I had the wonderful opportunity to take a walk in the park with JoAnne. After warming up to my camera, she felt comfortably relaxed . Sometimes people aren’t sure what will happen during one of my photo shoots. I just tell them about capturing the life and personality of my subject. It’s easy to get someone to pose like this, put your arm like that, move your chin here, and smile like that. When you capture images of a person, you’re not thinking about the last person you photographed, those same poses. You think about the person right in front of you. You think about what makes them smile, what makes them sad, and you bring that out of them. I love to see what’s inside of people and to have them reveal it to me. If you love my style, don’t hesitate about contacting me about setting up your photographic revelation. 

Last night’s performance was indeed a treat for the ears. Arriving to an empty room at The James A. Michener Arts Museum in Doylestown, I wondered how the sound of this beautiful room would hold up. To the delight to everyone’s ears, the trio came with a mission. With Luke Carlos O’Reilly on keyboards, Mike Boone on bass, and the youthful Justin Faulkner on the drum kit, the fireworks were definitely keeping everyone’s attention. The room is rather spacious with beautiful gardens on either side and a sturdy looking wall which was behind the group, but on the exterior. After a brief intermission, Justin wanted to show his admiration for Philadelphia drummer Robert Hendersson and his younger brother Nazir Ebo. Both sat in for a tune and let everyone hear what they had to say on the drums. Overall this show was full of lightening, thunder, and some light pedals of beauty. All of which Spring is about. 

Cleaning my camera, packing the necessary lenses needed for the evening, and filling my gas tank all are steps I take when heading out to capture images for the evening. This particular night I was headed to Chris’s Jazz Club to see The Wayne Smith Jr. Quintet. Did I talk about the traffic? Forward 40 minutes ahead. The house was packed for this evening and Wayne had his family in his corner. Pianist George Burton even acknowledged their support by stating, “Where are you guys when I have gigs?” referring to the loud applause Wayne’s family deservedly dished out after every tune. Vocalist Shakera Jones stepped up for a sultry tune to slow things down a bit. The evening as a whole was pretty incredible musically. Although I yearned for a nice burger, which they don’t serve until the late night jam session, I was filled another way, musically as the band,  Brian Woestehoff on tenor, Craig Magnano on guitar, George Burton on piano, Alexander Claffy on bass, and Wayne Smith Jr. on the drum kit gave all they had that evening. Photographically I hope you can feel the music that was served on a silver platter.