pole dancers and cocktails and condoms, oh my!

we had the unique privilege of shooting the afterparty for the 2011 santa monica vday event. vday events raise money and awareness for organizations that seek to end violence against women and girls worldwide. a performance of the play the vagina monologues was followed by an afterparty that featured drinks and music and food and dancing...some of it of the pole variety. it was a fun, festive occasion and we were happy to play our part.

march madness

it was the big playoff day on saturday, and the tar heels and the lions of the KARE youth league went out with a bang. aidan played some tenacious d (at least for a 5-year-old) and tyler hit lights out on some ill-advised but always thrilling 3-pointers. it was a fun season to watch. can't wait to see what baseball season holds in store!

Blog Day Afternoon

Yup, now we've been reduced to blogging about other blogs!

At the end of Janaury we had the honor of shooting the MADE UP Exhibit opening reception for Art Center College of Design. They've bloged about it, so I decided I'd blog about their blog about our photos!

http://blogs.artcenter.edu/dottedline/2011/02/07/making-up-2/

-Catherine

Brand X Files

Head to your local newsstand and pick up a copy of Brand X (Vol 2. No. 40 to be exact). A photo we took waaaaaaaaay back in 2009 ended up smack-dab on the cover!

For the shoot, we'd just expected to do group photos of the whole www.syynlabs.com gang. Little did we know that they'd bring a car trunk load of costumes, rubber chickens, plastic swords, Viking helmets and even a pair of giant green "HULK" fists too. Its great to photograph people who come ready to work hard for the camera, but just to be safe, we were sure to keep the guy with the Hulk fists AWAY from all the expensive camera gear.

hope your holidays...

were insanely fun! we're still in recovery mode, but normal transmissions will resume shortly.

happy 2011!

—4eyes