Red Dragon TV - Ishmus

A photo session with Ari John (A.J.) White Wolf the creator of Red Dragon TV, a one man web television production company in Madison. As you walk into the old converted storefront, you see red. The interior of the production studio is painted red, which gives it a warm almost theatrical feeling.  His studio and control room is quite sophisticated giving him the ability to broadcast live over the Internet.  It's a very impressive setup and even more impressive that he's spending mostly his own money to make this available to the Madison community.

Lighting was a bit of a challenge given the darkness of the studio, but it gave me the opportunity to use my newly purchased second hand Manfrotto monopod which did the trick to steady the camera in the low light. In many casese, the incandescent studio lighting for the performance space worked just fine. I used a single speedlite and umbrella for the formal portrait on the stool and outside in front of the building.

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While I was at the studio Stephen Lee Rich, a "local singer/songwriter, yodeler, comedian, harmless crazy person", showed up with a few folks to tape segments for a comedy show he's producing.  It's was silly fun with a lot of banter and bad puns flying around the room.   Who knew all this was going on in Madison?