Sam’s Bar Mitzvah Photos are UP!

Last weekend we spent our Saturday night partying with our new friend Sam at his Bar Mitzvah.  The event was held at The Mansion on O Street in DC.  Look the place up, there really is no other way to describe it other than “hotel meets thrift store meets rock and roll hall of fame meets acid trip.”  It has secret passageways and signed (Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Julian Lennon) guitars in every room.

Anyway, the party went off without a hitch, and we got plenty of great shots, and our NEW on-site printing was a big hit.  Check out the whole set on the MRI Flickr, and check out some highlights below.

Tomorrow night we’re booked for another Bar Mitzvah and a private party after that…after that, we’ll be working on a music video collaboration with musician/madman Jeff Taylor.  Here’s a little sample, stay tuned for the (awesome) finished product:

And now, Sam’s Bar Mitzvah!

Sam is an All-Star

Sam himself

Totally a gang...with lasers

Everyone got into it!

things got crazy when the DJs passed out lights

Mazel Tov Sam!

The Canon Logic – “Delia”

In my internet travels, I randomly came across this video of our friends in The Canon Logic doing their song “Delia” across the Brooklyn Bridge, and I loved it…reminded me of those awesome “Take Away Shows”.

Speaking of the Take Away Shows, this one is an MRI favorite…

Not necessarily lightpainting related, but we love The Canon Logic so….yup.
-Ryan

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy (and bright) thanksgiving.  And a huge thanks to everyone who has been supporting us.  We won’t let you all down.  Stay tuned after the break for some CRAZY new stuff.

-Ryan and Michelle

MRI’s New Logo

Wow.  We’re stunned.  Our good friend Joey just designed us our official logo.  We have arrived.  He wrote this great post about the process, and then sent it to us.  Look for this bad boy errwhere.

MRI Lightpainting Logo by Joe Tower

MRI Lightpainting Logo by Joe Tower

Stay tuned y’all.  SO SO SO many cool things coming up.

-M::R::I

Team Lumiere Video

Ha!  Check out this awesome video that Team Lumiere (see below) put together from our photo shoot.  Its got us talking about our process (only slightly less awkward than the NPR piece) and then shooting some of the pictures we ended up with that night.  Enjoy!

The Albert Parsons Project + Team Lumiere

On Sunday we had the pleasure of collaborating on a design project with some Parsons School of Design students.  Team Lumiere, as they called themselves, were tasked (for a Louis Vitton design competition) to pick an artist as inspiration, and use that inspiration to create a fully realized design campaign.  Team Lumiere chose us, and Sunday night we set up a studio shoot so they could see us work and get some inspiration.

For us, it was cool to shoot more abstract stuff, which is a far cry from our photobooth work (we went back to the ROOTS!) and for them it was a chance to draw inspiration from our work, which they would channel into the fashion design world.  It was a cool collaboration, and BIG BIG BIG things will happen for all of us if they get selected for this competition.   Check out the results below, and on the MRI Flickr. Make sure to click into these…they look better bigger.

MRI Lightpainting - Pattern 1

MRI Lightpainting - Pattern 2

MRI Lightpainting - Lumiere 1

MRI Lightpainting - Lumiere 2

MRI Lightpainting - Team Lumiere Gets the Photobooth Treatment

Stay tuned for more and fingers crossed!!!

-M::R::I

Halloween Photos are UP

Last weekend, we had an amazing Halloween, partying it up at The Canon Logic loft.  We set up a booth just for fun, for about an hour, and thanks to some amazing costumes, we got some great shots (the robot!).  Thanks to everyone who came out.

Check out The Canon Logic Halloween Lightpainting Shots right here!

The Canon Logic pulling off a Ridiculously current Always Sunny in Philadelphia reference...

Sailor Kissing Nurse - Lightpainted

Best Lightpainting Picture Ever...again

Mike from The Canon Logic + Lady Gaga

That’s right, yet another BEST PICTURE EVER, we do those like every day…

Love,

MRI

MRI + PLANT Photos are UP + We are on Twitter!

Friday night we went to a house party.  Beers from the fridge, furniture stacked in the corners, bedrooms bolted shut, valuables stashed, parents out of town, the usual.  Only THIS house party (somehow) had Tittsworth, Nadastrom, Stretch Armstrong, and more spinning in the living room, at maximum volume.  That’s how Plant Music gets down apparently.  We had a brilliant time, we set up in the middle of the living room/dancefloor and let fly with the lights.

People seemed to have a great time, it was the usual excited chaos of “Oh man oh man can I have lights coming out of my cigarette??!!!”, and other such ideas.  Thats the best part of doing these things, is when you start to see creative wheels turning.  People get ideas, and they just light up (literally) when we can make those ideas come to light (again with the light metaphors).  That’s the best part.

Anyway, enough jibber jabber, here are a couple of our favorites from the night.  Check the rest out on the MRI Flickr.  ALSO:  MRI is on Twitter!! Follow us for updates, event news, secret guerrilla photo booths, print sales, and more!

MRI Lightpainting + Plant Music

MRI Lightpainting + Plant Music 2

MRI Lightpainting + Plant Music 3

Stay tuned for more and make sure to follow us on Twitter!!

-M::R::I

TONIGHT: Plant Music CMJ Party In BK

MRI Lightpainting + Plant Music

YO!  So we know its been awhile, but we are back on the attack.  We just got a last minute job at a PLANT MUSIC party in Brooklyn for CMJ.  Amazing DJ’s Tittsworth, Stretch Armstrong, Nadastrom and more will be taking care of the music, and MRI will be there from 12-2 am providing the acid-without-actual-acid-headed-visuals.  Come by and get lightpainted!  We would love to see some old friends and new faces.

The party starts at 10, at Brooklyn Docs (322 Union Ave).  Flyer and info is here.

Check out some past lightpainting photo booth shots at the MRI Flickr.

Stay tuned for more!  We just booked our first Bar Mitzvah (best.  bar mitzvah.  ever.) and we will soon be offering printing AT the event!  So you can take your light creations home with you.  Put ‘em in your bathroom…or wherever it is people put pictures of themselves.

MRI + Natalie’s Birthday

Last weekend, we shot a birthday for a new friend (and one-time friend-of-a-friend).  She wanted a lightpainting booth, and the results were fun and hilarious.  By the end of our hour at the party, we were all pretty worn out and sweaty due to the bazillion degree heat and a thousand percent humidity in Brooklyn.  Good times though regardless.  Check out the rest on the MRI flickr.

We gave her wings for her birthday

Our biggest group shot EVER

Mario Kevin and His Girl

That golden light is our new favorite

Well, that being said, we’re moving this weekend.  From one hustle (Astoria) to the next (Clinton Hill…ok…Bed Stuy).  So once we get settled in our brand spankin new amazing place, we’ll make sure to send some more lightpaintings your way.

-Ryan