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Posing &<br />
Photographing<br />
Photographer<br />
Robert Camera<br />
August 2018
Behinds the Brush<br />
Misty Reavis<br />
p.4-7<br />
Cover Model<br />
Brittany Lynn<br />
p.16-21<br />
Art of Posing<br />
by Taylor Grey<br />
p.28-33<br />
Dallas Arts<br />
by Grayson Micaela<br />
p.56-57<br />
Euphoric Modeling<br />
p.61-62<br />
Model Tips<br />
by Harley Corwin<br />
p.65<br />
Photo Shoots<br />
by Rick Cutrer<br />
p.24-25<br />
Model<br />
Brittany Lynn<br />
Photographer<br />
Robert Camera<br />
NWI Glamour
Misty Reavis is a highly<br />
trained and published<br />
freelance hair and makeup<br />
artist.<br />
Misty Reavis<br />
While her career began in Northwest<br />
Arkansas, she has recently landed in<br />
the Omaha area. Her love for hair<br />
started at a very early age. In fourth<br />
grade, all the students were asked<br />
what they wanted to be when they<br />
grew up, Misty wanted to be a hair<br />
stylist. And since 1996, her passion<br />
blossomed into a career. Misty also<br />
found the love for makeup and that<br />
both went hand in hand with each<br />
other so she decided to get her<br />
degree in makeup artistry. She holds<br />
a cosmetology license in Arkansas,<br />
Nebraska, and in Iowa.
Misty loves working with all facial shapes<br />
and types, as well as hair types. Each<br />
individual is a blank canvas to create<br />
something with, whether it is her own<br />
vision or the vision of a photographer,<br />
model, designer, or bride. The end result<br />
has a story that needs to be told. Misty’s<br />
goal is to have a flawless application so the<br />
photographer spends less time using Photo<br />
Shop, and the individuals look like<br />
themselves and not an art project, unless<br />
of course that’s the plan of the project. No<br />
two people have the same hair and facial<br />
type which is what makes each individual<br />
client special and beautiful. She believes in<br />
using consultation techniques and both<br />
hair and makeup to achieve the end result.<br />
Misty communicates with her clients for<br />
direction on job specification including but<br />
not limited to, getting an outline of the<br />
client’s needs and following them to give<br />
the client satisfying results. She is also<br />
been known to get crafty for her clientele<br />
and make headpieces for photo shoots<br />
and/or for a bride’s hair piece for her<br />
special day.<br />
Misty has worked for Lancome cosmetics<br />
and has became a certified beauty advisor.<br />
She also had a short stint working for<br />
Benefit Cosmetics where she learned brow<br />
mapping as part of the waxing procedures.<br />
She is constantly continuing her education<br />
in both hair and makeup. She is a Master<br />
Colorist with Pravana. She is a certified<br />
Wella Color Correction Colorist.<br />
As well as certified with multiple Smoothing<br />
Treatment companies. She is certified in<br />
Disinfection and Sanitation, because let’s face<br />
it, no one wants to have dirty cosmetic brushes<br />
or makeup touching their face or dirty brushes<br />
being ran through their hair! If you don’t see<br />
your makeup artist using clean brushes or<br />
sanitizing them without call in between<br />
applications you are using the wrong<br />
professional! Misty is known for putting the<br />
client safety into consideration by observing<br />
safety procedures and avoiding certain<br />
chemicals that may have adverse reactions to<br />
the client’s hair and or face.<br />
Misty has worked closely with photographers in<br />
and out of several state photo shoots. She has<br />
worked with designers in and out of state for<br />
Runway shows. She was even asked to be a part<br />
of Raul ‘Rulli' Torres’s Northwest Arkansas<br />
Runway committee to help assist pick and<br />
choose other professional hair and makeup<br />
artist as well as models for his Runway shows<br />
when he held them in the area. She was a<br />
makeup artist for Northwest Arkansas Fashion<br />
Week for several years running, even making<br />
the drive from Omaha back to Arkansas to<br />
participate. Misty was recruited by sculpt talent<br />
agency out of Little Rock, Arkansas to assist<br />
with the hair and makeup gig for a company by<br />
the Name of Love Hangover Creations who was<br />
performing and a runway show for Walmart<br />
home office for Cultural Week. To this day,<br />
Misty and the owner of Love Hangover<br />
Creations are still friends and still communicate<br />
and speak business quite frequently. She also<br />
did hair and makeup for Northwest Arkansas is<br />
Dancing with the Stars. And was also asked to<br />
participate in 2017 MAPSYM, Mid-America<br />
Photography event held in Eureka Springs,<br />
Arkansas. Those are just a few of the many<br />
events that she has participated in.
