Tech specs:
lenses: Nikon 50mm f/1.8 •  28-75 f/2.8 • 70-200 f/2.8
various manual exposures [generally between f/1.8 – f/4.5, ISO between 200-1600, shutter speeds generally between 1/60-1/125sec
all full-size uncropped images
shot raw and processed in Adobe Camera Raw

To book your session, license an image, or buy a limited-edition print…
email Mara@MaraRobinson.com or call 330.414.4651

Eric Schulte

Voxcaster was founded and is fronted by Van Gogh Round Records producer and treasured Davenport Collective *rent collector* Eric Schulte.



Schulte also was the manager, then guitarist, then bassist for The Dreadful Yawns (their new album Picnic features Schulte’s song Figure It Out {previously titled Time Machine Song.} He’s also an original member of The Village Bicycle, Aluminum Anemone, and Shiny Penny). Here’s an old-school Cool Cleveland article about him.




Here, Schulte records the bassline for This Is Ellipsis while Collins looks on.

Eric Collins

Collins splits his time between bass and drums, swapping instruments with Joe Vecchio during live shows.

Joe Vecchio

Prior to picking up the drums for Voxcaster, Joe played guitar with Schulte in The Village Bicycle. To further illustrate the family tree, Joe had replaced Ryan Shobe in VB, who now plays guitar in Voxcaster. (Ryan wasn’t at these two sessions, so we’ll have to get his photo another day.)

Chris Russo

The album is being engineered by the amazing Chris Russo, who also played drums with Schulte in their Dreadful Yawns era.



He also recently cheated death. For real. He got a serious foodborne illness in Thailand and it paralyzed him from the neck down. It took a few months of hospitalization and physical therapy, but he regained everything.

He’s got a monk-like calmness. He’s even looking forward to the impending Ohio winter. He’s inspiring.

Update: The album is now being mixed and we’re currently booking tour dates.
Our official debut is Friday January 6 at the Grog Shop
Voxcaster on facebook
Voxcaster on last fm

the sound looked like this…

Tech specs:
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 • 28-75 f/2.8 • 70-200 f/2.8
manual exposures, shot raw and processed using Adobe Camera Raw

To book your session, license an image for editorial use, or buy a limited-edition print… email Mara@MaraRobinson.com or call 330.414.4651.

Some friends in the music scene have been trying for years to get me out to this annual 4-day leave-no-trace camping trip, and I’m glad to have made it this year. In addition to the opportunity to photograph fire for the first time, I was camping with some of Cleveland’s finest friends (including Matt Cassidy, Craig Chojnicki, Nick Traenkner, Eric Alleman). And even though we slept in tents, we certainly weren’t roughing it. We basically built a 24-hour outdoor nightclub, complete with a full bar, deejay booth, domed dance floor with light show, kitchenette, and various seating configurations. It was definitely the place to be that weekend.

This is John Dudas and Jim Guilliams, who headed up the temple-build. It was made to honor their friend Greg and all loved ones who passed away. Campers wrote names on the walls, left mementos, and like all other builds it was burned before the weekend ended. John is a firefighter and co-owner of Carol & John’s Comic Book Shop in Lakewood. John told me that when he saw this photo, he knew he wanted make Jim their new manager at the store. As a gift to Jim, John asked me to make a big canvas of this photo for them to hang in the store. I use only the highest-quality materials, and the piece looks amazing.

Tech specs:
Nikon 50mm f/1.8, 28-75 f/2.8, 70-200mm f/2.8
shot raw and processed using Adobe Camera Raw

To book your session, license an image for editorial use, or buy a limited-edition print… email Mara@MaraRobinson.com or call 330.414.4651.



bonus video
Matt Cassidy casually treated us to his execution of Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain, while dressed as Marvel Comic’s The Watcher, complete with homemade cape, papier-mâché mask, and Ultimate Nullifier (amplified Chaoscillator). I love hearing Cassidy play guitar, and stoked that his friend & 9-Volt Haunted House bandmate Craig Chojnicki snagged a minute of it on his cellphone: