Category Archives: San Antonio

Suzy Says….

Filmmaking, Movies, Music, Music Videos, San Antonio

 

Suzy Bravo (a veteran of the San Antonio music scene) was in the band Hogbitch when I shot this. This tiny clip was taken from their music video I shot (directed by Pete Barnstrom). I usually don’t slow down video (unless I shot it for slow motion), because it almost always looks like shit. However, when you push the contrast up against the wall, and when you are working with an image of someone as beautiful and intense as Suzy, it sometimes works. I added some “music” I created and placed this attention-grabbing short on my FaceBook, accompanied with a link to a crowdfunding website that the band was using to fund-raise for their debut album.

Catherine Dancing for the Summer Solstice

Art, Dance, Filmmaking, San Antonio

 

Catherine Cisneros performs her Summer Solstice Dance within Christopher Janney’s “Passing Light” solar sculpture. June 21, 2013. Every year Catherine dances to celebrate the summer solstice at this site, in the parking garage of the San Antonio airport. It’s lightly promoted, and never very heavily attended. Really, it has more of a feeling of a personal ritual. Janney created this piece in collaboration with George Cisneros (Catherine’s husband), who provided the ambient audio which plays constantly.

King Wiliam Parade on E. Guenther St.

Dance, Filmmaking, Movies, San Antonio

 

The best thing about living on my street is that the King William Parade passes right by my front door. Here are some scenes in slow motion. Many of the people in the parade are my friends, neighbors, or colleagues in the arts. The thumbnail image above is Paloma, a belly dancer. The other dancer, Martha (they both are members of Zombie Bazaar), points to me, and Paloma grins and comes and dances around me and my camera. How sweet.

Instagram: The Movie

Art, Filmmaking, Movies, Music, San Antonio

Instagram quickly became my favorite toy when I loaded it onto my iPhone a few years back. It took me a while to jump aboard the trend. I had spent so many years lusting after higher and higher resolution for digital images, that the thought of working smaller seemed so retrograde. But when some of my photographer friends showed me what they were doing on this platform–creating breathtaking images in miniature, with a cellphone, no less–I had to get in as well. This video is the first of several fast-moving slideshows I’ve made of some of my Instagram images.

Save the Hays Street Bridge

Art, Cycling, Filmmaking, Movies, Performance, San Antonio

 

I forgot how I was pulled into the project. I think it was through my friend Amanda Silva. She knew of my interest in the Hays Street Bridge. She had been doing some volunteer work with the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in issues of the gentrification of the downtown neighborhoods, and inquired if I might want to help out for this cause. I decided to make a short film. I should point out that this was a personal project, and other than receiving some documents from the Esperanza as well as the Hays Street Bridge Restoration Group, this was a film produced independently of any organization. I thought it best to create and eventually present this film as the work of a concerned citizen. I was lucky to have many friends help me on this. Most obviously (because they were on camera) Amanda Silva, and Marisela Barrera. The best thing about this little project was that I got to screen it to the San Antonio City Council in the City Council Chambers during a citizens-to-be-heard portion of their monthly meeting. Who knew they let people show videos? Well, now you do. I can add it to my slowly growing list of local venues in which my work has been presented.