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Show and Tell Every Wednesday in 1st grade, my teacher allowed us to bring something to show and tell. My father had travelled extensively throughout the world, and among many of the exotic objects he had accrued was a 3-foot ceremonial sword from Indonesia with pig's teeth dangling by decorative strips of leather from a bone handle. It was gruesome and intriguing. I remember the excitement of bringing the sword to class and how, the evening beforehand, the anticipation of sharing something so wickedly awesome to my friends kept me from falling asleep. The following images may not be as exotic or involve pig's teeth and bone, but the old feeling of anticipation that came with 1st grade show and tell is still with me today and springs up as I get to share these pictures:
 Kenny Foster Kenny has been hard at work pushing his music in the viscous Nashville scene for years. His work has always impressed me as 'big league' material, but the advent of his new song "Hometown" is not only a top shelf tune with top shelf hooks, but is an intimate and immediate reply to his parents' loss of their home due to last spring's tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri. The tune is available here (iTunes) or at kentonfoster.com.
We made this image of Kenny to aid in publicity. After shooting this frame, I stepped around the camera and fixed his collar. Later, this image emerged as being the most penetrating of the shoot, and the collar is one of the most important reasons why it projects so effectively, along with the tension of the imperfect hair and the unsettled fingers on the body of the guitar. After the shoot, Kenny opened up his laptop and played the final edit of the video for "Hometown". There wasn't a dry eye in the studio. That song has got legs, and he's got a worthy video to accompany it. Its a redeeming, optimistic anthem that represents the quality of the Midwestern ethos, and you can do your part to bug your local rock and country stations to play it all day everyday.
 Brooke Waggoner Brooke allowed me to make a RORSHAK portrait of her (below), but before her image was deconstructed, the original headshot was so compelling that it deserves some airtime (above). Her presence before the camera is spellbinding. I like the 'royal' look to this image, and it fits with my perception of Brooke, whose songs come from a charmed, idyllic imagination, and perhaps belong in a re-vamped Princess Bride film score. Investigate her song "My Legionaire" on iTunes here to know what I mean. It is some of the best cold weather music on the planet, so purchase the entire catalog, light some candles, and put some soup on the stove. Oooh, I get chill bumps listening to this one!
Kelsey Maskell Kelsey gave me the opportunity to help her build her modeling portfolio. She's new to Nashville from South Dakota, and I think she'll have no problems finding companies to pay her to wear their duds.
We started in the studio (above), and then caught the bus for a 'big city' look (below right).
My special thanks to Giovanni Delgado for providing his hair and makeup services for both the shoot with Brooke and with Kelsey. Great work Gio! Want a great make up and hairstylist? Bug Gio here. Also, a special thanks goes out to Cory Basil for his creative input on all three shoots, as well as Rafe Scarpati, who assisted on Brooke's portrait.
Thank you for spending your time with this newsletter! Rory |
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