, people will see that. They’re keen to it and are attracted to it, no matter how geeky it may be. People like passionate people.
Are you kidding me? EXACTLY.
{Tour}
Take Back Labor Day {Slideshow}
September 3, 2008 | Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Are you ready for the slideshow? It’s HUGE this time to give you full viewing pleasure. I’m just hoping it doesn’t break our website. First, though, are some photos that didn’t make the preview yesterday but are some of my favorites from the day:
(My favorite shot to shoot yesterday was anything with the screen and once Mos Def came out the sun flare was PERFECT)
Well, hello.
All right, on to the slideshow!
You can also check out a full video from the concert on SEIU’s website.
The concert was superb and I’m so glad I was able to be a part of it. Our little Twin Cities are going absolutely crazy right now, so if you’re around be safe and try not to get pepper sprayed. I think I might move TOURsday to ThOURSday this week, so maybe tomorrow I’ll provide a bunch of links to all of the madness.
For now, though, enjoy the music.
Take Back Labor Day {Preview}
September 2, 2008 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments
While a bunch of insanity was happening across the river in downtown St. Paul, I was on Harriet Island capturing the Take Back Labor Day festival for SEIU.
First up was the SEIU press conference:
Then on to the music!
Slideshow to come!
{Music} Ruby Isle & Chris Koza
August 30, 2008 | Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Last night I rocked out to a couple different local rockstars. I started at the Kitty Cat Klub for a drink and some socializing, then headed over to the Varsity to catch Chris Koza.
After that I jetted back to the Kitty Cat to experience Ruby Isle, and they had turned the entire Kitty Cat Klub into a dance party.
The MN Photostars were out in full force last night. I was lucky enough to spend the evening capturing music moments with Mary, David, Stacy, and Jenn.
With the RNC kicking off it’s going to be a jam-packed weekend of lots of entertainment. I may be tempted by Spark 24 tonight, although 2am-6am is really late and I’m an old, old 25 now, so we shall see. On Monday I’m so excited to be able to be a part of the Take Back Labor Day show on Harriet Island and maybe, just maybe, I’ll get to see RATM even though I missed them at Lollapalooza.
Have a great weekend!
{sara}
Jay & Jen {Photo Booth Singles!}
August 29, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Photo Booth | Leave a Comment
Two of my favorite people in the whole world, Jay and Jen, got married a couple weeks ago and I was so stoked to be able to put a photo booth up at their after-partay at the Bryant Lake Bowl.
The slideshow’s not quite done yet, but I HAD to share some of the photos from the booth. Everyone rocked it!
It’s a mother-load of a post, so get ready. Congrats, Jay and Jen, I love you both!
{sara}
{Seniors} Procrastinator Special!
August 26, 2008 | Filed Under Seniors | Leave a Comment
Hola, seniors!
The summer is disappearing quickly (I know, we don’t want to talk about it, either), and we know that it’s hard to fit everything into our short Minnesota summers. We also know sometimes we all just wait until the last minute to do things, which is why we’re offering a little Procrastinator Special for senior portraits.
If you book before the end of August (in 1 week!), we’ll rock out 100 free wallets.
Don’t worry, the shoot can be anytime in the coming months, it just has to be booked before September 1st, and your $50 retainer needs to find it’s way to our studio by September 8th in order to hold your date.
We offer 2 different options with our sessions, either traditional or digital:
{Traditional}
$225
$100 of that comes back to you in the form of a print credit
{Digital}
$625
1 4×6 of each edited photo
A CD with all of the high res edited photos and a print release for personal use
{With Both Sessions}
2 photographers (Both Bee {Laura} and Tour {Sara})
2-3 hour photo session that can be done either in our studio, on location, or both for no extra fee
Unlimited outfit changes, looks, and poses
Full editing of images
A proofing party at our studio with special discounts on prints and products
A slideshow that will be posted right here on our blog
An online proofing and ordering gallery
Email us at {shootme@beetour.net} to book your shoot!
{TOURsday}
August 26, 2008 | Filed Under TOURsday | Leave a Comment
Happy TOURsday! Let’s get this thing rollin’!
{1} Last Tuesday we were able to celebrate with Tasha and Kristi of Dolce Studios as they opened their brand new studio in Excelsior. They’re studio is BEAUTIFUL and we are so excited for them!
