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 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 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 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 [...]
Billy Sheahan Photography School – Class 101- Exposure Basics
From time to time I’m often asked to help emerging photographers learn about their cameras. I’m always happy to do that. When I was just starting out, I was like a sponge soaking up information from pro photographers who I would meet. I haven’t forgotten their generosity.
So in that spirit, I’m offering a bit of online instruction through my blog. It’s my attempt to break down the basics of using a camera on the manual settings, which is really the only way to make sure your photographs look exactly the way you want them to.
This 101 class pertains to Exposure Basics or how your choice of ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture all work together to create a proper exposure
Protecting your Labor this holiday weekend: backups, passwords and more
As we all enjoy this three day US holiday weekend, consider this my public service announcement to protect all your hard labor this past year and into the future. Taking a few minutes now to refresh yourself on proper backups and password protection will prove to be worth it in your digital future. Hard Dive [...]
“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 December 2009 Postcard
“I’m not sure if I got it. Maybe we should try one more.” The look on my model’s face said otherwise. She wasn’t a smoker, just pretending to be one for the shoot. The great thing about shooting digitally is you can see what you have instantly. The bad thing about shooting digitally is that [...]
Billy Sheahan Photography November 2009 Postcard
In the mid 1940s, Paris, France was struggling to regain it’s footing as the fashion capital of the world. Materials and fabric shortages, not to mention food shortages, conspired to drive Parisien designers to near extinction. In 1945, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue hired Richard Avedon to photograph the Paris Collections in the way it was [...]
Chicago and New Orleans and everything in between
Well it’s turning out to be a busy and productive Fall here at Billy Sheahan Photography. Lots of long days but plenty to show for it. I’ve been shooting like someone’s going to take away my camera. Incredibly prolific time these days. Everything from beauty to music to advertising and even a television commercial. And [...]
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 [...]
Billy Sheahan Photography July 2009 Postcard
As the old song goes… “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’, into the future…” Where has the summer gone already? It’s gone into a prolific amount of work, happily. New adventures and new inspiring muses. One of the new models I have been fortunate enough to begin working with is Asphyxia. Of all the women [...]
Rain, Directing Beauty, Fun, Ben Franklin and Model Scams
As Chicago continues to suffer through the rainiest early summer I can remember (this first photo was taken at noon last Friday), we can all at least be happy in the fact that warmer temperatures have finally arrived. It feels like summer, although maybe summer in a rain forest. And after what seems like an [...]
