“RNP the Blog”

Don’t worry Mom I am not moving back to Phoenix (particularly not at this time of the year) just heading back to my old stomping grounds in September (from the 11th to the 16th to be exact) to do a little something people like to call work. If any photo editors or art buyers need anything shot in Phoenix during that time I will have my full dog and pony show ready to roll.

I will be doing my second cover shoot for Savvy Magazine on this trip. My subject is Susie Castillo. Susie is probably best known from her time on the MTV show “TRL.” From what I have heard and scene of her I think it is going to be a fun shoot.

This will be my second cover shoot for the Savvy Magzine folks. Back in March I shot Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund:

I was talking to my parents after I was booked to shoot Kirsten and discovered that my father Larry Nicholson photographed Miss America (the 1966 version Deborah Bryant). I don’ t know how many father/son photographers can make that same claim but I thought it was an interesting bit of trivia.

I also find it interesting that Miss America which was really one of the first “reality shows” has lost some of its draw in a day and age where reality television is so prevalent. Perhaps the law of diminishing returns at play. Miss America was big back in the day (and it obviously still has a very loyal fan base but nothing like it used to). Apparently they even added a “reality show” portion to the program this past year which again I find ironic because the whole show itself is a reality show. They took Kirsten (a nineteen year old college student that dreams of making it on Broadway) and by crowning her Miss America she is suddenly on the cover of magazines and meeting influential people. It is the same basic premise that most talent based reality shows follow, creating a star by putting their talent and personality on television. The Miss America folks should have copyrighted that formula.