Anna Webber – Los Angeles Photographer

T-Bird, Birds, Propane and Mojo.

In two hours on one gorgeous morning in Austin, twelve or thirteen of us gave birth to one of my favorite photoshoots. (I know I know, how can you say that? It’s like picking a favorite gun, or beer, or kid even).

When I was told, “Anna – I need you to shoot a 10-piece Texas funk band.” Ten people? Make 10 people look cool all at the same time? “Okie doke.”

To side-track, this is the shoot where I looked down at my camera, which I had resting in an open acoustic guitar case, and thought, If Robert Rodriguez were here, I’d have him made me one of those cool gun cases where I could shoot my Canon like this—>

I’ve always wanted one of those.

Anyway, solving that riddle might have been way more hopeless had we not made a BBQ party out that gorgeous afternoon. I wanted Questlove to man the barbeque, but he was too busy to man some BBQ in Austin that day, so, whatever. We just had to make do.

I also, wanted the ribs to be flying out of the pinata, but that didn’t happen either. What am I?

Anyway, after it all, we made this:

T-Bird and the Breaks, "Day party"

And This:

T-Bird and his one legged tree bird

So… T-Bird, The Breaks, they’re breaking a Bird Pinata… Not too in-your-face of a metaphor, huh?

Props included: pinatas, Pacificos, propane, an old Cadillac, 10 awkward musicians standing around (no offense), a BBQ, an impossibly huge flame, and drumstick chopsticks. And a record player. A perfect recipe to make some things happen.

Check out the shoot video here:

T-Bird and the Breaks shoot with Photographer Anna Webber

www.tbirdandthebreaks.com

Photographer/stylist/storyteller: Anna Webber

Fancy iPhone footage: James Webber (www.whitecrowe.net)