The start of what I hope to become a larger project through the rest of the year. Years ago I did some portraits with the Original Rudes and I’ve been wanting to work with them again. This project has been kicking around my head for quite a while and I finally myself organized last week.

I’ve got some great ideas for this, so stay tuned!

Makeup & bearding by Amanda Rye

Modelling, makeup & bearding by Amanda Rye

Trail Crew design and build world-class mountain bike trails. The objective of the site is to showcase this great work and help them break into a larger market. For design and communication, I collaborated with Steven Cretney.

My role:
Design
Photography
Development (XHTML, CSS)
WordPress Content Management System

Trail Crew design and build world-class mountain bike trails. Armed with a tagline “Life’s a trail, dig it”, the crew needed a logo. This was designed in collaboration with Steven Cretney.

The first in a new and ongoing series of portraits. Bearding and makeup by Amanda Rye. Model is Lisa Gross.

Lisa with Beard. Makeup & Bearding by Amanda Rye

I’ve had the idea of doing this series of portraits for quite a while. Concept was simple: girl, on a bed, with money. Same setup with as many different models as I could organize in different settings.

Through a crazy few weeks of shooting and getting these ready for the art show I threw the project took some interesting turns, however it turned out great and I was very happy to have gotten it out of my head.

I am excited to announce my first high-circulation magazine cover. In truth, the model Niki did all the work, and it was a surprise to both of us when we say the magazine this month. The photo is from a shoot over a year ago.. and she has a heck of a lot more tattoos now so it looks like we’ll need to do another session!

Group art show featuring:

Justin Allen LaFontaine, Brian Batista, Dylan Birkholm, Derek Bisbing, Nick Blakeney, John Boletta, Teri Dillon, Chris Dow, Jim Laing, Amanda Rye, Jordan Pasiuk, Darren Parnell, Heath Smith, Scott Veldohen, Cutie Cup Cake Creations

Donation door cover and drink proceeds go towards Derek & Teri’s 2010 Ride to Conquer Cancer.
bisbing.com/conquercancer

Back in the fall I photographed some art at Bird Dog Video. They have a art show every year to celebrate Alfred Hitchcock films. This year folks made little dioramas/photo boxes. Here are a few of my favorites.