handsome town: guys' night out

i told you they can sing.

the hard part (and maybe the funniest) was for preston (geoff) to sing off-key.

sail away sail away sai-lah...

handsome town: it's more than a feeling

it's touching and hugging and big, surprise smooching.

it's date day in handsome town...

did you miss the pilot?

(feel free to send along your comments)

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among my favorite things about the show are the fictitious LOAD magazine covers which appear in the opening credits and scattered (i mean, precisely propped) in the background of most every scene.

when mike first approached me about coordinating and shooting these covers, he dangled the "there will be a lot of handsome dudes" carrot in front of me. as if i really needed that to accept the opportunity.

but he wasn't kidding. the volume of headshots submitted for this one-day, sunday shoot was startling. fortunately for us, these fellas were also really nice.

what do you think of the cover lines? mike hired someone to write them....canadian style: more than just mounties....a day with tempestt bledsoe...and note the strategically placed arrows...

so silly, i love them...

martin

william

joey

peter--a phoebeworks favorite! see him chaos theory: team bonding and waiting for jess.

handsome town is...almost here

handsome town is coming to...your computer on tuesday, may 25...
here's the trailer:



looks fun, right?

i can't wait...

you'll be able to watch the show on the handsome town page on phoebetv.

if you head over there now you can read about the show and these amazing, gorgeous souls, who i had the pleasure of photographing:

mike upped the contrast and added graphics...i really love what he did...

i think they look really sharp.

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and here are the candids of the actors...

this one is different from the photo that appears on the site, only because those were taken on a different day, and those files are...well, a little harder for me to get to right now. but--bonus for you! more of ms. rebekkah's lovely smile...

more handsome-ness...

julio "boom" torres

mike, our producer/dp, and rachel, our director

preston ("geoff") and lauren ("the auteur")

miss carrie...

miss rebekkah

miss rebekkah, and "helmut helmet hair"

helloooo, "handsome town"

i've been working a little bit on the production for a new series for phoebetv, called "handsome town." i've mostly taken photos--the cast portraits and the candids. occasionally i've been "boom girl." and actually, i make my "star turn" in one of the later episodes as "imelda, the pregnant cleaning lady," which should be, well, interesting. hopefully funny.

the production has been intense and swift. they started shooting in mid-march and wrapped production today; the series is set to go live on may 11.

it was a dazzling set to be on--it was no amateur hour. these actors can sing, dance, act--throw out any accent, take in any direction. they can make you laugh--and cry (from laughing so hard). they are real pros, prepared and focused. they would be intimidating if they weren't so, so nice...

it's interesting how bonds can be forged on these productions; it seems to have happened in a snap for this group. i'm going to miss that happy set...

pictures, lots of pictures, will be posted somewhere on the phoebeworks site--and i'll share some here too of course, along with links to the show. but by way of introduction, here's one for now:

mike, jon, preston, nick, thomas

casey and rebekkah...missing: jamie, carrie, and ms. rachel.

b is for brrrrrooklyn, boardwalk; c is for coney, clouds.

so it turns out 50 degrees isn't denim jacket weather, especially when there's cloud cover and wind blustering off the water. thanks to my shivers, 90 percent of the photos i took today are blurred. the highlight of the morning was when a red-faced, well-rounded, crazy-looking lady approached me, unzipping and holding open her knee-length coat. she shouted past its fur-lined hood and through the wind at me in russian, i think. she was offering to keep me warm in her coat? i nodded a decline and thanked her anyway. and then she told me (this time in english) my jacket was "stupid." i had to agree.

but i learned a valuable lesson: keep gloves, a hat, and a pashmina in the photo bag.

mike, casey, and rebekkah shooting "handsome town"