Jazz Fest 2010: the picks are in

Spent last weekend shooting JazzFest for the Jazz & Heritage Archive. As usual I found it very difficult to stay glued to the particular stages I was supposed to be covering and wandered around quite a bit. See this years JF SHOTS HERE on my website

Thank goodness I shot first weekend when the sun was actually shining. Not surprisingly I got a lot more excited about my shots taken of fest goers vs. shots of musicians on stage. I met a lot of cool people in the photo pit and ran into a million people from around town. Our house was packed with visitors including my parents who had an amazing time and will probably never stop talking about it until next years JF, when we do it all over again.

Its cool to compare last years shots with this years, wow the sun makes a big difference. Check out last years pictures on Daily News site here and even more from last year on my website.

I should have a gallery posted of this years shots on NY Daily News website soon, as well as several photos included in the next edition of Offbeat Magazine........Keep posted...comments encouraged.

Spellcaster Party Freaks vs. Pretty Pic of Italy

In an obsessive compulsive fit I've attempted to begin to organize and upload some older photos taken while traveling. You can see some of the sets in the gallery section of my PS site. I've compiled them in sets based on location but am skeptical because I feel like some of them are a bit too postcard'y but then again who knows what people really like. As for SEO, photo descriptions and labeling I'm in major procrastination mode. Definitely should be doing this before I export out of Lightroom for all those travel pics I recently uploaded to PS but Im so lazy. Not good. Web-wise I re-designed my website to simply re-route to my Photoshelter site for now until i have more time to actually integrate my personal site with my archive galleries on PS.

I have been working on an assignment for a new food/culture magazine coming out in New Orleans and did a food shoot for an article my husband is writing about the bakery at Dong Phoung, a vietnamese restaurant in New Orleans East. Cant show you photos till the mag comes out but some are delicious looking. My PS site has been very instrumental in allowing my editor to view and select photos. This weekend I am shooting a pic of Richard McCarthy, the Executive Director of Market Umbrella, the orgnaization that runs Crecent City Farmers Market for a different article, as well as a beer shoot for an article on craft beer in NOLA. These magazine assignments are great expereince and they actually pay me $ so....

Besides work photos there is a Spellcaster party Friday night, one of my favs to shoot. See some amazingly weird Spellcaster photos posted here. Then there's the mirliton festival this weekend. Yes, Ill be busy runnin round town with my camera.

Definitely keep posted for some interesting photos after this weekend.

Janes Addiction and other assorted pics from Voodoo Festival

Too beat to blog after this long and late weekend but check out some photos from Voodoo Festival this past weekend. Got some fun shots in the pit at Gogol Bordello and some great shots of Janes Addiction.