Posted: August 17th, 2010 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Celebrity, Events, Mentors, Teaching/Workshops | Tags: Mary Ellen Mark, studio, workshop | No Comments »
Just coming off of a highly energetic, information filled weekend hosting Mary Ellen Mark’s workshop in my studio. It was an absolute delight running around Portland with her, hosting a really fun dinner party, seeing her new Prom film at her lecture, eating late night dinners and having her class use our home as a base while street shooting on Sunday.
The participants’ work was nothing short of outstanding. Truly was.
And she even scored a new camera and light meter at Pro Photo Supply!
I am missing you already, Mary Ellen. And I look forward to working with you again very soon.
Posted: August 11th, 2010 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Assignments, Celebrity, Fashion Design, Publications | Tags: beauty, book, drag, Poison Waters | No Comments »
Shhhhh. It’s still a secret until we have a formal launch party, but for those who read my blog, here is a link to our book that Poison Waters and I created!
Posted: May 2nd, 2010 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Celebrity, Equipment, Video | Tags: Darcelle's, opera, Phantom of the Opera, Poison Waters | No Comments »
I love using the Canon G11 to film things that I see along life’s interesting road. Here is the lovely Poison Waters in Phantom of the Opera, filmed at Darcelle’s in Portland, Oregon.
Video is here. (Quality is not as good as the video I shot of Jack White in Dead Weather…not sure what happened on the upload to YouTube.)
Still image:
Posted: September 24th, 2009 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Assignments, Celebrity, Music | Tags: promo, rock band, The Hugs | No Comments »
I love a good indie band. Here are The Hugs….definitely a band to check out. They are setting off on another European tour soon, and needed some updated promo photos before they leave.
And after the shoot, right as we were packing up, they wanted to shoot a quick video. I grabbed the camera, and here is my first attempt at shooting a music video!
Posted: September 11th, 2009 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Celebrity, Mentors, Non-profit Work, Shows | Tags: Downs Syndrome, Margie Smeller, Mary Ellen Mark, outsider art, painter, Shows, Torina | No Comments »
A few years ago, I asked a painter, Margie Smeller, who has Downs’ Syndrome, to paint one of my photos of Torina.
I then had the idea of asking her to paint several other commercial photographer’s images. This resulted in a show that paired her paintings with each photographer’s photographs. The pairings sold, and proceeds went to Margie as well as to three charities.
A link to that show is here.
When I visited Mary Ellen Mark last month, she was struck by Margie’s talent. She asked if Margie would paint two of her images. Here is a pairing of one of Mary Ellen’s images:
This is Margie, and her website is here.
Posted: September 9th, 2009 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Assignments, Celebrity, Music, Publications, Video | Tags: 1859, elephant, magazine, Portland Zoo, Storm Large | No Comments »
Not with guns and rifles.
But with all of the care and sensitivity you have in every part of your bones.
It took various visits, and a slow introduction to lights and different people to get a series of shots for the newly launched magazine, 1859.
Video of part of the shoot is here.
Posted: August 24th, 2009 | Author: jonikabana | Filed under: Celebrity, Music, Video | Tags: Celebrity, Dead Weather, guitar solo, Jack White, musician, rock band, Roseland, Video | No Comments »
Shot with a Canon G10, in very low light. Hey! I did not know I liked taking video so much.
Jack White, The Dead Weather, Roseland Theater, Portland Oregon.
Click here for the video.
