City Music Concert: Huun Huur Tu

It's so nice to do some work again, especially when it's volunteer work.  I got the pleasure of photographing a concert, Huun Huur Tu, for CityMusic, an organization which is best described by this blurb from their website, citymusiccolumbus.com : "For over a quarter century, CityMusic has worked to expand the musical horizons of central Ohio residents by presenting the best in chamber and world music and by providing musical outreach to inner-city youth."  I have been searching for something locally that helps people that I might help with my photography.  This show was at the beautifully renovated Lincoln Theater.  


Huun Huur Tu is a group that has been around since 1991 and they hail from Tuva, a Russian republic that sits on the Mongolian border.  They practice Tuvan throat singing, nothing I have ever heard before.  It is impossible to describe, you just need to hear it for yourselves.  It was mesmerizing and as I told my husband, some of the songs sounded like they would be in a Chinese Western, if such a thing exists.  I 
highly recommend checking them out.  Their website is hhtmusic.com . 



CityMusic puts on several concerts a year so please help out by taking a look at their site and attending a show or two.

New Year, New Start

Welcome 2011!  I am hoping this will be the best year yet.  Oh the possibilities...  Hopefully some more Ohio State work will fall into my lap.  I hope some other photography opportunities will also come my way.  I hope to learn more about the business side of things.  I got a volunteer gig with City Music here in Columbus to help promote the concerts they put on and how they help keep music education in the community.  I believe it is so important that our schools get as much music education as possible considering how funding for arts programs seems to get lost in the shuffle.

I did meet another photographer, Sara with Treasured Image Photography, another CSCC alum and I hope we can work together on some projects.  I hope to get to do some shoots this year one way or another, so if it is with another photographer, so be it!  Oh the possibilities.....

Trying to brand myself

I want to work on marketing myself.  I think it's hard to get that started, but once the ball is rolling, I hope things will start to happen.  I have decided to focus more on my strengths in an effort to be successful.  I do truly enjoy photography and I hope I can do something more artistic with it in the future.  I want to feel confident in what I am doing.  If anyone has any marketing ideas for the creative industry, do tell!!!!