• Mark Erelli

    Tonight just off of Central Park West, in a 4th floor walkup, I saw Mark Erelli perform. The kitsch was all around Mark as he delighted us mostly with new and unreleased works. Erelli is one of the most generous performers I have had the good fortune to see.  He, like Ellis Paul, comes from…

  • Grrrrr

    ETA: Aperture’s integration feature is very cool!  That is such a cool savings of time.  AND projects and albums and smart albums SWEET.  Maybe Lightroom had this, but the tutorials aren’t there to show me.  Day one results…very impressed. Okay so it’s been a while. I am STILL rebuilding my laptop and I am in…

  • Guest Shutter – MusicMavin Take Me to The River

    This was taken with her point-n-shoot!  Amazing.  Now our good friend MM says in her email she’s not sure she would have been able to capture this with her 50D.  Fair enough…you need to know your camera to do what other cameras capture in auto modes (or better I dare say.)  It’s all about what…

  • Guest Shutter – Jenfer with great cell advice!

    I took this picture of Ozzie with my cell phone and I love it. This is one of those it-doesn’t-matter-if-it-is-a-pinhole-camera situations. I like the angle and the light and the expression. It shows his spirit! Also, I just recently discovered that my cell phone has a setting to change the photo quality. I even had…

  • Two tales of insurance you must have

    If you don’t have UV filters on all your lenses, stop reading this and get them.  I was at the Tom Chapin show and *gasp* dropped my camera right on my 70-300 big bucks lens.  Yup, a face dive onto cement floor.  SMACK! I felt my stomach drop as I picked up the camera and…

  • The personality

              Please Visit Tom Chapin’s website to learn about this legend of independent music.  http://www.tomchapin.com/   The next few days will be slightly different.  I have the great fortune to attend Tribeca Film Festival so we shall see what it may yield.

  • The passion of Tom Chapin

    Between the amusing tunes and the yarns of greatness the musicianship of Tom Chapin shines. A man, an instrument and a song. more to come…

  • Victoria Vox

    Victoria Vox opened for Tom Chapin last night.  She was utterly charming. Armed with a uke and dead serious lyrics she took command of the stage. Her sound is progressive and retro all in the same moment. I bought her latest cd, Chameleon. And if you doubt that the uke can pack a punch, check out…