DrumPhil Workshop

On August 13th, I had the pleasure of photographing the first annual DrumPhil Workshop, a one-day program for promising high school students to study with some of the finest drummers in the area. 

Morning Warm-Up came with the reminder “Mean what you play.” Then students moved onto private lessons, group clinics, and ensemble sessions. It was fun moving from room to room to take pictures, each with its own groove happening.

It was a truly inspiring day filled with bits of wisdom, lots of rhythm, and a bunch of seriously cool, creative individuals.  Thanks for having me, DrumPhil!

Too see all the photos with captions, visit Philly Drum Project’s Flickr page.

Student Work Summer 2013

This summer I was blessed with wonderful students and luxuriously small class sizes. Since we didn’t have any TA’s to be the model during shoots, I ended up in front of the camera a lot.  Here’s a sampling of some of the creative stuff they did, where I happened to be in the frame:

Virginia, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute 

Virginia, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute 

Winnie, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute

Sue, Digital Photography I, UArts Continuing Education

Winnie, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute

Lachlan, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute

Lachlan, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute

Anna, Digital Photography I, UArts Continuing Education

Winnie, Digital Photography Minor, UArts PreCollege Summer Institute

So while we spent a lot of time thinking about technical stuff like shutter speeds, ISO, and proper exposure for backlighting, as you can see, the summer was not devoid of fun.