To preface this blog post our readers should know how crazily addicted to the `Martha Stewart Life`my lovely wife is and how devastated she was when our Tivo staple, `The Martha Stewart Show`, stopped airing in Canada. (As a side note, the first person to airmail the 2010 episodes to our home will earn a free photoshoot!!) Anyways, on with the post. As soon as we finalized our vacation dates and booked the flight Sam kept and eagle eye on the Martha Stewart website ready and waiting for ticket requests for our dates to become available. As soon as our dates appeared she applied for tickets and crossed her fingers. Finally, a few weeks before we left her wish was granted and e-mail conformation was sent (the anticipation was almost as good as the show itself!). Without further ado here’s what it’s like to be a audience member at the Martha Stewart Show. To start, the e-mail conformation was very wardrobe specific (jewel tones look best on camera). So after dressing in our Sunday best and walking to and from the subway in our best blister giving shoes we were admitted to the very fancy waiting area. After signing a waiver to give them the right to use our images we were allowed into the beautiful studio…it`s every bit as nice as on TV although a little smaller in real life. The day we attended happened to be April Fools day and they had a perfect Robert DeNiro impersonator featured on the show. I WAS TOTALLY FOOLED! Sam and Kirsten knew right away (or so they said) but I had no idea and I even insisted it was the real guy long after everyone was giggling and in on the joke (how embarassing)! Martha also showed us how to make faux bois (fake wood) cookies and had geusts from `The Onion` in to tell odd jokes. Joey (the warm-up professional) spent much of the show directing the audeince to clap/cheer and fade in and out just as you would expect to hear when watching the show from home. During the commercial breaks he ran around giving away free gifts! After the show Martha answered a few questions from the audeince, she was naturally very polite and helpful. It really surprised me how everything was so well organized (typical Martha I`m told) and despite the number of camera crew, directors, make-up personel, prep chefs and guests everything went off without a hitch! The whole thing ended with a walk through Martha’s gift shop and a tote bag full of free gifts as we walked back out into the streets of Manhattan. What a great day! The blisters were totally worth it!
- Joey telling us about all the great free things we’ll get during the show
Crazy lighting set up
The camera used the most, especially while crafting
Taking questions after the show.
Photographed by Edmonton Photographers, Harvey and Samantha of Love Bucket Photography
Holy Moly! That IS a crazy light set up! I totally would not have guessed that there would be that many lights! How was the show! Martha rocks, I have to say I’m a little jealous!
She is my hero……Great photos!
Too awesome! – and well I can’t resist “its a good thing!”