Photo credit<br />
Christopher Tierney
Misty sticks with the traditional makeup application, for she feels that she<br />
can get a better finish and look from her techniques then from airbrush.<br />
Her foundation line that she uses is waterproof, sweat proof, and nontransferable,<br />
and is PETA approved. She found that this Foundation line not<br />
only benefited the photographers and models from flashback, you know<br />
the ‘ghastly white face look’, but also gives the bride’s the confidence of a<br />
flawless finish for their wedding day without getting makeup all over their<br />
expensive beautiful gowns.<br />
Today, Misty continues to work passionately, creating amazing hair and<br />
makeup looks on clients everywhere and helping her clients to feel even<br />
more beautiful than they already are! Be sure to take one of Misty’s classes<br />
if you ever get the opportunity for you never know what kind of tips and<br />
tricks you may walk away with!<br />
Misty is currently<br />
rebranding herself<br />
and her business so<br />
be on the lookout for<br />
changes! But for now<br />
please reference the<br />
following for Misty’s<br />
beautiful work.<br />
www.instagram.com/<br />
Hellogorgeousbymisty<br />
www.facebook.com/<br />
Hellogorgeousbymisty<br />
Hellogorgeousbymisty<br />
@yahoo.com
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Cover Photographer<br />
Robert Camera
Cover Model<br />
Brittany Lynn
Hey guys!!!<br />
Bee here! Well, first off, I'd like to begin by saying I am truly<br />
honored to be the cover girl of this amazing magazine! This<br />
is definitely a magazine I have seen and wanted to get in<br />
and here I am on the cover! Woo!! I was due for another<br />
cover to add to my collection and I am so thankful for you<br />
guys and Robert to help make that happen. :) This was such<br />
an amazingly fun, relaxing, and enjoyable shoot, I couldn't be<br />
happier to be able to share it with the world. Totally needed<br />
a beach day, and turned down my boats and hoes all<br />
weekend for it, so glad it was worth it!
So, a bit<br />
about me...<br />
I'm 28 years old,<br />
working hard to be<br />
a millionaire before<br />
I'm 30! I love to<br />
read and learn.<br />
Hardcore<br />
collecting useful<br />
information since<br />
1990.<br />
In my 'bio', I would naturally, say<br />
all the fun/recreation I like to do<br />
that I think people usually want<br />
to hear about such as travel,<br />
shows, events, games, boating,<br />
jetskis, get down with friends, yada<br />
yada yaaa. Butttt- Honestly.. I'm kind<br />
of over these phases as I have had<br />
way more fun than I should have by<br />
now and I'm all funned out. Truly, For<br />
me, it's time to grind. I don't even<br />
enjoy it like I used to because I'm too<br />
focused and know the value of my<br />
time. Rarely, I still do 'fun' things here<br />
and there I really want to do to keep<br />
me sane, such as a show or a vaca<br />
every few months (vs. every week to<br />
two weeks like before).<br />
#RecreationIsOverrated.<br />
#SuccessIsMyDuty.
