Author: brandnewkindof

Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.

darling don’t you go and cut your hair

i am human and i need to be loved Y’all, I don’t normally get all personal up in this space, but can we talk about body image and curvy asses and chubby thighs and bad hair days for a minute?

happy thanksgiving

Here’s to a weekend of sloth and gluttony, and a lot of gratefulness.

midtown dickens & matthew e. white @ haw river ballroom

I have — well, not slacked, but I have seen far fewer shows this year than I did last year, and I have definitely missed a lot of homecoming, release, celebration shows by people I love that I wish I hadn’t. Unfortunately, concert photography is a calling that wars with my anxiety and depression, and I’ve…

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tift & jte @ cat’s cradle

A co-headline show, and it was magical. Tift plays so well at home, and JTE is such a gift, such a great songwriter and performer. It was a warm and fantastic night. Full set here.

This is my favorite photo that I’ve taken of Justin Townes Earle; I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I saw him last. He’s at the Cradle tonight with Tift Merritt, her third stop in Carrboro this fall. You should come.

movies: skyfall

We saw Skyfall last night, and it was extraordinary; not just the performances, though Judi Dench is otherworldly and Daniel Craig is his usual lovely craggy grouchy talented self, but something about the lighting of it, specifically, moved me in the same way that watching The Hour last year did. The power of light and…

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