baseball: syracuse chiefs @ durham bulls

baseball: syracuse chiefs @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sometimes good photography is about knowing the technical stuff, or knowing how to adjust the technical stuff on the fly; it’s about having a good eye, understanding composition and color. There’s a lot that goes into it — I bust my ass to get better,…

baseball: salem red sox @ kinston indians

baseball: salem red sox @ kinston indians, originally uploaded by minervacat. THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THIS PHOTO: No one is wearing Carolina blue. Tim Federowicz (catching) is wearing #22, not #19. Tim Fedroff (batting) is wearing #15, not #16. One Tim is batting while another Tim is catching. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS,…

saxapahaw, nc

saxapahaw, nc, originally uploaded by minervacat. It’s a weekend for impromptu road trips to the eastern half of the state, for comfort eating trips to Sonic, for wandering around in small towns in the next county over, for late night phone calls.

the duke & the king @ local 506

the duke & the king @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Simone Felice asked me last night if shep. and I worked for Rolling Stone. No, baby, I don’t, but if you know somebody I’ll take an intro. He was polite, funny, and charming; he played everything off the new album I wanted to…

suburbia

suburbia, originally uploaded by minervacat. Lesson learned this week: take what you’ve got and make it work.

worth getting up for: july

baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Currently making it worthwhile to get up in the morning: a commute that allows for a full album there, a full album back, paid for by the Feds; crunchy-guitar girl-fronted quasi-punk from the Northwest; Big Gulp-sized Diet Cokes from gas stations; good conversation about music;…

the roadside graves @ the nightlight

the roadside graves @ the nightlight, originally uploaded by minervacat. i got a heart that won’t quit, that won’t break, no matter what you do — the roadside graves, “west coast” Thrilled to catch these guys at the Nightlight last night — I absolutely adore their 2007 release No One Will Know Where You’ve Been,…