Now, I spend my days fighting everyone and everything off due<br />
to this. (Go me!) I get some pretty epic offers for shows, events, games, paid<br />
vacas all over the states and out of the country, but very aware of the opportunity<br />
cost and time management, especially when vacas are involved. Though many of them<br />
involve shooting, still, it gets to be more about vaca mode at times and there's many<br />
amazing photographers and opportunities right here in Chicago and nearby. Plus, was too<br />
much time away from my home and B. Just have to know your worth and be very careful<br />
what you agree to. Time is money. :) I'm extremely grateful for the love of my life,<br />
Bandit, my family, my amazing photographers, publishers, friends, fans, slaves, and<br />
everyone else! I don't really drink or party anymore, but go to bed early and wake up<br />
early, as the successful do. ;) I also do radiology and am a subject matter expert,<br />
overseeing the radiology department of 7 different clinics. [Single, but unavailable.]<br />
I like to shoot, study, learn, read, listen to audiobooks and podcasts, express my<br />
creativity and visions, (also why I love shooting), self analyze, measure my progress,<br />
work hard, be productive, disciplined, motivated, and advance in life. I also like to become<br />
the healthiest version of myself, run, workout, enjoy nature, witchcraft, bend reality,<br />
Youtube/ comedy/ skits, meditate, explore new opportunities, try new things, network,<br />
keep my mental state positive and in check at all times, donate to charities that speak<br />
to me like St. Jude, ASPCA (animal abuse), and UMTR2ME (suicide prevention). I strive<br />
to reach the point of tithing at 10% of my income, but I'm not there yet. I put my time<br />
and energy towards reaching my goals, self-growth, investing in stocks, making money,<br />
helping people, building my brands, self love, God, gratitude, becoming a better person,<br />
finding the good in all people, situations, and struggles, daydreaming, connecting to<br />
source, etc, etc.. I also love crystals. They help me do all of this with much more power<br />
and motivation. I believe in personally radiating love and good will to all.<br />
Just working hard to make my wildest dreams come true. I'm blessed beyond belief and<br />
have a gang of angels looking out for me, contributing to my abundant, beautiful life filled<br />
with love, joy, wealth, peace, success, and happiness. Really proud of how far I've come<br />
in life, especially within the past year of changing my habits and mental state,<br />
knowledge is power. You'll be seeing a lot more of me. I'm here to live out my life purpose<br />
and make the world a better place because I lived in it. Not just a pretty face. ;) If you'd<br />
like to get to know me more, or contact me about rates and bookings.
Balaina<br />
Dobos<br />
Photographer<br />
Larisa Kuklis
Photographer<br />
Kim R Johnson<br />
( KRJohnson Photography )
Models<br />
Katey Allen<br />
Shannah Rae<br />
Albert<br />
Desireee Davis
Jessica File<br />
Photographer<br />
Mike Benkis
Posing and Photographing<br />
by<br />
Taylor Grey
Photographing the female form is art form itself.<br />
It's much more than putting them in the frame and composing<br />
that frame. It's about understanding that form's body, it's lines,<br />
it's errors, it's angles it's physical appearance, it's emotional and<br />
mental presence on the world around itself.<br />
To understand the female form you must strip away the pretense that every form is<br />
the same, well yes in its rudimentary state it’s the same, but just like figure drawing<br />
and figure painting, not all bodies are the same. The fashion industry unfortunately<br />
designs primarily to a single body shape, and leaves the, "non-standard body mass" in the<br />
corner closet for a rainy-day project. However, the female form is more than just lines<br />
and bumps. It's has hallmarks of that forms life, history and the things that have<br />
molded it.<br />
You might have heard of, read the article or blurb that floats around on social media<br />
platforms and blog sites about the wife of two or three went in for a boudoir session<br />
for her husband, who was promptly outraged at the photos he received. It wasn't that<br />
the female photographer shot the wife wrong, or made them lewd and overly sexual,<br />
instead it was her post work, she made this mom and wife look like the model in a<br />
glossy ad, smooth skin perfect. The husband remarked that the photographer stripped<br />
away what made her beautiful in his eyes, the stretch marks, the crow's feet, she took<br />
away the essence of that form.<br />
Where I am getting with this is that before you put the female form in a frame and<br />
shoot, you need to understand her, without blatantly pointing out the flaws. Remember<br />
that most women are self conscious about their bodies, because we as a society have<br />
