Mary Rath Photography

03/19/2020

“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.” (Neil Gaiman)

There’s so much uncertainty right now. It’s hard to keep morale up when news won’t stop breaking and the normalcy we take for granted keeps splintering. While it’s easy to read the ‘make good art’ maxim as a panglossian approach to the state of things, there’s an irrefutable truth in it: we’re human. Art has always been our fighting chance against the dark.
A few weeks ago, four of us (myself, Amyzing Photos, and our two fabulous models, Michael and Kory) locked ourselves in a one hundred year old theatre for a night and experimented with long exposure ghost photography for a haunted opera themed photoshoot. The results were some mind-bending shots, a night of reckless creativity, and way too little sleep. (And y’all - this is only part one.)
If you could use a break from all the clamor and anxiety in your timeline, here’s some art, made simply because we could. Because it’s what we do.
Take care of yourselves, and each other. And if you’re an artist - of any medium - take care of your art.

02/27/2020

Loved getting to shoot this hilarious whodunnit! Check out this week's Wimberley View for my full review of this criminally good show, and be sure to catch it this (final) weekend at the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens!

01/31/2020

Had the distinct delight to shoot the Gaslight Baker Theatre's upcoming production of Mary Chase's Harvey, the classic story about mix-ups, family, and an invisible 6 ft. rabbit! Don't miss this uproariously funny show, opening tonight and running weekends in Lockhart through Feb. 15th!

Today's the big day. Today, Harvey opens, starring Will Mercer (right) as Elwood P Dowd and Harvey (left) as Harvey.
Photo by Mary Rath Photography
Sponsored by Carolyn Bryant

01/31/2020

Excited to shoot this show when it opens Feb. 14th! Check out this neat behind-the-scenes snibbit of the Wimberley Player's upcoming production of The Tin Woman (and see if you can spot yours truly in front of the camera for once, instead of behind it ;) )

12/31/2019

What an unbelievable year! From musicals and weddings, to nonprofits and creative shoots, I’m incredibly proud and humbled to have had the opportunity to capture the stories of so many brilliant and creative souls. I’m also privileged enough to be closing out the year traveling along the east coast with loved ones. During our stop in VA, we met up with some old friends to plan, prep, and execute a Star Wars themed photo shoot in the woods - all in under 24 hours! Have a gander at the results - which, all told, not a bad way to close out a decade 😉
(And yeah, yours truly joined the fun as a bounty hunter. Props to my twin sister/costumer extraordinaire Sally for supervising/constructing the costumes, and to Kiaya for asking us to come out and do this with her in the first place!)
Here’s to a new year - a new decade - and a new start. Consider this your friendly reminder to keep pushing limits, keep fighting for your dreams, and keep creating recklessly ❤️

12/01/2019

Got a bit behind keeping up with the performer/artist photo challenge! While I wasn’t able to feature every show I’ve done, I’m thankful for being a small part of each and every production I get to shoot, and for the friends/moments/experiences I’m fortunate enough to make along the way. ❤️

Day 8/9/10 of the 10-day Performer/Artist Challenge! (Along with some bonus shots I couldn’t cram into 10 days 😉)
Every day, select an image from a day in the life of a Performer/Artist - a photo from a day you felt fierce or a memorable moment you've had during a performance/show, and post it without a single explanation, then nominate somebody to take the challenge. That’s 10 days, 10 Performance photos, 10 nominations and 0 explanations. Be active, be positive, be passionate... Raise Awareness of the Arts. (Nominated by myself! Because I love theatre, the fantastic folks I have the privilege to work with, and I love what I do.)

If you see yourself, consider yourself tagged!

11/27/2019

Day 7 of the 10-day Performer/Artist Challenge! (except I'm the behind the camera, not on stage 😉)
Every day, select an image from a day in the life of a Performer/Artist - a photo from a day you felt fierce or a memorable moment you've had during a performance/show, and post it without a single explanation, then nominate somebody to take the challenge. That’s 10 days, 10 Performance photos, 10 nominations and 0 explanations. Be active, be positive, be passionate... Raise Awareness of the Arts. (Nominated by myself! Because I love theatre, the fantastic folks I have the privilege to work with, and I love what I do.)

If you see yourself, consider yourself tagged!

11/26/2019

Day 6 of the 10-day Performer/Artist Challenge! (except I'm the behind the camera, not on stage 😉)
Every day, select an image from a day in the life of a Performer/Artist - a photo from a day you felt fierce or a memorable moment you've had during a performance/show, and post it without a single explanation, then nominate somebody to take the challenge. That’s 10 days, 10 Performance photos, 10 nominations and 0 explanations. Be active, be positive, be passionate... Raise Awareness of the Arts. (Nominated by myself! Because I love theatre, the fantastic folks I have the privilege to work with, and I love what I do.)

If you see yourself, consider yourself tagged!

11/25/2019

Day 5 of the 10-day Performer/Artist Challenge! (except I'm the behind the camera, not on stage 😉)
Every day, select an image from a day in the life of a Performer/Artist - a photo from a day you felt fierce or a memorable moment you've had during a performance/show, and post it without a single explanation, then nominate somebody to take the challenge. That’s 10 days, 10 Performance photos, 10 nominations and 0 explanations. Be active, be positive, be passionate... Raise Awareness of the Arts. (Nominated by myself! Because I love theatre, the fantastic folks I have the privilege to work with, and I love what I do.)
If you see yourself, consider yourself tagged!

11/24/2019

Day 3 (and 4, because I neglected this yesterday!) of the 10-day Performer/Artist Challenge! (except I'm the behind the camera, not on stage 😉)
Every day, select an image from a day in the life of a Performer/Artist - a photo from a day you felt fierce or a memorable moment you've had during a performance/show, and post it without a single explanation, then nominate somebody to take the challenge. That’s 10 days, 10 Performance photos, 10 nominations and 0 explanations. Be active, be positive, be passionate... Raise Awareness of the Arts. (Nominated by myself! Because I love theatre, the fantastic folks I have the privilege to work with, and I love what I do.)

If you see yourself, consider yourself tagged!

11/23/2019

Day 3 of the 10-day Performer/Artist Challenge! (except I'm the behind the camera, not on stage 😉)
Every day, select an image from a day in the life of a Performer/Artist - a photo from a day you felt fierce or a memorable moment you've had during a performance/show, and post it without a single explanation, then nominate somebody to take the challenge. That’s 10 days, 10 Performance photos, 10 nominations and 0 explanations. Be active, be positive, be passionate... Raise Awareness of the Arts. (Nominated by myself! Because I love theatre, the fantastic folks I have the privilege to work with, and I love what I do.)

If you see yourself, consider yourself tagged!