12-22-14 Thoughts on Making Art in New York City
12-19-14 Why I decided to return my Beautiful Black Rollei 35 Travel Camera
I’m FINALLY getting around to explaining why, after all my research, I decided to return my awesome mobile Rollei 35 travel camera. It was a beautiful machine, the black version.
It’s a totally portable 35mm film travel camera and amazing small. I was really excited to get it. However, after shooting two test rolls of film, I discovered it has it’s drawbacks…
**Be sure to check out my 35mm film test rolls after the fold**
12-15-14 Marguerite Van Cook’s book signing of The Late Child, illustrated by James Romberger
Last week I had the pleasure of attending my friend Marguerite Van Cook‘s book signing at St Marks Bookstore. Her latest book The Late Child is a generational autobiography, which means it stories from both her Mother’s and her lives. It’s wonderfully illustrated by James Romberger, Marguerite’s husband and also a friend of mine. Both my friends are awesome artists and if you haven’t yet seen their work, check them out, you won’t be sorry!
The Thurston Moore Band Blasts through my earplugs at Webster Hall’s Marlin Room on 12-11-14
The Scene at Webster Hall
When I arrived at Webster Hall, the crowd was upbeat and conversational despite having had to wait awhile outside in the December air! This cool looking NYC crowd [replete with winter coats and hats] was happy, flocking to the open bar while silk screen printer Hit and Run pressed free posters in neon paint!
Tonight, Thurston Moore, the Godfather of Grunge, was going to play songs from his latest album THE BEST DAY.
12-8-14 Find Inspiring Art All Around You!
This past weekend I was thrift store shopping with my uncle and my seven year old cousin at Boomerangs Thift Store in Jamaica Plain and found the following book:
12-5-14 MacBook Air 13″ (Early 2014) runs Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 5!
Good news! I’ve now successfully installed Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 5 onto my new Best Buy open-box MacBook Air 13″ (Early 2014). I bought it on Black Friday. And both programs open really fast. I had to get on the horn to Apple to get my free iLife download, but it all worked out nicely. For the record, I’m running OSX 10.9.5. And I’m now awaiting a case I ordered.
12-1-14 Taking Stock
11-3-14 Subway Poetry
By random chance, I was on my commute and a woman nearby seemed intrigued I was writing. She asked if I was in the Arts and when I said I was, she introduced herself. Madeline Schwartzman is a writer/filmmaker who runs 365 Day Subway: Poems By New Yorkers. What makes her site different, is she approaches a complete stranger whilst on her subway commute, and asks them to write a poem. The result joins an impressive array of poems from everyday New Yorkers on
10-3-14 My First Photo Assignment for BigWheelMagazine.com
Getting to review and shoot the LIGHTS show on Tuesday was a real break for me as a writer/photographer! Before that, I only wrote/photographed concerts for the awesome punk website BigWheelMagazine.com Thinking back on my work with BigWheel, I realized I wanted to post those reviews on TheWanderingHumorist.