built up this image of perfection and anything that doesn't meet that is looked upon<br />
with ridicule and shame or disgust.<br />
The female form without trying to be graphic, racist, or shaming of it has<br />
unimaginable amounts of differences, in fact the human race is that way.<br />
Don’t go into your shoot thinking that this will be the same as the last
The client you shot last session<br />
may have been a taller mom of<br />
three kids age of early forties,<br />
pretty decent bra size, skinny waist,<br />
a generous behind and muscular<br />
thighs. She's worried about showing<br />
her stretch marks, her crow's feet,<br />
her smile lines and that shooting<br />
her from certain angles will make<br />
her look fat or disproportionate.<br />
However today you get a client<br />
who is a 22 year old college<br />
student who works two jobs, is on<br />
the college diet, stressed about<br />
making grades to hold her<br />
scholarship. Her body could be<br />
described as standard model, size 2<br />
or 4 dress, picturesque beauty<br />
without makeup, ballerina bra size,<br />
with a slight masculine jawline.<br />
She's not really concerned about<br />
any flaws other than the fact that<br />
she has mentioned that she has<br />
lost a few pounds. She won't tell<br />
you that she fought and won a<br />
battle with an eating disorder.<br />
The Female Form<br />
How you shoot the mom will be<br />
different then shooting the college<br />
student. Before we go into that<br />
let's talk about the basics of<br />
posing. Remember that rules are<br />
meant to be broken but these are<br />
suggested rules.<br />
The human body is not a straight<br />
line, so avoid at all cost locking<br />
the elbow joints or hyper extending<br />
them. It looks really weird on<br />
camera, and when you see it in<br />
person it may not be so bad, but on<br />
camera it looks creepy and<br />
unnatural.<br />
Locking the knees or allowing them to bend<br />
backward also looks awkward, posing the female<br />
form is about beauty and embracing the femininity<br />
of it. Allow an ever so slight bend at the knee if<br />
the subject is standing. It looks softer then the<br />
harsh lock of the knee.<br />
Hands are the hardest and no matter how hard<br />
you try, the only people that I have found that<br />
have mastered the art of posing their hands are<br />
dancers. The hands should be soft, slightly open,<br />
breathy and airy, almost like they are holding the<br />
plumage of an elegant bird.
Bear claws and lobster mitts are a<br />
no-no. There really isn’t much I can<br />
offer other then try to have little<br />
bends in the joints, and keep the wrist<br />
loose, but not so loose that it flops.<br />
Another thing that many photographers<br />
do on a consistent basis is hide a limb,<br />
almost always make sure that all four<br />
limbs of the body can be seen, even if<br />
partially. It looks pleasing to the eye<br />
to see limbs.<br />
Let's move to joints. NEVER EVER<br />
CROP AT A JOINT, if you know that<br />
you will crop in post and your camera<br />
shooting position is steady enough to<br />
not get blurring, focus your lens on<br />
the eye and shoot the body as a whole<br />
and crop up to where you want. I have<br />
seen to many beautiful portraits ruined<br />
because the photographer cropped at a<br />
joint or cropped the foot in half. The<br />
biggest offender is from the knees<br />
down. Crop at the shin or don't crop at<br />
all.<br />
If you are going to put a subject in<br />
frame within your image, make sure we<br />
can see at least both thighs, or just<br />
below the knees, or just above the<br />
waist.<br />
Another critical thing is the face, most<br />
non models have a single facial<br />
expression, Chandler Bing for example.<br />
Rather than shoot them with the same<br />
face or attempt to get them to change<br />
that expression, which will looked<br />
force, converse with them elevator<br />
style. Talk about generic stuff, how is<br />
life, why they came to you, find out<br />
their hobbies, or what they do for<br />
leisure. Don't ever get personal unless<br />
you know them on a deeply personal<br />
friend level.<br />
The Female Form<br />
Stay on super generic topics. Once they open<br />
up they won't have any problem adjusting their<br />
expression, or shoot on two rather than on<br />
three.<br />
The broadest part of the body is the bicep, the<br />
thigh and the broad plane of skin on the hand,<br />
always turn these to the side or resist the<br />
urge to compress these areas. Instead hold the<br />
arm centimeters away from the body, change<br />
the weight distribution if they are posed in a<br />
way that compress or shows the thigh in all<br />
its glory.<br />
Keep ankles stiff, don't bend sideways. It looks<br />
awful.<br />
Another thing I like to say is break the<br />
parallels. You have at least 6 points on your<br />
body that form parallel lines when standing<br />
upright. Your eyes, shoulders, elbows, hips,<br />
knees and ankles.