{2} Tonight we’re holding the Part Deux of our MN Photostars get-togethers and I can’t wait to see everyone again, drink some BeeTinis, and geek out with some other photostars. Last time we had a blast at Town Talk.
{3} Yesterday I had a total downer of a day and on the way back from work I had to drive through downtown (which is always super fun during rush hour). I pulled up to a stoplight and there was a homeless man standing on the corner. First I was annoyed because I was in a super crabby mood, but then I pulled out $5, rolled down my window, and started talking to him. He kept going on and on about how generous I was and I just felt guilty because a) 34 seconds earlier I was frustrated with him and b) I didn’t have any more to give him.
{4} I woke up determined to make today a better day, so I’m just going to forget that as I was driving this morning the light rail passed me and the only thing it said on the side was “People without health insurance live sicker and die younger”. Well, all right. Thanks and good morning.
{5} Last weekend I went to Wausau with Nate and we stumbled across a Power Wheel and a Big Wheel:
Sarah & Tyge {Preview}
August 25, 2008 | Filed Under Photo Booth | 3 Comments
On Saturday we got to set up our crazy photo booth at Sarah and Tyge’s wedding. I’m still going through all of the photos, but wanted to give you all a little preview of what you’re in for. Slideshow coming soon, too!
Congrats, Sarah and Tyge!
{TOURsday} / The Return!
August 19, 2008 | Filed Under TOURsday | Leave a Comment
I’ve been super lame about keeping up with this TOURsday business, my apologies. But! It’s back! And bigger than ever!
* I hit up the zoo for the first time in a long time and the little tiny cuttlefish are now HUGE! Cuttlefish are my favorite animals in the history of animals, so it was cool to see them in their giant state.
* The reason we really went to the zoo was to see The Dark Knight at the Imax and man alive, it did not disappoint. I know everyone’s been talking about it and saying how great it is; but it really is an amazing film and there’s not much that could have made it better.
* I mentioned that I went to North Dakota for one of my best friend’s weddings a couple weeks ago. I was going through photos and found this one:
When we got to the hotel we stepped out of the car and almost got swept away in tornado-like winds:
* Lollapalooza has come and gone and I still haven’t really talked about it. It was a totally amazing time, though. We flew down to Chicago on Wednesday night to see the Melismatics kick ass at the Double Door. That night we stayed at the Dana Hotel, which is brand new and super beautiful. Thursday morning we packed up all of our stuff and made our way to the Hilton, where we stayed for the rest of the weekend. It wasn’t as nice as the Dana and they totally hosed me out of a bunch of money, but it was right on Grant Park, which was awesome.
Mitch (now referred to as Mitchapalooza) is a crazy Australian and is touring around the U.S. for 6 months. It just so happened that he was in Chicago at the exact same time we were, so we were able to hang out the entire time and after some frustrations we (by we I mean Steve and Mitchapalooza) found a 3-day pass for Lollapalooza for him.
My good friend, and roomate-that-was, Gabe drove down to Chicago and stayed with us, as well.
Steve and I quickly realized that we should have never introduced Mitchapalooza to Gabe because they are like twins and our livers are sucker punching us from the inside, still.
Of course the music was top notch. I saw Wilco for the first time:
They rocked my socks off, as did the Black Keys:
And Radiohead!!!!
The whole trip was a ton of fun; well, except for the 4 hour delayed flight on the way home, but I can deal with that. It was ridiculously hot all weekend, but we were hooked up with our VIP passes which meant we got to rock the LollaLounge with all the free food, drinks, water, and shade we could handle. AND air-conditioned bathrooms. KILLER.
* As you can see from the photos, Gabe’s beard was out of hand at Lolla, so when we got back it was top priority to deconstruct it.
Melismatics {Lollapalooza}
August 11, 2008 | Filed Under Music | 2 Comments
I’ve been totally MIA, but I promise I’ve been busy. Last week I jetted to Chicago for Lollapalooza, which rocked my socks off. Lolla had their Last Band Standing concert at the Double Door on Wednesday night and we were able to go cheer on local rockstars The Melismatics. They rocked the judges world and were given a Saturday time slot at Lollapalooza! They also played an in-store at FYE on Thursday, and the employees were still talking about it on Saturday at Lolla.
I’ll have a slideshow of all of my images from Lollapalooza pretty soon, but for now check out the Melismatics’ journey:
The folks at HowWasTheShow decided to give the Melismatics (and BeeTour) a little love, too, and we’re currently rockin’ the Photo of the Week.
