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2011: My Year in Concert Photos

whitperson — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:27:36 +0000

I was lucky to see a lot of great live shows this year, and even luckier to be able to shoot most of them with my Nikon D5000. Although I am decidedly an amateur, I think I ended up with some pretty decent shots, so I decided to create a “best of” style compilation to wrap up a great 2011.

Artists pictured below include (in rough order): Soulive, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, The Dodos, Yellow Ostrich, White Denim, The New Deal, American Babies, Phish, Cut Copy, Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Steve Kimock & Friends (with Marco Benevento, Marc Friedman, and Adam Deitch), The War on Drugs, Deerhunter, Battles, Guided By Voices, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Steve Kimock & Friends (w/ Bobby Vega, Bernie Worrell, and Wally Ingram).

For more photos and — in most cases — reviews and videos, check out the links below:
Photos: Soulive’s “Bowlive II” @ Brooklyn Bowl, 3/11/11

Review: Steve Kimock & Friends @ Sullivan Hall, NYC, 3/30/11

Review, Photos, Videos: American Babies @ Mercury Lounge, 4/29/11

Photos/Videos: The New Deal @ Terminal 5, 5/7/11

Photos: White Denim @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 6.25.11

Phish in Camden, 6/10/11: Review, Photos, Videos, Downloads

Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: Final Photos, Thoughts

Photos, Video: Deerhunter @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

Photos: Fleet Foxes @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

Photos: Animal Collective @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

Photos: Battles @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

PHOTOS / VIDEOS / REVIEW: Steve Kimock & Friends @ Brooklyn Bowl, 11/5/11

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: The War on Drugs @ Bowery Ballroom, 12/11/11

My SXSW 2011 Recap with Photos, Videos, and More

whitperson — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:12:50 +0000

I finally had a chance to pull together a full re-cap of my trip down to SXSW last week.

Check it out: SXSW 2011 Recap at Live Music Blog

Photo Fun: A Spring Escape to Hawaii

whitperson — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:50:36 +0000

I thought I’d post some photos from our fabulous vacation in Maui and Kauai…

We experienced an amazing, natural setting.

We ate and drank.

We saw some interesting plants, animals and critters.

We hiked, surfed, swam, snorkeled, paddle-boarded, road on boats, played in tide pools and rivers, and generally had one of the most active vacations ever.

The full photo set is over on flickr.

We feel extremely fortunate to have been able to do make this trip. Big hugs and kisses to Genevieve and Johnny for inviting us to join them in Kauai for week two. Thanks guys, we had a blast!

New Camera + Brothers Past Concert = Photo Fun

whitperson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:01:06 +0000

Last week, I had a nice opportunity to test out my brand-new DSLR camera — a Nikon D5000 — in a more difficult setting: a Brothers Past concert at Brooklyn Bowl. Although I’m still getting the hang of the thing, I was able to grab a few decent shots.

If you want the full round-up of the show (with setlist and video), head on over to Live Music Blog. Otherwise, check out a few of my favorite shots below…

Not bad for my first attempt, eh?

Head on over to my flickr page, if you want to check out the full photo set.

Fun with GIMP: Concert Photo Collage

whitperson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:38:17 +0000

I’ve been toying around with a few image-editing programs. I just downloaded/installed GIMP (aka GNU Image Manipulation Program), which seems to be the closest open-source program you can get to Photoshop. It’s very cool and quite robust. I’m a total novice with this stuff, but I think I managed to put together a decent photo collage of some favorite (mainly) concert photos:

It’s just a draft so it’s a bit rough around the edges. But I think I kinda like it that way. In fact, I decided that this should be my new twitter background.

Food Photo Porn: End of the Summer Food Pics

whitperson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:58:50 +0000

I still had a few fun food photos left on the camera from the end of the summer, so I thought I’d do one last summer photo round-up for the site. Yum:

Perfect Pastrami from Katz’s Deli

A Crab Boil in NYC?

Heirloom tomatoes w/basil (from Vermont):

Homemade pizza:

Southwestern Veggie Chili:

diggin’ into the big apple, part II: new apartment in brooklyn

whitperson — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:20:46 +0000

Linds and I finally went back to NYC mid-July for the full apartment search. As most people will say, the apt. search in NYC is a whole different beast than it is in most other major U.S. cities. We’ve dealt with searches in Boston, Chicago, etc… but we knew we really had to gear up for the worst when dealing with NYC.