Let's talk about trickery<br />
within the frame how do you<br />
make someone a size 2 or 4 look<br />
amazing and how do you make a<br />
curvy person look amazing<br />
without looking, well weird on<br />
camera?<br />
It's all about the angles. You<br />
really shouldn't shoot someone<br />
straight on, especially a woman.<br />
The Female Form<br />
Instead turn her hips an eighth to a<br />
quarter turn away from you, and turn the<br />
shoulders an eighth to a quarter turn. In<br />
essence you have, say her right hip and<br />
left shoulder more prominent, twisted her<br />
core, which has tightened her midsection<br />
making her form appear more balanced.<br />
HINT: this trick could allow you to shoot<br />
her straight on if executed with precision.<br />
The body is twisted and therefore not<br />
facing you straight on.<br />
What you want to do with a size 4 is to<br />
make curves appear where they aren't<br />
without making them look cartoonish. All<br />
this is done without any help with<br />
photoshop. The best one is the Core twist<br />
as mentioned above. It accents the form<br />
and helps to add curves.<br />
By accenting what she has with strategic<br />
poses, hip drops, slight body twists, kneeling<br />
or shooting her from different angles will<br />
tremendously help to add curves.<br />
In my experience there are two types of<br />
curvy women, those that wear their<br />
curves and those that embrace their<br />
curves. The wearers have no clue how to<br />
pose with their curves or dress<br />
appropriately, and most of the time they<br />
will complain when you don't shoot her<br />
correctly. Those that embrace their<br />
curves have mastered them and know how<br />
to look damn good, they know how to<br />
accent the good and hid the bad, they<br />
know what clothing works well and<br />
what doesn't.<br />
So how do you shoot curves? Well I am<br />
going to brutally honest, 75% of the<br />
industry haven't master the concept,<br />
they'll shoot it but it will show flaws<br />
and both the client and photographer<br />
will get frustrated, my first shoot with<br />
a short curvy model was a disaster, I had<br />
shot a super tall curvy girl twice and it<br />
was amazing. 15% of them have mastered<br />
the concept, are damn good at it and it<br />
shows, the last 10% only shoot what is<br />
wrongly referred to as plus size<br />
modeling. The average American woman is<br />
a size 12 or 14, for those who aren't in the<br />
know.<br />
With more brutal honestly, the majority<br />
of the time if you are at Five four and<br />
weigh above 250, the vast majority of<br />
photographers, that 90%, may politely, or<br />
impolitely turn you down for portraits,<br />
the majority of the time it's not that we<br />
are bodyshaming, far from it, it's because<br />
we are psychologically intimidated on<br />
shooting you, to make you look amazing<br />
or as you may have told us, make me<br />
look like a model.
The Female Form<br />
Back to the mom, what I did is that I twisted her core, broke the parallels almost to<br />
the brink of exaggeration, strategic angles, she duplicated the Black Widow stance<br />
several times and it worked for her body type, I used minimal shadowing, or blowout<br />
highlights leeching in from behind as I shot a quarter profile pose. I pulled a knee as far<br />
across her other leg as possible to make her appear slimmer. Sometimes I would shoot<br />
from a lower angle while she held her head high, or shot from a slight overhead angle<br />
while she held her head high.<br />
Again, it's all about knowing her angles. This mom had worked with me four times and<br />
she told that she learned more about her body type and posing it in two sessions with<br />
me then the money she spent at 19 for modeling classes.<br />
I will get into clothing and body types in a later article which also helps with posing<br />
and making the female form look good on camera, hopefully while also maintaining her<br />
personality. Unless you are shooting for commercial usage like fashion photography.<br />
This is all from my own personal experience so refer at will.<br />
I also happened to learn posing by studying the naked form, take a moment attend a<br />
figure class, or ask your partner to pose naked. Without clothing one can see how the<br />
skin moves, with fit people you can see how the muscles change and pull across the<br />
form, you can see how the body reacts without fabric.
