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Video: St. Vincent’s cover of “Dig A Pony” @ Great American Music Hall
About 8 years ago I was hanging out with the cats in the magazine section of Berkeley’s Pegasus Books, when a magazine cover caught my eye. I wish I could remember which indie music mag it was, but unfortunately over the years I’ve forgotten. The woman pictured on the cover was so striking and had such an interesting style that I ended up reading the article about her. This was my first exposure to St. Vincent (or Annie Clark). When I got home, I immediately went to her MySpace page and started listening to all of her songs. “Marry Me” had come out the year before and many of the…
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Hidden Succulent art print now available on Society6
As you may be able to tell from the Store link up at the top of the nav bar, I have been putting some of my photography online at Society6 for sale as art prints, travel mugs, stationary cards and other fun items. A few days ago I posted a photo of a succulent I’d seen during an afternoon walk through my neighborhood.”Hidden Succulent” is now available in the store. This morning I was notified that the picture had been selected to be placed in the Society6 Shop. Yay! I just wanted to share the good news. For those who are curious, I used a Nikon D5500 to take the photo. Instagram’s Clarendon filter…
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Personal Photography Evolution
Past Photography For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved taking and editing photos. During my early years, the subjects of my photography were found around the small farm I grew up on–chickens, turkeys and the occasional tree. My first camera was a black Kodak Ektralite 10, which my grandpa bought for me at a swap meet when he saw how excited I was about having my own camera. When I was about 10, I took this little camera on a camping field trip to Yosemite with my 5th grade class–even got a half-decent photo of Half Dome. The camera had no zoom and my fingertip made its way into many of…