UPDATE, April 2023: Osceola is now available to watch via streaming, on Tubi! How did we do this? The story’s at the very end, under “Post-Production.” About a year ago, I did the last round of shooting nature footage at the Wissahickon Creek, for my project The Wissahickon Creek (available… Continue reading
Here’s a project that took a few risks. The biggest risk is that this was an actual artistic design, instead of making variations and embellishments on an established design. It would also be on the front of my house, exposed to the elements as well as the critical eye of… Continue reading
The following is a collection of my Facebook posts from when I went to Paris, in July 2017. I’ll add photos later. July 1 at 4:07pm · In prep for my trip, I got L to watch a Rick Steves show on Paris last night. So we’re watching it, and… Continue reading
Most people I know who are fans of some kind or another collected stuff that kept getting more and more popular: Star Trek, Star Wars, comics, certain SF writers. Not so with the stuff I went for: Harlan Ellison’s still a cult writer, the Flashman books never made it big… Continue reading
So far I’ve shot two of Kyle’s photo sessions for an upcoming book of knitting patterns by Joan of Dark, titled Geek Knits, which shall be a collection of knitting patterns with a science/science fiction theme. Kyle’s been blogging about the project as he collects photos; a number of famous… Continue reading
This is a sample from a longer, as-yet-untitled ambient video piece I’ve been working on for a while. Let’s begin by saying that the music is by Chris Zabriskie, who’s made a lot of his excellent ambient music available at the Free Music Archive. It’s under a Creative Commons license… Continue reading
It’s happy news here at Siano Heights, because the Kickstarter to fund the Romeo and Juliet project has succeeded! Not only did we meet our goal of $3500, we surpassed it, and reached the awe-inspiring heights of $5100! I’ll try to post Progress Reports on this website. For now, my… Continue reading
A few days ago, I decided to play with the video materials I have for Romeo and Juliet. I’d just launched the Kickstarter, and had a strong initial response, so I figured I ought to show something as a kind of reward. So here is a very rough draft of the… Continue reading
As of March 5, the Kickstarter for my Romeo and Juliet project is live! Please, go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324288631/romeo-and-juliet-1 and contribute! West Philadelphia’s Curio Theater began its 2013-14 season with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Since the season was oriented on issues of gender, many of the roles in the play were switched… Continue reading
These have been sitting on YouTube for a long time, but we can finally publish them. As with the Rodney Anonymous photo shoot, Kyle was shooting photos for an upcoming book by Joan of Dark titled Geek Knits: Over 30 Projects for Fantasy Fanatics, Science Fiction Fiends, and Knitting Nerds,… Continue reading