» Music Me – Rebecca Manthe
Exposure: 1/2000 sec - Aperture: f2.8 - ISO: 400 - Focal Length: 42mm - Camera: NIKON D300
Exposure: 1/100 sec - Aperture: f11 - ISO: 400 - Focal Length: 50mm - Camera: NIKON D300
Exposure: 1/1250 sec - Aperture: f2.8 - ISO: 200 - Focal Length: 50mm - Camera: NIKON D300
The Story
Music Me is a portrait series of people whose work and sometimes life is in music (industry) in some way.
Sometimes you meet these folks who you know do something really cool, but for some reason can't bring yourself to ask. You think to yourself: "It would be too nerdy to just ask; Hey you do something cool, don't you?" Thankfully for me my girlfriend worked with Rebecca and befriended her pretty quickly so I had it easy and soon found out that she was this crazy good violinist. Working Playing with The Tossers and currently playing with Scott Lucas & The Married Men. Play seems like the wrong word too, I mean, that it's not only playing, touring and playing is a hard life! Hell probably a lot harder than just working a nine to five, and I can't even fathom how it must be for a girl touring with a bunch of dudes, ha! now that I've written that down it totally hit me how really awful that could be - Sorry Rebecca!
Rebecca on touring:
I guess the most fun I have is when we're on the road going from town to town. The ones you've been to before are like an old friend, the new ones are a fresh breath of air.
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Side Story
For this shoot we went to one of my favorite spots in the city of Chicago; Montrose Harbor [map] has a beautiful view of Chicago all the way down to the Buena Park / Wrigleyville highrises. I wanted to take her here because it is just the perfect spot for that I am a Chicagoan look, and though Rebecca is not from Chicago I really think she is a Chicagoan.