Lee Ann is a country music icon for good reason. Her new
album, The Way I’m Livin,’ will be
one of the biggest things to come out of Nashville this year. Props to her and
label Sugar Hill Records for having the guts to go all the way with packaging –
the CD includes a 12 page booklet, and they’re even releasing this one on vinyl.
Nice to see an album cover bigger than a thumbnail…
Kristen and Skye both started out as solo artists. They
toured together, became great friends, and the rest is history. Now this duo is
on their way. To those of you who give me grief about my strong preference for
shooting in controlled studio conditions, you’ll see that I was really living on
the edge for this shoot. Yes, we actually got outside. Only about 15 feet
outside the studio door, but it’s a start.
In the background, those are 40s-era Hollywood studio lights.
Restoring them has become a labor of love. The thing in the foreground is my
mobile digital capture rig. If you think it looks like something out of James
Bond or Ocean’s Eleven, you’re not far off. And it’s every bit as powerful,
though up till now I haven’t yet used it to blow anything up. When you shoot
with me, you’re guaranteed to see legendary hardware from at least four
different decades.