Ashley<br />
Spayer<br />
Dwight Juan Allen<br />
Photography
Sara<br />
Smith<br />
Photographer<br />
Corey Jones
Brianna<br />
Wolfson<br />
Photographer<br />
Larisa Kuklis
Brianna<br />
Wolfson<br />
Photographer<br />
Larisa Kuklis
photographer<br />
Dave Dell<br />
Madyson<br />
Turner
Madeline<br />
Voss<br />
Photographer<br />
Mike Benkis
The different kinds of photo<br />
shoots for a model and<br />
what they involve<br />
by Rick Cutrer<br />
If you are aiming to become a<br />
professional model who wants to<br />
work in front of a camera, there<br />
are a few things you should know<br />
Test shoots<br />
Test shoots usually refer to the<br />
practice of a photographer wanting to<br />
try out a creative idea, test new<br />
equipment, wanting to build their own<br />
portfolio, or the photographer might<br />
just want to try out how a photo shoot<br />
would go with the set-up of the photo<br />
session. The other side of test shoots is<br />
for models who need test shots for<br />
their portfolios. This can be organized by<br />
the model themselves, so they can get<br />
professional shots to show to agencies,<br />
or by an agency who wants to represent<br />
a new model.<br />
Test shoots are usually a simple trade<br />
of services. Do not expect to get paid<br />
for a test shoot, just as a photographer<br />
will not expect a reward for the<br />
photography he/she does. So, you could<br />
view it as friendly set-up of one<br />
professional helping another, which<br />
works both ways.<br />
Model photo shoots<br />
There are some basic points which you should<br />
aim to fulfill as a model, in terms of photo<br />
shoots and photo sessions.<br />
Firstly, you should know how to make the<br />
photographer’s life as easy as possible. A<br />
model, who knows what he/she is doing and<br />
who does not need so much managing, will<br />
take a nice stand with the photographer. If<br />
you show flexibility and you can adapt to the<br />
setting easily, this will make the<br />
photographer feel much more at ease and<br />
will consequently allow for the photo shoot<br />
to go according to plan without delays or<br />
disruption.<br />
The second, very important thing to<br />
remember is to keep yourself healthy and<br />
energetic. You should never arrive to a photo<br />
shoot looking tired and exhausted as this<br />
will influence the photo shoot in a variety of<br />
ways. So, remember to always get a good<br />
night’s sleep before the photo shoot and<br />
come to the shoot with energy and eagerness<br />
to work hard, as expected.
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Thirdly, when you have a photo shoot<br />
scheduled, always come well prepared.<br />
Usually all details relating to a photo<br />
shoot are discussed and set beforehand,<br />
therefore coming to a shoot with all the<br />
necessary items is vital. This is a good<br />
representation of your own reliability, so to<br />
appear as professional as possible, make<br />
sure you come fully prepared.<br />
In addition to the latter, always make<br />
sure you arrive on time. Nobody appreciates<br />
waiting around, especially as Studio time is<br />
often based on hourly fees. So, it’s always<br />
better to come early rather than late.<br />
"You should never<br />
arrive to a photo<br />
shoot looking tired<br />
and exhausted"<br />
When all the preparations have been made<br />
for the shoot, then starts your one-on-one<br />
with the photographer. Your ability to<br />
communicate with the photographer is key<br />
as it sets the tone and speed of the shoot.<br />
So, listen to the instructions of the<br />
photographer carefully and try to make<br />
his/ her job as easy as possible. Naturally,<br />
the more a model and a photographer work<br />
together, the smoother the photo shoot<br />
will be. However whether it’s your first or<br />
your tenth time working together, you<br />
should always aim to ask the photographer<br />
what he or she wants to facilitate for the<br />
most effective working environment.<br />
Warning<br />
You should always make<br />
sure that you are dealing<br />
with a professional<br />
photographer, especially<br />
when it comes to test<br />
shoots. There are lots of<br />
people luring and scamming<br />
young, impressionable<br />
models, and for this reason<br />
you should always consult<br />
a professional photographer<br />
for taking your<br />
photographs, especially if<br />
you are just starting out in<br />
the business. Ask other<br />
models, photographers you<br />
have worked with and do<br />
your own investigation about<br />
the photographer. The<br />
photographer will be<br />
investigating you too. Other<br />
models and photographers<br />
do talk. So, it’s worth to<br />
invest a bit of time and<br />
money in finding a<br />
professional to work with.