Luckily, we did our research and really honed in on a couple of key areas during a separate trip where we basically walked half of the city (well, maybe only a quarter, but it sure felt like half on Sunday!). It may have been a bit excessive, but I am really glad we made the scouting trip. Upon our return to the city, we were able to focus our apt. hunt on just a few areas of Brooklyn, including Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and Park Slope.

After two days of endless viewings, phone calls with brokers, and some serious pavement-pounding, we checked out a place on Smith St. that felt about right.

We liked the exposed brick, decent-sized rooms, and the old-school ornate ceilings, among other things.

The place itself was fine, but it was really the neighborhood and location that made it. Smith Street is one of the main strips of the Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill area and offers tons of options for restaurants, stores, bars, etc…

The proximity to one of the city’s few Trader Joe’s stores was also a huge plus.

We were able to talk them down on the broker’s fee and the monthly rent, so that pretty much sealed the deal for the Smith St. place. Done and done. Once we signed the checks and the lease, we checked out some of the local fare at Chance, a nice little Asian/Sushi place a few blocks south of our new spot. The Chance lunch special and cold beers were a perfect way to finish out the apt. hunt:

All in all, I’d say the overall process with the multiple trips was long and a bit tiresome, but not as bad as I expected. It seems that we picked a good time to make the move to NYC. We recently made the official move — which was probably the most tiring part of this entire process — but I’ll spare those details from this account. We are now starting to really settle in to our apt., check out our new hood, and get used to the new digs. We can’t wait to really dig into all the NYC has to offer!

Check out the full photo set

Food Fun: Mas Salsa Por Favor

whitperson — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:42:01 +0000

I couldn’t get enough of the fresh salsa we made a few weeks back, so I went for round two. It’s such a simple recipe, but is worlds beyond anything you can buy in a store:

Ingredients:
Ripe tomatoes (I like plum tomatoes the best; they’re usually pretty cheap and don’t have tons of seeds/pulp)
Onion (I prefer vidalia; sweet and not too over-powering)
Fresh Cilantro (absolutely key; dried doesn’t even come close)
Jalanpeños (2 or 3 sliced/diced/de-seeded)
Fresh Lime juice (limes are cheap and c’mon, it’s not that hard to squeeze your own)
Salt to taste
Optional ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, cumin, and granulated garlic
(I like to add a few pinches of each of these)

I don’t think I’ve ever measured out anything for this recipe. I’d say you want about 2-1 ratio of tomatoes to onions. The cilantro and other ingredients really depend on your tastes. Do you want it hotter? Add more Jalanpeños or kick it up a notch with habañeros instead (you can also use cayenne pepper if you don’t have fresh peppers). Add salt and lime to taste, but keep in mind that it needs to sit a nice 15-20 minutes to let the flavors combine. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.

This is great for Spring/Summer pot luck parties, and it goes perfectly with a light beer w/ a lime wedge. The time this takes to make is far outweighed by the impression it can make on your friends. Enjoy.

Photo Fun: Food Photo Porn

whitperson — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:18:26 +0000

I am a bit of a foodie, so it’s natural that I’ve recently started taking a lot more photos of good grub. After uploading a few recent food photos from my digital camera, I realized I had a pretty decent archive of food pics already up on my flickr page. So, I compiled all my food photos into one flickr set and grabbed a few samples to post here. It feels a tad odd, as it’s kind of a way of fetishizing what one eats, but it’s also just kinda fun to capture good grub on camera. Check it out:

Okay, now I am officially hungry!

Photo Fun: Remembering My Alaskan Sea Kayaking Trek

whitperson — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:01:44 +0000

An old friend recently posted some photos on Facebook from our Camp Echo days that reminded me of all the photos I had but never took the time to scan in as digital prints. Although I “wasted” away a solid Saturday afternoon with the scanner and my flickr page, it was really fun to re-live some of those great summer moments. I especially liked digging back through the photos from my Sea Kayaking Trip in Alaska. It may not have cost as much as a KNOLs or Outward Bound trip, but it sure was just as a amazing.

Here are a few of my favs:

At one campsite, we found this enormous rock jutting out of the ground. My friend Andy and I took turns just settin’ on this thing and embracing the Alaskan summer. I think I may have even tried to write an essay about being on that rock because it was such a powerful natural setting…

Here’s the entire photo set.