Happy Temps
Last spring, I assisted my friends Ken and Toni Villines as they created a short film. I worked on their camera crew. We shot with two Canon HV30’s. Great HD MiniDV based cameras. Check out the finished product.
Love The Way You Do It
Love The Way You Do It – the new video for Charmagne Tripp’s new hit single! Shot by Rabbit Ears Media & Keith Claytor’s TimeFrozen Productions. Featuring the stylings of make up artist Brettnee MsMichelangelo Nelson and outfits by Rahisha Bivens and jewelery by Jessica Dickens. Catering by Chinenye Claytor Thanks to s…pecial guests NuNu Smith & Tarishi Shuler. I am honored to have been a part of this amazingly talented crew!
Their First Dinner
I was out in Seattle recently for my friends’ wedding. After all the guests had gone on their way and I was the last one, the three of us went out for dinner. With a night time shoot schedule upon my return to Hartford, I asked my friends Anne & Luke if they would mind participating in a test of the Canon 7D & 50 mm f/1.8 lens at night. They generously agreed to spend the night after their wedding walking around their Seattle neighborhood to test my camera’s capabilities.
Music by String Theorie. Please visit their facebook page for upcoming shows.
Rudy & Pepper sing a folk song about the war in Afghanistan
Folk singers Rudy & Pepper sing a protest song about the war in Afghanistan. Filmed at La Paloma Sabanera, in Hartford, CT.
Photo Essay: Tour of the Philip Johnson Glass House
In May, I was granted access to 10 tour guides at The Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan as their 2010 season began. It was extremely humbling to have one on one discussions with these very informative individuals and their personal anecdotes and insight into this historic landmark. While the video is still being edited, the main objective of the assignment was for a photo essay for my regular client, New Canaan Patch. The full photo essay is located on their site here. If you have the opportunity, schedule a day trip down there with friends and family. You won’t regret it.
Meet the Band
When you hear that Sousa march on Main Street, you know the New Canaan Town Band is on parade.
The junior high school players back from retirement and latecomers to music that make up the band have been practicing for two months at the Waveny Care Center ahead of the kick-off to their performance season—the Memorial Day Parade.
Promo for Komen Connecticut 2010 Race for the Cure
Produced for Komen Connecticut. Please visit their site and participate in this very necessary cause. Music is “Pink Warrior” by Candy Coburn, www.candycoburn.com
New Canaan Patch: Behind the Scenes of New Canaan Library
Library director Alice Knapp began offering the community tours of the Library this week. The objective of the tours is two fold: provide the visitors with details about the New Canaan Library, specifically highlighting the inefficiences the current facility offers, and to engage the community in a dialogue to solicit suggestions from the users of the library.
The Night Before
Vlad and Joe meet for coffee after a night out.
Written by Joe Leonardo
With Joe Leonardo and Vlad Perez
Directed and Filmed by Helder Mira
A Rabbit Ears Media/Sea Tea Improv Production
Rabbit Ears Productions
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Human Heart Explodes
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