The CHIFCPUG lecture from March 24, 2010
For many of you regular readers, some of this blog entry may not make sense. I was honored to be invited to speak at the March meeting of the Chicago Final Cut Users Group this week, hosted by one of the top Chicago Advertising Agencies, DDB. Years ago, I was one of the co-founders of [...]
Rediscovering fire. The future of merging still photography, motion shooting & film editing
As many of you already know, I’ve had parallel careers the past fifteen plus years of being both a photographer and film editor. In the beginning, I made the decision to keep them separate. While they were both visual artistic expressions, for the most part they seemed to be different entities to me. I enjoy [...]
“Confess” – Making Jillian Ann’s new music video
“Confess” by Jillian Ann from Billy Sheahan on Vimeo. I thought I’d take a little break today from opening my Christmas cards (Yes, I’m that far behind schedule!), and write a little about the music video we released yesterday. A month ago to the day, our cast and crew assembled in Chicago to begin the [...]
Is it safe to come out yet? Is it 2010? And the birth of Uni-Tasking!
Well THAT sucked. That last week I mean, although some of 2009 was a cruel mistress as well. It’s nice to finally be sitting up again after a week of coughing, vivid fever dreams (starring Robert De Niro of all people) and not really being sure what day it was. I’m pretty sure it’s 2010 [...]
A Holiday Music Video Miracle and Christmas at 7-Eleven
December is always a challenging month for me. Not because of the usual shopping stresses, but more because of work related holiday deadlines. It seems like my already bursting plate seems to overflow even more leading up to the holidays. I’ve learned over the years to not stress too much about it. There are things [...]
Billy Sheahan Photography August 2009 Postcard
Buckminster Fuller, the American philosopher, architect, and inventor once said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” I’ve been getting a lot of requests this year to direct television commercials. Creatives from a few advertising agencies who have been fans [...]
The Embarrassment of Photography Riches Week
It seems like everything is arriving late in Chicago this year. We’re all still wondering if we’re done with rainy 50 degree days yet and it’s mid June. And I finally got a few days of freedom for the first time in I can’t remember how long. My Memorial Day Holiday had to wait until [...]
Voting Registration Deadline
Alright. We all now how important this election is. I’m tired of having to explain I’m not one of those Americans whenever I travel abroad. So that being said, it’s important that we all vote. Deadlines are coming very quickly to register. In my home city of Chicago, the deadline is this Tuesday. Here’s the [...]
A new billysheahan.com is born!
It’s best to get out of the way and let the work speak for itself, I’ve always said. And with that in mind, billysheahan.com has undergone a fairly massive face lift. The best websites are those where the viewer is always one click away from going anywhere they want to go, and this new incarnation [...]
