Part 19 of 50: Staying Inn-side with Anoush Anou
This is part nineteen in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. Todos Santos Inn is a lovely place to live for a while. It’s a cozy, secluded and lush bit of paradise in the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. I had been staying there for almost a week as part of [...]
Part 18 of 50: Stephanie Anne Bucks Up A Little Camper
This is part eighteen in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. Sorry it’s been a while since the last ZoeFest update. I’m usually always busy, but the last few months have been even moreso here at Billy Sheahan Photography. Finding a few hours to compose new ZoeFest entries has been [...]
Part 17 of 50: Tara Translates Our Way Out of a Jam
This is part seventeen in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. The secluded beach cove at Playas Las Palmas had become quite the popular shooting location as ZoeFest progressed during the week. That was both good and bad. It was good because it’s always fascinating to see what other photographers [...]
Part 16 of 50: Color or Black & White? A Photographers Dilemma
This is part sixteen in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. I’ve been writing a lot about how I decide whether the photographs I create are going to end up being in black & white or color. Perhaps it’s time to share my opinions on that further after the last [...]
Part 15 of 50: Keira Pays Attention
This is part fifteen in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. Keira Grant pays attention. There were so many highlights from this year’s ZoeFest in Todos Santos, Mexico. For a first timer like me, getting invited to this exclusive artists retreat meant I had a lot of catching up to [...]
Part 13 of 50: Prohibido el Paso with Meghan Claire
This is part thirteen in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. On the fourth day of ZoeFest, my true love gave to me…. Sorry, my brain is saturated to the point of insanity with holiday music this week. But yes, it was the fourth day of ZoeFest in Todos Santos, [...]
Part 12 of 50: Playing in the Light with Rebecca Lawrence
This is part twelve in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. I was nearing the end of my experiment of two days in a row of having booked three shoots in one day. Looking back, I’m glad I did what I did for two reasons. First, it would have been [...]
Part 11 of 50: St. Merrique, Made in the Shade
This is part eleven in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. Ever been to a party where you don’t know anyone? Many people find that to be an uncomfortable situation. Me? I don’t really mind it. I guess it depends on the people at the party, but I can usually get a [...]
Part 10 of 50: 2,500 Miles to Chicago
This is part ten in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. People have been asking me: “So, Billy. How do you know this blog is going to be 50 parts?” or “So, Billy. Are you really going to write 50 entries about your trip?” Both fair questions. I originally figured [...]
Part 9 of 50: More of the Photographers of ZoeFest
This is part nine in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. As I mentioned in the last entry, ZoeFest X 2011 was loaded with talented photographers. Lots of different styles and ways of working. And although we did bump into each other from time to time at the various locations [...]
Part 8 of 50: The Photographers of ZoeFest
This is part eight in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. I thought I would take a moment from the BillyShow here to give some well deserved attention to my photographer colleagues at this year’s ZoeFest. As I mentioned before, Zoe Wiseman, the incredible photographer behind the Fest that bears [...]
Part 7 of 50: An Unexpected Turn with Sara Liz
This is part seven in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. A funny thing happened on the way to the shoot concept with Sara Liz. I’m going to write more later about how ZoeFest allowed me to stretch and experiment in a way that I haven’t had the opportunity to [...]
Part 6 of 50: Carlotta and the Pool
This is part six in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. I dropped Ella Rose back at the Hotelito and returned to Todos Santos Inn where I had arranged to meet the lovely Carlotta for our mid-day photo shoot that was scheduled to begin in just a few minutes. I [...]
Part 5 of 50: The Ocean and Ella Rose
This is part five in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. In preparing for ZoeFest, we all would have to find our way up the Pacific Coast of the Baja Penisula to Todos Santos from the Cabo San Lucas International Airport. That meant renting cars. Two days before I was to [...]
Part 4 of 50: Good Morning Todos Santos & Samantha Grace at Casa Dracula
This is part four in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. Waking up at Todos Santos Inn my first morning was a lovely experience. I managed to sleep in until about 8:30am. I threw on some clothes and stepped outside into the glorious daylight. We Chicagoans have a special appreciation [...]
Part 3 of 50: “Hi, I’m Billy”
This is part three in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. My home base for ZoeFest X was a charming boutique hotel called, most appropriately, Todos Santos Inn. Like many historic buildings in town, it had once been the home of one of the local sugarcane barons in the 19th [...]
Part 2 of 50: The “Highway” to Todos Santos
This is part two in a series of blogs on my recent artistic adventures in Mexico. Mexico Highway 1 turns into Federal Highway 19 in Cabo at the very Southern tip of the Baja Peninsula and heads North along the Pacific Ocean towards Todos Santos. In about five or ten years, it will be a breathtakingly lovely [...]
Part 1 of 50: An Unexpected Email
A week ago today, I got on an airplane in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to fly back to Chicago after one of the greatest artistic adventures of my life. It’s a long, long story. Certainly too much for one blog. So this will be part 1 of 50. Here’s how it begins: Last July, I got an [...]
Past Tense
J’ai passé mon examen final français hier pour niveau quatre. I passed my French final exam yesterday for level four. I have a few weeks off before level five begins and that will be a nice break. It’s been fun learning French the past nine months, but it’s also a lot to keep up with [...]
The Creative Struggle
Ever have one of those weekends? I’m near the end of one, but looking back at it now, some bad things happened, but I’d have to admit that the good things outweighed the bad. In other words, the good things were very good. I know that I’m creating great art again because it’s become difficult. [...]
Les Bleus !
So on Sunday, I’ll be at my French School, Alliance Française to watch les Bleus, or for you Yanks, the French national football team take on Italy for the Coupe du Monde… Yes, the World Cup. I guess I was always one of those Americans who thought it was a little odd that we called [...]
Dinner in the Rain
I am so grateful to Paris for so many things, but one that seems to run through my life every day is that Paris really reminded me how to live. When Morgan and I got back from Paris last year, it really had a lingering effect on us. It wasn’t the first time I had [...]
Smaller Pleasures
Not much time tonight, but some fun things should not go unwritten before turning in for the night. First, I stopped at the Gap his evening to buy some new jeans. Not a big deal to probably everyone who is reading this, so let me explain. When one achieves the ridiculous body size that I [...]
