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Kristin and James get married at the Galilee beach club
Kristin and James get married at The Galilee beach club
Zappa Plays Zappa Photos by Seth Jacobson
Frank Zappa occupies a place that is singular and unique both in music and American culture in general. Whenever someone speaks so unabashedly from a place of freedom (as Frank did) it gives others the power to stand up and speak their truth as well. I am but one, in the crowded landscape of disenfranchised youth that discovered this incredible man, and found a bit of hope from the way he went about being unapologetically himself. Thank you for that gift Frank
I had the pleasure and honor of photographing the incredible Zappa Plays Zappa band at the historic Hampton Beach Casino Dweezil has done us all a huge favor by continuing to perform his father’s music live. A project he started about 10 years ago. I’ve seen every tour he has done so far and he continues to delight, inspire and surprise me. Special thanks to the incredible Kurt Morgan for bringing these photos to fruition. Kurt plays bass and sings with the ZPZ band. He was very generous with his time helping me to get connected with the group for this gig. The current tour is focused (for the 1st third of the show) on playing the entire One Size Fits All album. While wandering around the vast emptiness of the venue before the show with Kurt, we stumbled upon this Fat Maroonish Sofa, supported by boards of oak. We thought to ourselves, “Quite an attractive sofa, this sofa could be commercial” with a few margaritas and the right company…
Here are a quick set of portraits I created of Kurt before the show using the Fat Maroonish Sofa
Here are the photos of Sound Check before the show
The show that Zappa Plays Zappa puts on is second to none. I am continually blown away by the dedication to precision and accuracy all done with power and soul and tons of humor. Thanks Dweezil, Kurt, Ben, Chris, Sheila, and Ryan for a great show! Here are the photos
Alfred Hitchcock themed portrait session, Rhode Island engagement photos
TJ and Sarah approached me about making an “outside of the box” type portrait session and I was all for it! While I love creating more “standard” romantic images for my clients, THIS idea of using Alfred Hitchock movies as our inspiration was SUPER exciting to me! What a blast it was to make these images! Hopefully you like the as much as we do!!! I was impressed by the level of commitment they both showed toward making the photos happen! Feel free to share this post around if you like the photos as much as we do! I’m including a few original images from the movies as a reference for our inspiration for the shoot. Thanks to everyone that helped us make these photos happen.
Leftover Cuties Portrait Session, Rhode Island
The Leftover Cuties are a breath of fresh air in the music scene. If you don’t know their music, it’s both old style and modern, very danceable but they aren’t a dance band, the music has depth and gravitas but is sometimes quirky and playful. I had the honor and pleasure of creating these portraits during their stay over in Rhode Island. The timing was good as it was Austin’s (the bass player) birthday! Yay!
You may be familiar with The Showtime television show called “The Big C” that the Cuties wrote and performed the theme song for.
Here are two other songs that moved me (both in different ways)
Dig the photos! I am very proud of them!
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
- Leftover Cuties by Seth Jacobson Photography
Beautiful Yoga Photos taken in a studio: Behind the curtain
I created these portraits of Alyssa Sullivan owner of Synergy Power Yoga in Barrington RI for her social media and for new marketing material to help promote her business. With all business portraiture that I do, I had a couple of objectives. These are different for every business that I work with, but for this one I wanted the photos to not only get across the love and joy that Alyssa brings to the Yoga she teaches, but her showcase her incredible talent and beauty as well.
Below I will be sharing exactly how I created these portraits that I am super proud of! Tell me what you think in the comments!
I wanted these photos to have a very clean and pristine look about them, so I put her on a solid white background and lit the whole scene with 4 separate speed lights. My ISO was set at 320 with a shutter speed varied from 1/125 to 1/200 with an aperture of either 6.3 or 7.1
The speed lights were shot though 3 octaboxes from behind up and behind right and left. With one big one from the front right. You can see below my light placement. The three smaller lights from behind her were set to 1/16th power and the big light off to the right was set to 1/4 power.
Portrait Photography Childhood: Seth Jacobson
Sometimes I create a portrait that transcends the moment that we are in, and touches onto something bigger than myself or the person I am photographing. I feel like these photos do that. Boyhood in a bottle is what we have here. I feel something very special when I look at these photos, I feel my own childhood, and countless others both before and after me. What are your thoughts?
Rhode Island Wedding Photographer Seth Jacobson at The Hyatt Newport RI
Stephanie and Nick got married at the Hyatt in Newport RI earlier this year this is a small showcase from their beautiful wedding!
Gay Marriage Rhode Island, Seth Jacobson
I had the great pleasure of photographing the wedding of a beautiful couple this week. Keri and Jess got married, and what a day it was! I have long been a proponent of equality (see this post) when it comes to gay marriage, and gay rights. These two beautiful woman brought me as a part of their day and I am so grateful. Thank you for trusting me with your memories!