So something amazing happened this weekend. We got to be part of a project to produce a calendar called "Women of Geekdom" which features everyday women who also happen to be geeks! The idea was to destroy the typical 'geek' stereotype and show that women can be geeky, and attractive and all-around awesome too! So, naturally, when we first heard about it, we were completely on board :)
The project was started by Laura Rosado and her husband, Shaun of the Shauncastic podcast, fellow local Charleston-ites. They brought in a diverse group of talented ladies from all over the country, including Laura herself, and let them pick their favorite characters from movies/games/tv, etc... dress in full costume and do a completely legit and incredible photoshoot! In addition to Laura, the models included Christina Janke, Stormy (real name!) Piazza, Sandy Bergeron (costuming expert), Jenna Busch (geek host and entertainment writer), Dodger (YouTube video game vlogger), Nicole Jekich (geek and artist), Chloe Dykstra (model and geek host), Victoria (Dash) Williams (actress), Misti Dawn (life blogger), and Satine Phoenix (freelance artist and actress). These ladies were all absolutely wonderful to work with, hilarious, super-nice and all amazingly talented!
While the whole project took several days to complete, we were only able to pitch in for one full day (Saturday) and an evening shoot (Friday). Our jobs were to basically just be as helpful as possible, run errands, cart people around, hold signs, direct traffic and help the photographer (the amazing Melissa Breeland) with equipment and whatever else she needed! We've never played the part of 'crew' for any project on this scale before so it was a really different and unique experience! It was HOT, the hours were long, but every second was 100% worth the effort. We don't think we've ever had so much fun putting in a days work before! Laura and Shaun did an amazing job - everything was so well organized (even if the schedule worked out a 'little' differently than expected) and they pulled together one heck of a team!! From the videographers (Anthony & Charles) to the Makeup Artists (Larissa, Rob and Celina), and the rest of the crew (Dallas, Rico, James, Donald, and a few we didn't get to meet in person), everyone was professional, passionate about the project, and a whole lot of fun!
We enjoyed working with everyone and felt really privileged to be a part of something so cool! It hit all of our 'geek' buttons and it was amazing to spend a whole day with a group of people who love all of this stuff as much as we do! We can virtually guarantee that when this calendar comes out you are DEFINITELY going to want one!! If you'd like to find out more, head on over to the Kickstarter page that launched this project into reality. We'll keep you posted as the project progresses!
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