I’m only staying in Galax for two days, enough to get the jist of things without becoming overwhelmed by the crowd this weekend. This just about gets the job done. If I had to chose a single image for the event, or possibly even for the whole project, it would […]
Year: 2011
Galax I
When I arrived at the Old Fiddler’s Convention around noon only one fiddler was awake and jamming. I circled the entire park, talked to a few vendors, and was advised to come back around 4pm. Upon my return at 4:30 some audience members were settling in but really I don’t […]
Clifftop III
Let’s get down to the music. The first, Bob Shank leading a slow banjo jam. Next two, jamming with Gailanne & Roger of Jubal’s Kin, Andrew Zinn on banjo, and two other lovelies. Last, but in many ways the best: this still from a video portrait of Pete Easton. I […]
Clifftop II
I spent my second day of the festival alternately worried that I would 1) overshoot to ruin my school year, and 2) undershoot to ruin my project. While this should have worked toward the perfect amount of footage gathered, I can’t say that was the case. At least there was […]
Clifftop I
After the first evening of the Appalachian String Band Festival I’m delightfully overwhelmed. Tonight I left the audio/video nonsense in the hotel and tried to remember how to shoot (after my month of reading and beach-ing). The first photo is from a square dance in the main lodge. The second, […]
Almost there
I’m really trying to push this Kickstarter business and we’re almost done. I’ve asked several fiddle/music blogs for plugs and continue to wait. I send out emails and facebook posts (74 users have “liked” it but only 8 are receiving rewards). Thank you and much love to everyone who supports […]
Artscape 2011
This is definitely one of my favorite weekends each year, wherein hippies & yuppies alike fill the streets of Baltimore for free entertainment and expensive crafts. I finally got the hoodie I’ve been dying for and the boy & I wound up with matching Haymakers.
Kickstarting
The first leg of my master’s project is complete, and with 3-4 more legs left before this lopsided animal gets off the ground, I’ve turned to crowd-sourcing for help. For those of you who haven’t heard of Kickstarter, it’s an amazing place where artists, tinker-ers, thinkers, and backers get together […]
(be)Arizona
Bearizona is actually a drive-through wildlife park we passed en route to Grand Canyon, but you can’t deny me the play on words. All I really want to get across regarding the canyon is the sheer scale of it: 10,000 or so square miles. Forget about light and vantage point. […]
Waking up in Vegas
Or more accurately, in a Las Vegas suburb. They woke me precisely at 7:30 this morning, followed swiftly by two cats and a dog. Then they kicked me off of the couch to watch PBS Kids, and who am I to argue with them in their own home?