December 15, 2008 - It’s a tall claim that an artist who has been touring for 45 years is at his performing best in 2009 but that’s exactly what fans were saying after Neil Young’s rock’n'roll throwdown at Madison Square Garden. Young delighted veteran fans and first timers at the first of two sold-out NYC shows.

December 15, 2008 - Neil Young brought down a packed house at Madison Square Garden last night. Stay tuned for the full set and shooting notes.

December 7, 2008 - It’s not all signed talent and tour buses 24/7 here at One Louder Photo. Even though the photos don’t always hit the homepage, I enjoy shooting commissioned work for unsigned artists like Brooklyn’s own Joanna Levine. Originally from Toronto, Joanna is a sultry indie/folk songstress whose music reminds me a little of Kendall Payne (only it’s sexier and more Canadian). I caught up with Joanna and her band at Sullivan Hall.

October 25, 2008 - Combining indie pop with experimental electronica, The Octopus Project makes strange and lovable music. If successfully following Monotonix wasn’t impressive enough, members of the Austin quartet play a seemless game of musical chairs with a vast array of analog instruments and digital contraptions throughout their set.

October 25, 2008 - The Blender Theater is a fairly classy place - the venue sports stadium seats, three bars and a plush subterranean lounge. However, if a certain group of hard rocking Israeli nationals are on the bill, you can trade all those fancy renovations for sheer unbridled mayhem.

Feedback needed. Both my live and promotional portfolios received updates today. New images went in and some older work came out. I’ve also organized all of the photos by height. This is where your opinion counts! In addition to general feedback about the images, I’d like to know if the new organization helps or hinders the viewing experience. Should I also make all of the images the same height?  What do you think?

UPDATE - It’s official, I love the internet. I’ve incorporated almost all of the initial feedback into the new version. Keep it coming folks!

Huge shout outs to the following first responders for their awesome feedback:

Brandon Wu
Tasha Schalk
Todd Owyoung
Olivier Cesar
Sara Montour

I’m very pleased to announce that my friend and client Cameron Carpenter has just been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of solo instrumentalist without orchestra for his album Revolutionary (Telarc).

October 23, 2008 - Supporting their new She Loves Everybody EP, ivy league power popsters Chester French got top billing and hit up a packed Bowery Ballroom for CMJ08.

I played with a production copy of the 5D Mark II recently and have updated my previous post of first impressions with a few off-the-cuff comments. Peep the article here.

After a lot of thought I finally decided to switch. I’ve been officially “back in black” since noon on Black Friday. I marched into a local camera store with all of my Canon equipment and walked out with Nikon.

I’ll be posting my thoughts on the differences between the two systems shortly.

Sayonara Canon, it’s been great. But obviously, not that great.