What makes an exceptional photo?
Great Timing and an Eye for the Extraordinary!
The magic ingredients a photographer needs to go beyond the right equipment and knowing how to use it.
From the explosive energy of dance, to the drama and laughter of theater, to the spine-tingling emotional directness of music, the performing arts are among the most positive and compelling of human endeavors. My goal is to capture the essence of a performance and the moments that define performers and their art.
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Passing Knowledge Part 1
This gallery contains 6 photos.
“Meet the artist” usually means someone interviews said person followed by a Q&A and a bit of meet and greet. Such was the case when banjoist and world traveler Abigail Washburn dropped by the UCSB Multicultural Center to talk about how knowing another culture’s language and the power of music…
Dreams
This gallery contains 8 photos.
Many young girls want to be ballerinas, and for most, the Nutcracker is their first big show. For the ones who stick with it long enough to become a professionals, it’s the ballet they are likely to have appeared in more often than any other. The world of bunheads is…
Swan Songs
This gallery contains 9 photos.
The Santa Barbara Symphony took their places in the front two thirds of the Granada stage and under the baton of maestro Nir Kabaretti performed a rousing and beautiful rendition of Mozart’s last, biggest and longest symphony, No. 41. Impresario Johann Peter Salomom nicknamed it “Jupiter,” presumably because the last…
Nothing Broken Here
This gallery contains 7 photos.
There was electricity already in the air at the Lobero Theatre as the first notes of Larry Campbell’s mandolin kicked off Shawn Colvin’s double Grammy-winning “Sonny Came Home,” and so began a splendid concert. Ms. Colvin announced she and the band were having a lot of fun and everything sounded great…