mike boggs
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today I am thankful for so many things, but most of all for these beautiful guys who are a huge part of my life every day:
I love you, Mike and Penny (and Margot the Friendly Cat, not pictured). Also, big shout out to my Dad who's having a birthday today! Happy birthday, Dad! :)
Hope everyone has a fun and safe Thanksgiving!
Love,
Lisa
As many of you know, my husband, Mike, is a musician. And being married to a musician means I know several musicians. It also means I get to photograph these musicians (yay!). Enter: The NRI's! If you saw my blog post on We Were Pirates (my husbands band) then you'll likely recognize Mr. Gabe Fry in these band photos, as he's in The NRI's as well! In fact, this shoot for their new CD came directly from his brain, as this amazing wall (the location of our shoot) is not far from his house! I went against my better judgement and let Gabe talk me into doing these shots in crazy bright sunlight. I understood he wanted everything to look bright and punchy, but I knew everyone would be Squinty McGee's! But somehow, someway, we made it work and I think the photos turned out great. The original idea was to make the spray painted "The" on the wall part of the band name "The NRI's," so in my head I was trying to create a composition where there was a little space for "NRI's" to go in the design of their CD/promotional materials. In the end, the "The" got nixed, but I still think it turned out great due to Jesse's design skillz (Jesse being another band member). Tonight is The NRI's CD release show at the Red Palace, and I cannot wait to see how this photo looks on their CD's and posters! So if you don't have too much going on this evening, you can come out and hear them play awesome music and get to shake the hand of the photographer who took their photos. ME! Ha ha ha! No, but really, you should come out to their show. Doors open at 8:30 and show to follow at 9:30!
So, without further ado, meet Gabe, Nayan, Shawn, Jesse, Audrey and Melanie of The NRI's. Here's the progression of the "winning photo!"
I asked Gabe to go get us a guitar from the car, and shot this little gem as he was running to go get it: 
I loved how that looked, so we had him run with the guitar. The rest of the band gave him high-fives occasionally:
Then we got the winning shot, just after the previous. This is edited up to look super sassy:
And below is the shot all done up for promotion! Isn't it pretty? (Click to view a bit larger.)
This is the shot immediately after the winning one. Just not as awesome:
And below are some out-takes. Aren't they a lovely group?
Of course, we made Gabe run, so then I forced everyone to run too. Ah, the powerful hand of the photographer! Shots below...
They used some of these below shadows shots for promotional purposes too. Whee!
I hope you enjoyed these and I hope to see everyone at the show tonight! Yay!
Love,
Lisa
I am a lucky gal to be married to frontman Mike Boggs of We Were Pirates. Not only is he a strikingly handsome dude, but he plays and records honestly good music, of which I get to hear every so often (and by "every so often" I mean every day *grin*). Well, I'm blogging on this super talented guy and his bandmates that will be accompanying him this Sunday, February 13 for a show at the Black Cat! The photos below are a good representation of just how attractive this team of former pirates is, so consider yourself lucky if you get to feast your eyes on this rock 'n' roll eye candy. Enjoy the photos below (from their recent Rock N Roll Hotel show), and for deets on the show, scroll to the bottom! (Oh, and if you have a moment or so, vote for them at Artist of the Month for DC/Baltimore bands in the Deli Magazine contest! Yay!)
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We Were Pirates....The Black Cat....Sunday February 13th....8:30pm....The Silver Liners....Time Travel....You....All Your Friends....$8....
We are going to play so much rock and roll music that everyone will lose their minds and cry. For those who cry, it will be embarrassing, but I think we will all grow emotionally....because of the rock.
Come and hang out with us and listen to the glorious rock and roll music.
http://www.wewerepiratesmusic.com/ http://www.facebook.com/wewerepirates http://www.twitter.com/wwpmusic
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Thanks for looking!
Lisa
