Down In the Deep End

Saturday Night, November 14, 2009, New Haven's Cafe Nine hosted the official CD Release Party for The Deep End, the latest studio effort of all new material from CT's own Christine Ohlman, aka The Beehive Queen. I was excited to be there as a VIP guest on the basis of having provided the photography for The Queen and her band, Rebel Montez. While Christine & I are long time friends who have worked together before, this time was special because my work not only graced the cover but a full color booklet, the tray, et al, featuring photographs done in my studio as well as on location. I was especially proud of pushing to pump up the volume of the imagery via some experimental color processing. Other than that -- check out the CD for some GREAT rock'n'roll by this outstanding artist.

Cornfield - November

(The "Cornfield-November" album can be viewed in my Facebook Photos)

Kool Katz - Barbarian Breakfast

Thx to Benjamin Palmer & Noah Brier of Barbarian Group for organizing the Big Business Breakfast at Katz's Deli.

The Summit In Denver

I've been working with CTAM (that's the Cable & Telecommunications Assoc for Marketing) and Marketing Director Anne Cowan for over five years to photographed Member Portraits for a feature on their website. It's a revolving series that allows members to connect & get to know one another and has been a resounding success. This year was no different -- though the location certainly was. While the annual CTAM Summit has generally been held in East Coast cities, this year's was in Denver. The long-distance travel required delving into new technology that allowed for an even more portable studio than ever before. It's amazing what you can do now with the latest in remote wiring triggers that transmit all camera info to ever more powerful yet smaller flashes and new featherweight batteries. But the proof is always in the pudding and this year's batch of portraits were some of the best yet. Thanx to all the CTAM members who took the 15 minutes during their hectic Summit schedules to stop by "the studio" & become a part of the rotation!

The Festival of New Musicals

Early October 2009 found me invited back for the second consecutive year by the National Assoc For Musical Theater to document the annual Festival For New Musicals in New York City. Having moved to the City many moons ago as an actor, this work proves to be a happy deja vu. The incredible talent on display as both seasoned stars & new voices join together to help out the writers in showcasing new work is a joy & inspiration.
Click on the title above or copy & paste the URL below to go to a special website I constructed to display the documentation that went into the entire week.

http://www.ric-kallaher.com/PROJECTS/599_NAMT_09/Home.html

Showtime!

Get out your flip flops! I'm inviting you for a walk...



I'm finally in the home stretch of anxiety inducing, heart-pounding, fingernail-biting preparations for my show opening on Thurs, Apr. 16. If you haven't by chance received one my email notices, or direct mail flyers (how did I miss you?), please check out the special link for the show in the right hand margin of the blog or copy the following into your browser and get all the details:

http://www.ric-kallaher.com/OnTheBeach

I hope to see you there!

Stockard Channing

After photographing Stephanie Winters at Lincoln Center (see other entry) I rushed to Times Square as Symphony Space had once again asked that I document their annual gala, held this year at The Edison Ballroom.  Especially exciting was the opportunity to further my Artists Portrait Series by photographing the incomparable Stockard Channing, co-host of the event & First Lady of screen & stage.

Other portraits as well as photographs from the event can be seen at: www.ric-kallaher.com/SymphonySpace09

Stephanie Winters

Friend, Fellow Artist & incredible Cellist, Stephanie Winters booked me to photograph her & her cello trio during an afternoon concert at Lincoln Center.  Doing what I love & doing it to beautiful music -- it doesn't get much better.