Photo Booth Pics and Thank for Coming!

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Check out the photo booth pics! Thanks to everyone who came out for the opening! The event was a huge success. Apparently the homebrew was awesome (so we'll be featuring that particular draft again at a happy hour in the near future) and we got brilliant shots from the photo booth. Take a look at the full set and tag yourself if you're on facebook. On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=288488&id=789610395&page=4 On Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30171132@N05/sets/72157625063546036/ Forgotten Works Studio is a 1200 sq ft film and photography studio with incredible 16' ceilings, large windows for natural light, a private bathroom and full kitchen. It includes a broad choice of set pieces, furniture and props. Special introductory rates starting at $200 for full day rentals. Call Adam at 646.298.8008 for details and bookings. And in other news... We are also introducing DIYdumbo at the Forgotten Works Studio. DIYdumbo is a creative project space where we will be offering classes, tastings and demos on everything from cooking to home brewing. We are currently looking for events, partners and creative types with something to teach. Do you make a great product that people can use at home? Are you a fabulous budding chef? Do you stay up late nights thinking up bizzarre activities for your friends to do? Then we want to meet you! For more information check out http://www.diydumbo.com or email us at info@diydumbo.com. You're receiving this email because you're either a friend, admirer or just someone foolish enough to express interest in what I'm doing and then giving me your business card. Don't worry, you'll never get more than two emails a month and most of them will be invitations to see art and/or drink some free homebrew. And you can always opt out. Cheers. Unsubscribe adamrcourtney.051078@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile Our mailing address is: Adam Courtney Photography 46 Bridge St. Brooklyn, New York 11201 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2010 Adam Courtney Photography All rights reserved.

Reminder - Grand Opening this Saturday!

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Hey All, just a quick reminder about Saturdays Grand Opening. We've got some amazing home brew and cava plus the Carousel Horse photobooth. See you Saturday! ______________________________________________________________________________ I'm opening a new studio and you're invited! Forgotten Works Studios will be participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival (http://dumboartsfestival.com) September 25th - 26th. Saturday, September 25th 7pm - 11pm 46 Bridge St. Ground Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 (map) Come by for some good music, free homebrew and a carousel horse photobooth. Yes that's right kids... free beer and a pony. Forgotten Works Studio is a 1200 sq ft film and photography studio with incredible 16' ceilings, lage windows for natural light, a private bathroom and full kitchen. It includes a broad choice of set pieces, furniture and props. Special introductory rates starting at $200 for full day rentals. Come see the space anytime 12pm - 6pm September 25th - 26th and join us for our opening party on Saturday, And in other news... We are also introducing DIYdumbo at the Forgotten Works Studio. DIYdumbo is a creative project space where we will be offering classes, tastings and demos on everything from cooking to home brewing. We are currently looking for events, partners and creative types with something to teach. Do you make a great product that people can use at home? Are you a fabulous budding chef? Do you stay up late nights thinking up bizzarre activities for your friends to do? Then we want to meet you! For more information check out http://www.diydumbo.com or email us at info@diydumbo.com. You're receiving this email because you're either a friend, admirer or just someone foolish enough to express interest in what I'm doing and then giving me your business card. Don't worry, you'll never get more than two emails a month and most of them will be invitations to see art and/or drink some free homebrew. And you can always opt out. Cheers. Unsubscribe adamrcourtney.051078@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile Our mailing address is: Adam Courtney Photography 46 Bridge St. Brooklyn, New York 11201 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2010 Adam Courtney Photography All rights reserved.

New Studio Grand Opening

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. You're getting this email because you're a friend, admirer or just someone foolish enough to give me your business card. But fear not! I'll only send one or two emails a month, and usually they will be an invitation to some kind of event with art and free beer. Because I'm just that wonderful. The art and beer fairy. Sooo... I'm opening a new studio and you're invited! Forgotten Works Studios will be participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival (http://dumboartsfestival.com) September 25th - 26th. Saturday, September 25th 7pm - 11pm 46 Bridge St. Ground Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 (map) Come by for some good music, free homebrew and a carousel horse photobooth. Yes that's right kids... free beer and a pony. Forgotten Works Studio is a 1200 sq ft film and photography studio with incredible 16' ceilings, lage windows for natural light, a private bathroom and full kitchen. It includes a broad choice of set pieces, furniture and props. Special introductory rates starting at $200 for full day rentals. Come see the space anytime 12pm - 6pm September 25th - 26th and join us for our opening party on Saturday, And in other news... We are also introducing DIYdumbo at the Forgotten Works Studio. DIYdumbo is a creative project space where we will be offering classes, tastings and demos on everything from cooking to home brewing. We are currently looking for events, partners and creative types with something to teach. Do you make a great product that people can use at home? Are you a fabulous budding chef? Do you stay up late nights thinking up bizzarre activities for your friends to do? Then we want to meet you! For more information check out http://www.diydumbo.com or email us at info@diydumbo.com. You're receiving this email because you're either a friend, admirer or just someone foolish enough to express interest in what I'm doing and then giving me your business card. Don't worry, you'll never get more than two emails a month and most of them will be invitations to see art and/or drink some free homebrew. And you can always opt out. Cheers. Unsubscribe adamrcourtney.051078@blogger.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile Our mailing address is: Adam Courtney Photography 46 Bridge St. Brooklyn, New York 11201 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2010 Adam Courtney Photography All rights reserved.

