With four (4!) different websites that feature my photography, a search that involves my name or one of the types of photographic niches that I tend to occupy often leads the surfer to the wrong place. I’m trying to alleviate that unintentional misdirection here with a brief summary of the websites that represent my work. …
This is a short video promoting my novel Let It Be, made with Adobe After Effects. I don’t really like the term “book trailer,” which has always seemed rather silly to me, since books are not, after all, movies, but given the fact that the publishing industry has decided that book trailers are, in fact, …
The following short story, which is about a high school photographer who’s hopelessly in love, is excerpted from my collection Second Coming, available exclusively at Amazon.com.
When actor Tony LaFortezza came to my New York photo studio to update his headshots, I knew that I was in for a treat. Tony is a character actor who has appeared in many films, television programs, and commercials; a consummate professional who works hard at his craft, he has taught and run acting workshops …
Nearly a half-century after The Beatles broke up, the world is still talking about their music. But after four decades of commentary, is there anything substantive left to say about the inimitable work of the Fab Four? Former USA Today columnist and author Ted Montgomery believes that there is. His book, The Beatles Through Headphones: …
Tunnel Music: An Ode to the Subway from Chad Gayle on Vimeo. What is the soundtrack of your daily commute, New York? This is what I’ve tried to capture in my short film, “Tunnel Music: An Ode to the Subway.” “Tunnel Music” tells a series of very short stories about the subway and the people …
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Although I love short stories, I have to admit that I approach new short story collections with a bit of apprehension, because I know from past experience that most collections are, to put it gently, slightly padded. Do you recall ever reading a collection that didn’t contain at least three stories that fell far short …
I’m running a Rafflecopter giveaway that starts Saturday March 14, 2015 and ends Monday March 30, 2015, and the prize is (drumroll) a signed copy of my novel Let It Be! To be eligible to win, you must live in the United States or Canada and have a Twitter account. To enter click below to …
My novel Let It Be has reached a milestone: it’s one year old as of this May! It wasn’t so very long ago (a mere decade) that the idea for this novel, which had been gestating for roughly nine months, would come to fruition after a summer of soul searching and repeated sampling of albums …
There’s nothing quite like Christmas time in New York City. The traditions, the traffic, and the constant stream of tourists are equally enervating and maddening, particularly for anyone who has a camera in his or her hands. Nonetheless, one weekday in mid-December when I happened to have a Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 ED VRII zoom lens …