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with Grayson Micaela<br />
Hello lovely friend's, It’s Grayson again<br />
with your monthly DFW arts news!<br />
I, myself, have been busy travelling for a month to California<br />
and surrounding states, doing art and making new connections, enjoying the<br />
break of summer as much as possible. I was so wrapped up in the process of<br />
becoming a better artist, I didn't have time to write an article for July, which I<br />
apologize to you for, my people! But I have lots of interesting things to tell you about<br />
the month of August and a little about the past month of July- all of arts news!<br />
Oh, August. The month children dread and parent’s love. The month of summer<br />
starting to wind down and school starting back up, the usual daily routine, the usual<br />
work day, and for us artists: so many things to do! New music being created and<br />
produced, new movies being planned and shot, movie screenings, models gearing up<br />
for a successful season of gorgeous shots, the dancers begin training again- the list<br />
goes on and on. At my school, Booker T. Washington High School For The<br />
Performing and Visual Arts, we love August because we cannot wait to get back to<br />
school and start creating with our friend's again. Even the academics are fun! We may<br />
die from sleep deprivation throughout the year, but it’s what we love and want to do<br />
with our lives, so it’s worth it.<br />
We have tons of shows you have to come see if you’re ever in<br />
the middle of Downtown Dallas- so, check out our website for more<br />
information! www.disd.org/bookert :) On another note of theater: Junior Players, a<br />
non profit theater here in Dallas, has busted out another show stopping production<br />
with Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare with many of my friend's as leads and many a<br />
great performance to be seen, as usual with a Junior Player’s production- make sure<br />
to keep them on your radar for future shows! Another theater company here, Cry<br />
Havoc, recently wrapped up their debut production of Babel, a riveting story following<br />
the tales of gun violence and what it does to people, showing the different sides of<br />
what goes on in and around the stories you hear.
Another company to get connected with! In the music side of<br />
things, Dallas based, city loved rock band The Wild Frontiers debuts their first EP 17,<br />
along with their music video for their single Drive, (I’m in it! XD), so go give that a<br />
listen on all streaming devices, Plano’s very own, Ron Bultongez, released a single<br />
titled Learning to Love, with his EP of the same name coming out August 1! If you<br />
listen to his soulful voice and hear his emotions pour out in his writing, I’m sure you<br />
will learn to love him as the rest of us do here. I wanted to give a quick thought to<br />
Ramon Mallow, a very important piece to the Dallas art scene, who has recently<br />
suffered two strokes. He is in charge of cataloging all of the open mics here and he<br />
also does some playing himself, so sending out a big “get well soon” to him! Oh, Open<br />
Mic nights are still moving and grooving- If I were you and just passing through, I<br />
would not miss an open mic opportunity here with some of the best. You won’t regret<br />
it one minute.<br />
"We have tons of shows you have to<br />
come see if you’re ever in the middle<br />
of Downtown Dallas"<br />
I have seen some absolutely stunning shots from some absolutely<br />
incredible models here- check out facebook and all of the Dallas Model sites for<br />
pics and prices of these beauties. And speaking of beauties, we have had to say<br />
goodbye to our favorite showgirl, Angel Beau! She moved out of Dallas to Florida,<br />
taking her energy and flawless performing skills with her and we will never be the<br />
same- that is until she comes back into to town to wow us with her performances<br />
once again. Check her out, ladies and gentlemen- She is the real deal. And to top it all<br />
off for this report, the booming movie industry here has done it’s magic producing<br />
top short and feature films that have won many a reward here. Justin Lobasco (who<br />
has a band, Tory Sound, that you need to check out because they are the bomb.com)<br />
and Abby Joy, star in a beautiful movie called Fire and Faith, where they won the Rack<br />
Focus Film competition, gaining Distribution and a budget, and that’s only one<br />
singular accomplishment here.<br />
I look forward to reporting more fun and crazy<br />
artistic adventures to you, here from Big D. Until<br />
next time, stay gorgeous and never waste a day!
Sarah Ryan<br />
Photographer<br />
Elizabeth Ross-Acker<br />
Photographer<br />
Corey Knight<br />
Rianne<br />
Ross
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