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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ON LOCATION: Cedar Rapids

Showing my photographer friend around the older parts of Cedar Rapids, looking for compelling places and things, we stumbled on some really interesting stuff. I was surprised at how much Cedar Rapids has changed post-flood, and how much is gone. On the flip side, the New Bohemia area was really vibrant and busy with places to shop and eat, even the bike trail was busy near the river. That area really is a destination.

Barry Phipps (www.barryphippsphotography.com) also showed me how to use my vintage rangefinder (film) camera (Canonet QL-17 GIII) and I learned so much about it (such a quiet, classic little camera).

I took the following photos with my Canon 60D:

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

PHOTO SHOOT: SETH

Time for some teddy boy rocker pix, amiright? Here you go then....Seth was hilarious and fun to photograph and let me dress him in denim on denim on denim (Jacket from White Rabbit).

This project was for JoAnn with Bumble and bumble. Hair by JoAnn Larpenter-Sinclair at GSpot Hair Design, Iowa City, IA.

Styling notes from JoAnn:

Look-Stray Cat

Inspired by the Teddy boys of the 50's and 90's punk style. Elvis/Stray Cats/James Dean. This look is meant to have a flexible but strong hold, so that you can change it up throughout the day (or week, depending on how often you wash your hair) for maximum versatility. This guy is the bad boy that your parent's warned you about. If they could only see that he's got a heart of gold underneath that mechanic's uniform...

1. Shampoo and condition with the appropriate products recommended by your hairdresser. Towel dry hair and apply Bumble an bumble Tonic Lotion from roots to ends. Use Bb Thickening spray lightly from roots to ends, and then layer that with a generous dollop of Bb Thickening Full Form Mousse ran through all of the hair.

2. Start blow-drying the hair, balancing out growth patterns, and directing the hair where you want it to go until it is 80% dry.

3.Round brush everything that is in front of the curve of the front of the head to acheve maximum volume. For the hair behind that, elevate it and twist is around your fingers to bring out any natural wave and volume in the hair. Dry completely.

4. Finish with a nickel size of Bb Thickening Crème Contour to bring definition to the look and add texture and shine

5.Finish with Bb Classic hairspray to make everything stay put.

SETH

(above with Stephanie)

All photos copyright Tonya Kehoe 2013

Thursday, May 9, 2013

EVENT: FAN BASE

Working on this documentary project with the IC Drag Kings and photographing the fascinating process that happens on and off stage, it is could be easy to overlook a major motivating factor: their audience. But it isn't. And I don't. Why? Because the audience is so intriguing. This performance group has a hard-core fan base and is always winning new fans so I thought that it would be compelling to put together a few of the audience captures from their events.

Audience Reflection