Grand Opening Party at my Studio This Saturday

Saturday, September 25th 7pm - 11pm 

Come by for some good music free homebrew and a carousel horse photobooth. Yes that's right kids... free beer and a pony.

46 Bridge St. Ground Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

(map)

Open Studio Hours

12pm-6pm Sept 25th & 26th.

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=155298104498363
 

Forgotten Works Studio is a 1200 sq ft film and photography studio with incredible 16' ceilings, large windows for natural light, a private bathroom and full kitchen. It includes a broad choice of set pieces, furniture and props. Special introductory rates starting at $200 for full day rentals.

In honor of the return of the Shwirtzes...

Welcome back to Brooklyn my friends! 

I did a quick portrait shoot in their apartment just before I left town on my last trip. And a few weeks later they moved back to New York!

And the Build Goes On... Again

The build goes on but the end is in sight! The official opening of Forgotten Works Studio is September 25th when I will be participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival. The official save the date is coming out soon (for those of you on my mailing list) but until then, more building pics.

I made a run to Build it Green today, an awesome non-profit salvage yard up in Queens. If you've never been there and you're one of those people who could conceivably find a use for a 15 ft Christmas ornament or an antique marble fireplace mantel, I highly suggest checking it out! http://www.bignyc.org

I made the run in Peter Griffin's little red Chrysler convertible. Peter's a soft touch when it comes to loaning out his car which is one of many reasons I love that man. In a totally hetero, masculine, hey-fella-I'm-not-gay-not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-that, kind of way of course.
His little Geo hatch-back which was an object of beautiful economy of space finally died.

The wheel snapped off.

Think about that one. Not a flat or a blowout. Not the tire, the wheel. The front driver side wheel snapped off the car. So he's back to driving a convertible. No power steering, but the roof goes down at the touch of a button. And thank god for that. I managed to do this:

For the record, that's 3 doors, 4- 4x8 styrofoam reflector panels, a lamp, six hinges and about 30 pieces of antique wooden molding. Total cost: 90 bucks. I love that place!

Still no baby, but pics I give you...

I could wax poetic about the beauty of motherhood but I'm crappy at poetry, so instead I'll offer a little personal history. Lily and I met at the DPC (Downtown Performance Center) when we were 16. The name "Downtown Performance Center" conjures an image of an elegant and eclectic old Tucson performance space, running down but still classy and filled with the history of southwest theater and culture.

Way off.

The DPC was an old warehouse on the crappy side of tracks that separated Downtown from not downtown. The stage was a series of boards and planks most likely salvaged (read stolen) from nearby buildings. It did however have all the amenities an all ages band venue requires. A ticket booth at the front door, clip lights on the ceiling, big fucking speakers and one bathroom. It also had a reading room. A small space with three moldy couches and a random collection of philosophy books and pulp novels. I can't say I ever actually got much reading done there, but I faked it a few times to make it look good. That particular night's ear splitter was a band called Star Crunch by the way.

The first night I spent there changed the course of my life. It's one of two occasions I can point to and say that a chance meeting, a specific person, altered the path of my life. And the new pattern that emerged drew a whole community of people into it, dragging across the country as we all settled one by one into New York life. Brooklyn to be specific.

A week or so after we met, I told Lily over the phone that my friendships tended to be temporary and run their course in six month cycles. True enough at that point in my life. She told me she had a feeling she'd be around for a while and I could hear the smile in her voice as she said it.

It's 16 years later and I just photographed one of my oldest and dearest friends days before she gives birth to her first child. We don't know yet if it will be a boy or a girl, and it will probably be a while before we really know this little person, but considering the I'm really looking forward to it.

Lily, Wade, I love you guys very much and I can't wait to meet your child.
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