Bands Making Music: Black Finger CD Release

Nothing makes me happier than knowing that I've gotten to where I am because I love what I do. When you love what you do, chances are you're going to connect with others who love what they do. The result of these connections is a mutual admiration of support and understanding. Saturday night I got to photograph some of the people who I am honored to know, and grateful to have the opportunity to photograph! Congrats to the members of Black Finger on their album release number THREE! Here are some images from the evening:

You can listen to or purchase their new album HERE


John Ralston's new guitar.


Sound guy at Elwood's in Delray Beach.


A candid moment...?


Black Finger members before the show begins


The "new" Elwood's. Apparently used to be a gas station.


Black Finger Members from Close to Far: Jesse Dalton, Sean Fernandez, Greg Lovell, and Andrew McAusland.



The Delray Beach venue, The New Elwood's.


Courtney! (She makes me laugh.)


Friend of the band, Ben Cecil, gets up to help sing the lyrics to "Cats in the Alley," which he wrote.


More performances by Marisa, Ben, Dan, and a trombone guy too. (Accurate reporting, I know...)


Jonathan Wilkins with John Ralston's new album, Shadows of the Summertime. The one with my photo on the front, remember?


Black Finger and friends! From LEFT: Dan Bonebrake, John Ralston, Sean, Marisa Dinino, Greg, Jesse, & Andy.

South Florida Musician: Chris Horgan

Recently had the opportunity to photograph Ft Lauderdale musician, Chris Horgan.


Spring is Afoot.



UPDATE: New Times just used the following image in a little article. CLICK HERE to read.
Reflection



We took the photos in Delray Beach as Chris was playing a show at Dada's later that eve. I've been there several times to photograph bands but hadn't there before, so I thought this would be a good chance to try the food. So Chris and I grabbed some food since he wasn't going to be playing for a couple hours. I was recommended to try the 7-cheese grilled cheese sandwich. This non-vegan yet still veggie sandwich was very good, accompanied by a tomato bisque. I didn't take a photo of the sandwich so instead here's a photo of some bread, cheese and tomatoes in homemade pizza formation that I made a couple nights ago:
(Yum!)

Bruise Cruise Fashion: Part One

What a day! I am very grateful to Aly Gore and Liam Milano, as well as Daniel Millay. Today I relinquished my camera to "model" a bit. More photos soon, but for now enjoy this silly one from today's shoot:


Me photographed as I re-enact the "Jack and Rose moment."

Bruise Cruise: ANTICIPATION!

Made the trek to Miami yesterday to get my passport in order. The form was the last of the paperwork to organize in the "I'm Never Changing my Name Again" file I'd made sometime close to my wedding in May.


Who knew there's so much involved??

The passport process was pretty simple considering there's only nine days until we set sail on the Bruise Cruise, and I'll have my amended passport in hand just two days* after I submitted the paperwork (*IF I want to drive back to Miami to pick it up.) I opted to receive it by mail so the worst part is awaiting for it to arrive in the mailbox. It SHOULD be here either Monday of Tuesday.

What are rockers supposed to wear on a Bahamas cruise anyway?
To help the time pass, my Bruise Cruise guest and friend Aly and I are doing a fashion photoshoot tomorrow featuring the clothes found at Kismet! I can't wait to see what Aly picked out for me to wear :)

In anticipation of the trip I posted this little video of my last visit to the Bahamas in 2007.
My dorky laugh makes me laugh every time I watch this.


The view.


Shark behind glass.

"Love Music" Maternity Session

I couldn't be happier with how the images turned out in my latest triple maternity session! These girls are all affiliated with John Ralston's Invisible Music which is why I wanted to do a music themed image. The lucky babies have already been exposed to some of the greatest music in South Florida ;) Just watch this Invisible Music clip as an example:



Do you agree?

p.s. The clip was filmed by Robert Rutherford, aka "Gingerman" Please check out more of his clips as he's got great dedication to filming what music is what here in S. Florida. He's also a nice guy.