I'm back from my whirlwind trip to New York. Honestly, this is almost absurd when you think about it. I don't think that this has sunk in yet, and I remain cautiously optimistic with regard to the future success of RATED F. Nothing like a trip to New York to make this little Hooper, Utah boy feel so small. It is strange to think that a publisher just flew me to New York for a photo shoot for some upcoming press for the re-release of RATED F. It just doesn't seem real to me yet. There is an excellent possibility that these photos will be incorporated into some full-page magazine ads for the book.
What?
More about that later. It seems completely unreal.
As soon as I get the photos back from the advertising agency that is handling this whole thing, I'll post a few. Until then, I went nuts with my camera phone. Here is a series of shots from my taxi cab ride from JFK to Tarrytown, New York.
Irvington on the Hudson is a gorgeous wooded area about 45 minutes outside of Manhattan. The agency picked this studio because, as they said, "God, we just wanted to get out of Manhattan for the day!" Below is a photo taken from my hotel room window.
Errico Studio (www.erricostudio.com) is right on the bank of the Hudson River and is surrounded by multi-million dollar mansions. This is the front of the studio.
And here I am taking photos of myself after the makeup artist finished. The real pictures are much better than these camera phone shots I did, but what the hell.
The makeup artist that they hired was awesome. She had done makeup for Al Gore and Madeline Albright the day before. Former Vice President one day, and nerdy geek from Utah the next. She does makeup for everybody!
todd's iPod
10:20 am "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Joy Division
1:20 pm "In The Meantime" Spacehog
