I received an e-mail at work and in the body of the mail was the following message: Emphasis is mine.The message you tried to open is protected with Information Rights Management and can be opened using Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 or the standard version of Outlook Web App. Download a free trial of Microsoft Office Outlook from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinMaybe my copy of Outlook 2010 isn't 2010'ish enough. If Microsoft keeps this up I'm going to have to pay a therapist to give counseling to Office install.kID=147091&clcid=0x409.
- Location:The Clark Zoo
- Mood:
annoyed but amused - Music:Abney Park - The Death of Tragedy - The Death of the Hero
(Cross posted from Through the Shutter)
Photographers tend to look out for one another, helping as we can. Last night, I provided photography services for the attedees at Strict Machine, a monthly dance event at the Mercury as a favor to the folks at Distinct Glimpse Photography. You should go check out their work as it's amazing!
Over all, the night was rather light on account of Mother's Day but that did not stop the amazing people who showed up last night. One of the people I photographed last night is a local performance artist, Indiyana Rae Von.
During one of the slower moments of the evening, I poited the SpeedLight out on the dance floor and began watching her dance. We exchanged cards and she's eager to see what we can build together.
First up, there's
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lunargypsie, my lovely wife of 14 years and the mother of my children. Everything I have accomplished is because of the amazing support she gives.There is my mom, who is simply amazing. One of the best things she ever taught was to question authority. Much to her dismay as it would turn out sometimes. But that questioning, the need to find out the whys and wherefores, I am eternally grateful.
My wicked stepmother, Norma, will always hold a place in my heart that is near and dear to me. She passed away after we moved to Seattle. I think about her and all of the fond memories I have of time spent with her. Both she and my dad were the ones that got me started on this whole convention-going business. Seriously, a ten-year-old mind is really impressionable. And it was amazing! Thank you, Norma. You're missed.
My grandma passed away due to complications stemming from Alzheimer's disease. This woman is still an inspiration for me after all these years. She had a master's degree in education and was an English teacher and school principal. Life magazine even did an article on her back when my mom was a wee lass.
Katie, who was actually not related to me in any way other than she was my grandma's best friend. She was my other grandma growing up. I'd stay over at her house and she taught me how to cook and how to sew. She took me to my first Imax show back in Denver, it was the movie SPEED. I feel in love with the format that day. So much of who I am is due to this woman. Thank you, Katie. You were amazing and I still think about you.
There were the moms of my friends growing up who put up with gaming into the wee early morning, movie making, snow ball fights and forts, and much mischief. Thank you Mrs. Tomasic, Mrs. Corn, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Rossi, Mrs. Yount, Mrs. Jack, and many more whose names I can't remember. You enabled so many memories that I still cherish.
To every other mother I know: Know this, you have an amazingly difficult job that is often under appreciated by society at large and downplayed in its worth and I am thankful for each and every one of you.
Be sure to enjoy your day. You deserve it all and so much more.
- Location:The Clark Zoo
- Mood:
grateful - Music:Blackmore's Night - A Ghost of a Rose - Cartouche
(Crossposted from Violet DeVille)
Good evening, my lovelies!
Now that Bullets and Dames has been put to bed--and it was a fabulous show if you missed it--it is now time to start working on July's show, Gears, Pasties, and Other Curios: A Steampunk Cabaret. The show is on July 21st at the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater.
If you would like to submit an act, please follow this link to the form!
(Crossposted from Violet DeVille)
2012 is almost half over, just over six more months to go and we can always use a little more grind to go with a sassy bump to spice up your summer night. You can find it down in the historic Belltown neighborhood at the Rendezvous for evening of sexy fun.
Purple Devil Productions presents
The Belltown Burlesque Revue
Come and see...
Candy Apples
Dahlia Ste. Cyr
Violet DeVille
Holy Lets-em Downlightly
Jen Cerdena
Karmen Sutra
and very special guests from
Vancouver, B.C.
Jenny Magenta
and
Precious Metal
The raucous Lilith von Fraumench will be your host and guide through the evening.
The Belltown Burlesque Revue is June 23rd at the Rendezvous Jewelbox located in Seattle's historic Belltown neighborhood.
June 23rd at 7:30 pm
Doors open at 7:15 pm
The Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater
2322 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA
You can RSVP for the show and share it with your friends on Facebook!
Tickets are:
$15 at the door
$12 online via Brown Paper Tickets
www.violetdeville.com/belltownburlesque
(Cross posted from Through the Shutter)
My work takes me on some incredible journeys working with lovely and talented people. I have long enjoyed working with performers, whether they are actors on the stage and screen or dancers who create art through motion. This last Monday, I was fortunate enough to work with a rising starlet of the Seattle burlesque scene, Miss Candy Apples on a flyer for an upcoming show in Belltown. Here are some photos from that shoot to whet your apetite.
( More beyond the cut... )
Tonight they posted my blurb and photo and then plugged me in their Facebook group.
Yes, this is really happening!!
Of course, I'll get home late Sunday night on the 20th and then turn around and drive down to Portland, OR, to perform for Savoir Faire on the 31st and then on to Oakland, CA, for First Friday Follies at the Stork Club and will be in the Bay Area through Saturday, June 2nd and driving back to Seattle on the 3rd.
This is the most epic spring ever for me!! Don't mind me while I sit here and be excited.
- Location:The Clark Zoo
- Mood:
excited - Music:The Birthday Massacre - The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers
(Cross posted from Through the Shutter)
This weekend is going to be fun. I'll be spending time out in the field creating some test images for the project I'm working on with author Jennifer Brozek and her label, Apocalypse Ink Productions. In technical terms, it's a fumetti*, or photo graphic novel. In the more abstract, it's awesome, a tale of deceit, power grabs, and dead people.
You may be asking yourself, "So what, Amber? That's exciting and all but what does that have to do with taking test photos?"
I'll be playing with a new technique and a new type of lens I've never used before; a LensBaby Composer. I've never played with one so it's good that these are only test photographs. I've taken a few pictures already and fiddled with it some more but we'll see how it goes.
Yeah, I'm going to have fun with it.
* I have to thank Donna Barr for pointing me in this direction.
(Crossposted from Violet DeVille)
G-Men and femme fatales, private dicks and Girl Friday
- Scandal from Bohemia
- Whisper de Corvo
- Miss Violet DeVille
- Candy Apples
- Jovie DeVoe
- Morgue Anne
- Katana Bellydance
- And, a living legend of burlesque, Velvet Ice!
Bullets and Dames
the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle April 9th, 2011 Tickets are- $15 at the door
- $12 online at www.brownpapertickets.com
(Cross posted from Through the Shutter)
Kyle watched his hand reach out to her face. Just as he was about to touch her, she shrieked through her stitched jaw and wiggled on her pedestal. Kyle backed away, and she yelled louder. He whispered to her to be quiet, but she wouldn't stop squirming. -- Squirm by Doug Goodman
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| A Moment Of Hope. Originally published on April 14th, 2008, for the short story SQUIRM by Doug Goodman on the Edge of Propinquity. |
I am very pleased that I was awarded the People's Choice Award for Best Horror in the Norwescon 35 Art Show. I am very gratefull to everyone who voted for my work and I'm sure it wasn't an easy decission as there was some wonderful horror pieces in the show this year.
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