Just Above Sunset
Volume 5, Number 10
March 11, 2007

Full-On Color

 The world as seen from Just Above Sunset -

"Notes on how things seem from out here in Hollywood..."

One neighborhood school here is the Howard Fine Acting Studio, at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset, just around the corner from Crossroads of the World. This is a New York conservatory-style professional studio - two stages and one open space, three hundred current students, with Fine and eight additional "master faculty" members.

The site lists those who have studied and are studying with Fine - "Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer, Diana Ross, Jennifer Connelly, Sela Ward, Billy Campbell, Jon Bon Jovi, Kim Delaney, Elle McPherson, Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah, Kelli Williams, Alison Eliot, Chris Meloni, Rosanna Arquette, Lee Tergesen, Claudia Schiffer, Jason Priestly, Michelle Williams, and currently Garry Shandling, Salma Hayek, Gerry Butler, Mark Dacascos, David Eliot, Heather Locklear, Richie Sambora, Michelle Kwan, Michael Chiklis, James Belushi, Scott Wolf, Rob Estes, Lori Loughlin, Mark Harmon, Pam Dawber, Maura Tierney, Adrian Pasdar, Heather Tom, Elizabeth Berkeley, Jared Leto, Jack Noseworthy, Danny Nucci, Tisha Campbell, David Faustino, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Estella Warren, and Tori Spelling, among others."

Someone chose the stage name Jack Noseworthy?  It must be a Cyrano thing.

Be that as it may, the building is all angles and colors - the stucco work is fine, nothing special, but the colors are startling. These shots are from noon, Tuesday, October 3 - not a celebrity in sight, anywhere. This is an exercise in color and composition.

The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
The Howard Fine Acting Studio at the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 North Las Palmas Avenue, a few steps south of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood

Note:

When The Birds star Tippi Hedren saw the SpyAnts' clever spoof, The Birds: A Tail of Ornithic Proportions, she was won over and asked the troupe to perform at a benefit for her Roar Foundation, which provides a sanctuary for mistreated exotic animals. For this special one-night-only performance, Hedren and Birds co-stars Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright make cameos in an evening that is sure to make Alfred Hitchcock roll over in his grave. The Howard Fine Theater in the Hollywood Playhouse Complex, 1445 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood; Sat., May 13, 8 p.m.; $100, includes hors d'oeuvres, wine and silent auction.

You weren't there?

The Los Angeles Recording School across the street has a calm wall.  A bit of contrast…

The Los Angeles Recoding School across the street has a calm wall.

The Crossroads of the World as seen from the corner…

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If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me.

These were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

The original large-format raw files are available upon request.

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Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2007, 10:30 pm Pacific Time

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