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I nearly made a hilarious mistake.
A few nights ago I went to see Leroy Powell at Harvelle’s — a very dark little bar. The only camera I wanted in that situation was the Leica M2 with the fast f/1.4 lens. But it had a roll of ASA100 film that wasn’t usable for a [...]

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fun. - At Least I’m Not As Sad As I Used To Be
Music for reading comes from the new band simply called fun. off their album Aim and Ignite.
I headed south on the one-oh-one freeway towards downtown Los Angeles to seek out Walter. See, my trusty Canonet had failed to fire a few times when [...]

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Recently, I did a series of publicity photos for local musician Seven Saturdays (a.k.a. Jonathan Haskell). We hiked up to an idyllic mystical patch of forest in Griffith Park where the light was swirly.
It was a fun shoot. Jonathan, like many people, wasn’t a fan of getting photographed. I kept the energy up [...]

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Laura Duncan - “Open Arms”
As I was breezing through the monthly HearNoHo musical showcase last night, Laura Duncan was a revelation. I’m talking blues riffs, jazz tinges, and one of the strongest voices I’ve heard in a while. This UK transplant is now based in Los Angeles, and I’ll seek her out again. She [...]

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Getty Images wants you « Flickr Blog.
So, Getty Images is no longer reaching into the Flickrverse to anoint a chosen few golden photographers of light. Now they are actively soliciting submissions. Great!  Just great.  Don’t you see what this means?  Before this, I could blame my obscurity on the fact that they just hand’t run [...]

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