Boston.com gives a nice preview of the just-started show at Central Square Theater.
I’m not sure what they did to my photo, but there it is.
There will be production photos soon, I promise! I was up all night last night getting them uploaded for the theater, so it’s gonna take me a while to wade through them all!
My tenure as resident photographer at Central Square Theater has finally come back around to being forefront (as much as I love the music gigs, the kinds of bands I run with can’t usually pay much).
Later this month, CST will be presenting Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East. I’m intrigued by this show, and based on the scene runs I saw yesterday, it should be great. All the actors have great chemistry together, which is something I love to see when shooting three weeks out from the final dress.
As per usual, we were in CST’s studio theater, which has notoriously bad lighting unless it’s set for a show. I basically get house lights and canisters, and those aren’t flattering at all, ever, namely in the shadowed faces under the awkward spacing of lights. I often deal with extremes in this space, because the lighting is so spotty. Images are usually overexposed or underexposed, and if they’ve not got exposure issues, you’d best pray that you captured the right moment, cause that’s what you’ve got.
Still, we did the best we could.
Boston.com reviews “A Moon for the Misbegotten”:
“…this cast is so strong, they break through any restrictions and transport us so that we feel a sense of absolution.”
A Moon for the Misbegotten started at Central Square Theater Thursday night - and plays through November 7!
Ack - I’m behind again!
Reviews have come out for Hound of the Baskervilles, and I’ve just been to busy to post:
Central Square Blog (ok, it’s a repost of the review from the Globe, but still!)
Hound of the Baskervilles plays through August 22 - and if you join the Central Square Theater Facebook Page, I’m fairly sure there are discount tickets available!
THE IMPROPER FRIGGIN BOSTONIAN!
I have no other words. (But can I just tell you how often I’ve tried to land a piece in the Improper at any of my other organizations?)
Boston.com reviews the Hound of the Baskervilles!
It’s not necessarily my favorite version of that photo - as you can see, Trent (left) is shadowed by the frame and his hat, and the expressions on the boys aren’t quite concrete and cohesive. You can tell this shot is a setup, rather than fluidly moving through a scene.
Oh well. It’s a credit!
This wasn’t a typical shoot for me - usually, I attend the final dress rehearsal and shoot the entire time. This time, however, I attended the dress on Tuesday, where we selected a few key scenes. Then last night, we did a few set-ups, ran some lines from said key scenes, and that was that. It was a little refreshing to change it up like that.
These guys are hilarious. The three of them easily shift between 16 characters, cracking puns all along. I had worked with Remo for the preview photos, so I knew he was expressive, but the other two really help round out the show.
The Hound of the Baskervilles started tonight at Central Square Theater, and plays through August 22.
The game is afoot!
Sorry, folks, I’m behind on life in general, but I’ll get caught up soon!
Last Thursday, I took some preview photos for The Hound of the Baskervilles playing Central Square Theater this summer. Now, I don’t know much about the show - other than it’s not your average Sherlock Holmes mystery. It’s a farce, with three actors playing more than a dozen roles, and it’s supposed to be rollickingly funny. I worked with Remo Airaldi, who had a blast, playing with the iconic Holmes props.
The hardest part of this shoot - other than the studio lighting, which is always a challenge - was keeping the right balance of magnified eyeball and normal sized face, all with keeping myself out of the reflection of the magnifying glass. But Remo was quite fun to work with - and I look forward to meeting the other guys at the photo call!
