Author Archives: Steve

New Photo Show in Salem

Yesterday I woke up early and drove (in the April Fool’s slushstorm) up to Front Street Coffeehouse in Salem, MA to hang a new photo show. 16 of my rock and dance photos are on display there for the month of April, so if you’re on the North Shore, go check it out. Coming up [...]

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Why I shoot in RAW

Truly, Paul Janovitz (http://www.pauljanovitz.com/) deserves credit for making me a RAW convert.  Paul is a Boston area photographer and musician and we met when I was shooting Tony Savarino playing at Church of Boston.  He’s been doing this stuff longer than I have, so I spent some time picking his brain about photo business and [...]

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Show – Esthema at Ryles, 6/30/2010

Andy Milas of Esthema (www.esthema.com), a Boston area world music group, saw my photos up at Za and contacted me to have me do some work for them.  I ended up shooting their recent show at Ryles in Inman Square, Cambridge on June 30th.  The group consists of 5 people: bass guitar, guitar, drums, violin [...]

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Show – Cantab Lounge 6/11/2010

Friday night I went out to the Cantab Downstairs to catch Father Octopus and a few other bands.  I’ve seen F.O. a few times but was unfamiliar with the rest of the program.  The lineup was Radio Control, Bookkeeper, Father Octopus and Vent.  All of these bands are somewhat hard to describe but worth a [...]

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Za Art Show

For the first time ever, my photography is on display in public!  For the months of June and July you can find 13 of my prints at Za Restaurant in Arlington, MA.  It’s awesome and a little surreal to see your own photos, printed large, framed and on a wall in a public space. For [...]

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Photographer Interview – Stephen Gray (xgray)

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Stephen Gray, xgray on Flickr, has totally altered the way I think about photography. He was kind enough to answer my questions about how he does what he does.

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So you want to buy a (Nikon) DSLR

A friend recently asked me for some advice on a DSLR purchase, ideally for under $1000. I put my thoughts together and this (slightly edited) is what I came up with. Since I took the time to write it out, I figured I might as well post it here in case anyone else is interested. [...]

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Center Plaza

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Jaggery and Black Fortress of Opium

Photos and thoughts from Black Fortress of Opium’s video premiere show at The Magic Room in Brighton. Jaggery opened. Be sure to check out Black Fortresses video for their song “Afyonkarahisar Battle Cry.”

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