Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:28am
What’s more fun than having a drink with your friends at the bar? Knowing that your money is going towards a great cause like finding a cure for cancer! Ashley Delegal, my fiance, has been training for the New York City Triathlon with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, a group which raises money for cancer research while helping it’s members cross the finish line at one of the biggest races in New York! I can’t tell you how proud of her I am! You can read about her progress here and donate to help her reach her goal if you like: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nyc/nyctri09/adelegal
She needs to raise $2,600 by race day and is so close to her goal but not quite there, so she decided to take it upon herself to throw a fundraiser at Jake’s Dilemma on the upper east side. Buying a ticket at the door got you drinks at the bar for the evening and entered into a raffle. I thought I would do my part by recording the event but also offered, to the winning ticket holder, a free photography session! The other two winners received an original piece of artwork by Anna Hewett and a pair of tickets to Broadway’s Hair! Thanks to everyone who came out!
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 1:29pm
I had the pleasure of finally meeting Zoe this weekend! I still can’t get over how wonderful she is! I’ve been friends with her mom, Traci for a few years now and was so excited when I heard that she and her husband, Pierre, had a baby girl! Zoe is almost one year old and she’s just as cute as ever. They live in a great apartment in Brooklyn and I couldn’t be happier for them with such a wonderful baby! Traci, you can call me anytime to babysit!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:41pm
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of photographing Sarah and Mark’s Wedding at the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. After a week of rain, the weather couldn’t have been more perfect. Perfect weather for a perfect wedding! If you’ve never ventured all the way up to the North Eastern corner of Central Park, I highly recommend it. It’s a beautiful area and was totally ideal as a wedding location!
Sarah and Mark both work on props for the theatre and were so much fun to work with. They had mentioned early on that they wanted to take the subway from the park to the reception at the Jazz Standard and wondered if I would be up to taking some pictures along the way. I said you betcha! I’m always up for anything! I think the other people on the subway also had a good time. They kept asking the bride and groom for pictures!
I put together a slide show of some of the highlights here: http://www.ryantrupp-photography.com/Slideshow/S+M_W/Slideshow.htm
The slide show is set to music by the band Swingadelic, which performed at the reception. If I hadn’t been shooting the wedding, you can bet you wouldn’t have been able to pull me off that dance floor. They sounded great! (music used by permission)
Congratulations again Sarah and Mark! Have fun on your Honeymoon!!!
The Band – Swingadelic!
Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 6:44am
Well, we pulled it off! I just got back a few days ago from working on FIFA Congress in the Bahamas. This was a yearly international Congress for football (soccer) and I’ve been assisting Jesse Poleshuck to design a stage that could accommodate an Opening Ceremony and an official Congress meeting the next day. This is a group of 208 member nations (more than both the Olympics and the UN) that get together every year and vote on the rules and regulations. We were also asked to design the decor for the banquet dinner for the delegates afterwords. Everything was built and coordinated by Hudson Scenic and Hudson Theatrical which did amazing job pulling this project off. Their attention to detail was unbelievable. Take a look at some of the process shots and pictures of the Atlantis Resort here.
Working and taking pictures in the Bahamas was a lot of work but was also a lot of fun. However, I am very glad to be back home with Ashley. Paradise just isn’t the same without your significant other to share it with. 
Scenery Design: Poleshuck Design Inc.
Lighting Design: Brian MacDevitt
FIFA Opening Ceremony
The entrance of the the Royal Bahamas Police Force Marching Band.
208 children holding up 208 soccer balls with flag stickers, one for each member nation present.
Entertainment between speeches
Banquet dinner
Bahamas Youth Choir performing at the Banquet
Congress the following day
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:24am
As many of you know, I balance my time between my two passions: photography and theatre. I’ve always felt that, in my life anyway, one always feeds the other. I love photographing people and I love designing 3 dimensional environments for the theatre. It’s wonderful when both of these worlds come together and I am able to photograph a theatrical event that I helped create. I am currently working as the associate scenic designer at a wonderful resort in the Bahamas called the Atlantis on FIFA Congress which is a yearly international soccer meeting. This is a project I’ve been a part of on and off since December and we are finally here in the Bahamas putting it together. Opening Ceremony is in a couple of days but I thought I would show some of the process shots of the crew building the set. I feel so privileged to be a part of such a wonderful event with such beautiful surroundings. If you ever get the chance, you must check out this resort. The Atlantis Bahamas is like no place I’ve ever been before!
A view of the Atlantis Hotel
Snapped a picture of this flower while I was on a walk outside during break
The Atlantis has some wonderful Aquariums. I could spend all day in front of the jelly fish.
Current arrangement of the Opening Ceremony on stage.
