Friday afternoon in Baltimore, Maryland and 6 of us from the MEMPHIS tour set out to a warehouse in the Baltimore Arts District for an afternoon of dance, photography, and fun. As it turns out, it ended up being that and so much more; a great experience in a really cool venue with some amazing people… Continue reading
On January 26, 2012 I was browsing through a jewelry store in Raleigh, NC, just a short drive from Durham where MEMPHIS was performing for the week, and came across THE engagement ring… the PERFECT one for my best friend and soul-mate.
Having set up a mini-photo-studio for my raptor friend next to a railing that I had seen him perched on twice this afternoon, I left it untouched for almost an hour and followed this gorgeous bird around. As I was getting ready to pack everything up, the young red tail hawk that I had been following around the graveyard left his perch in the tree 50 yards away, swooping towards the railing at a pace much MUCH faster than I could keep up with. Running across towards the back entrance of the church, I knew exactly what was about to happen… Continue reading
Spending the first full week of 2012 back in Charlotte, North Carolina. The last time I was here I was on tour with Shrek the Musical and had the opportunity to transform the stage door theatre at the Blumenthal Center for the Performing Arts into a photo studio. Complete with white seamless paper and speedlights turned studio soft boxes, the cast of Shrek and I created some amazing portraits of the incredible characters in the show. Moments after delivering a thank-you gift, an autographed portrait of Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Lord Farquad from last time, to the Production Managers of the Blumenthal PAC I started to plan my next big photo project. Continue reading
Well, the Holiday Season is finally here, I have been so busy the last few weeks that they have absolutely FLOWN by. I have been updating all sorts of things here on my blog, on my website, www.dswalecphoto.com, and on another site that I have been setting up for a project in 2012. For now, I wanted to let you know that time-lapse videos that I have created throughout the last few years are finally up on my site… (with a few more from last years SHREK tour hopefully still be posted in the upcoming weeks.) The highlight of the time-lapse video’s is of the trip that I have been blogging about in my past 2 posts. Check the video out at the bottom of this post, and Happy Holidays! Continue reading
In total, the three of us ended up on the road, driving for a total of 11 of the 13 days and snapping photos along the way. In my last blog, we made it 5 1/2 days in. Just before arriving at what proved to be my favorite day of the trip, we spent our fifth night a bit further south and into north-western Colorado. Continue reading
