Here are a few images and their stories.
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This is a picture from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, France. Paris was an interesting city, and most of the stereotypes are true about the people They weren't the kindest.
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Here's a photo I'm really proud of. This is from Canterbury. There isn't too much story behind it, other than this guys music was beautiful.
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Nice, France. This was the most relaxing week of my life. Priorities for the trip were sleep, relax on beach, sightsee and drink good wine. All were accomplished. After that I continued to Munich Germany for Oktoberfest. Probably luckily, there are no pictures from that.
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I recently did a photoshoot for a local band, Call Me Anything. It was a great shoot producing some great images, of a new style for me. I used 2 Umbrellas with strobes for the shots. I'm super happy with most of them, unfortunately they have had a member change so they won't be able to use the images. I'm sure I'll have another opportunity to shoot with them.
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Another shot.
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Accelerate quite a bit. This is a very recent picture. I had the opportunity to again manage the Mo' Pleasure show at my high school. With a different, much more Jazz oriented line up this year, it was a great show. On drums was Omar Hakim, who was Sting's drummer at one point. Also Rachel Z on the piano, a great pianist from NYC who has worked with and co-wrote with Najee. I love being a part of this show.
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And another.
On a personal note, I have gotten the job to be the Staff Intern at Litchfield Jazz Camp this summer. I'm super excited for this opportunity to work so closely with a lot of great musicians and people that are influential in the business. Obviously a huge part of this is the Litchfield Jazz Festival, which so far has an incredible line up, including Trombone Shorty and Roy Haynes. It should be a great month for me. I will also continue to take photos and document the summer for Litchfield Performing Arts.
So all in all, life is good. Classes are tough, but going well.