Karin Michele Dailey

i’m swimming in an ocean of unedited, un-posted images. ugh.

last night, i powered thru some images, so my mind could rest and i could finish the wedding images from last saturday at some point this lifetime. these are from the last 3 shows. grammar doesn’t count, right?

SOULIVE @ THE PARADISE ROCK CLUB
i’m not a fan of jam bands. i like music, but i like words. there are no words at a soulive show, unless they get a special guest to join them. no lie. I LOVE THIS BAND. amazing show. nigel  hall was fire. a great dancing show. too bad i was alone and had a giant camera with me. otherwise i’d would have been ‘getting down with the get down’. I love the end of the slideshow in the article – a little video clip of nigel hall’s james brown split.

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30 SECONDS TO MARS @ THE HOUSE OF BLUES
let’s talk about jared leto, shall we? management emailed saying we could only shoot the first 3 songs from the soundboard and aisle. no pit. no problem. once we got there, security said we could shoot the whole show, no flash. no pit. no problem. so the photography posse stayed for most of the show, respecting the rules in place. towards the end, leto looked over…ran over starts screaming at me and my camera. i’m confused. thought i imagined it. moments later, he’s got his hand on another photographer’s lens, spraying his fury on him. ha! whatever dude. i just spent 2 hours sweating blood and tears at your show to get great images of your band and that’s how you treat me (us)? this ain’t hollywood. i’m no paparazzi. you’re a douche. there, i said it. freedom of speech, son. he was a douche the whole show, really. but i actually enjoyed the gig. oh well.

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a little leto rage? sure nuff. he was so mad. i couldn’t figure out why. but i left and missed the end of the show.

SNOOP DOGG @ THE HOUSE OF BLUES
the following night was snoop dogg. last minute credentials granted. i mean, one-hour-before-showtime last minute. and i actually listen to snoop, so i packed my bag and headed for the train. why was snoop 90+ minutes late? scheduled to go on at 9:30…he took the stage after 11. kind of expected. but still annoying. good show though. you can’t go wrong with the chronic 2001′s NEXT EPISODE.

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read all about the dashboard show from last thursday night at Examiner.com (just click on the image below).  my buddies over at Melophobe did a killer write-up. read that too. quick post. that is all. KMD

hello blog. it’s me, karin. i’m trying to get used to you. you’re lucky i hate the new facebook uploader. because i normally post there first and then forget about the blog. here we are.

my little cousin janae is already 2 years old! donna, uncle magee and aunt nancy threw the little misses a party at the church. there was cake and balloons and family. i took a few photos and without further ado…ado?  adoo?  …eh.

oh!  i have the images from easter sunday on the same memory card, so i’m putting them in the same post.  dinner at aunt june’s house is tradition and it was just as good as thanksgiving dinner. in fact, looking at the photos make me hungry. everyday should include turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, greens, sweet potatoes, mac & cheese….drooling. let’s not forget my grandmother’s famous rolls. butter, please! #fattweet.  <—- haha.

…goes up on this blog. i’ve never been to vegas before. this was my first time. i’ve memorized movies like casino and oceans 11. i’ve watched leaving las vegas and very bad things.  21 (read the book too) and of course, the hangover. for years i’ve wanted to go. and i’ve also wanted to see what all the hype was about at WPPI (Wedding
& Portrait Photographers
International). 2 birds one stone. what a crazy place. i collected a ton of hooker ads for my brother. haha. i need to go back, that’s for sure. i probably walked 9 miles and only saw 1/4 of the city. if that much. what a special place. i gave them my money. i won it back. and then gave it away again.  the house always wins. always bet on black. and so on. 

run that slideshow:

if you watched the slideshow, yes, i was excited to meet some of those rockstar/celebrity photographers. they have mastered marketing and getting you to buy their stuff. i appreciate what they’ve done and they do make beautiful images. shoutouts to: the image is found, jessica claire, amelia lyon, jasmine star, jesh de rox, matthew jordan smith and those are my favorites.  the image is found is #1. i personally think their work stands out and i like their style. i think i told them that. it was more like: YOU GUYS ARE MY FAVORITE $#*@ING PHOTOGRAPHERS EVER. I LOVE YOU GUYS. my bad. it’s weird to admire their success from afar and then be standing in line for a burger next to them. i dunno. it was different. i’ve been reading their blogs since i was a baby photographer. there were so many awesome photographers in one building. it was a cool experience.

and jesh de rox made me cry my face off during his beloved session.  i’ve always loved his images. what a great speaker. i can’t say that for all the WPPI panel members. haha. during one of the business platform classes, i attempted to stick a pen in my eye.

yes, that is a chocolate fountain above.

all of the platform speakers were trying to sell their CDs or DVDs or books or what have you. i fought the power and held off, otherwise i’d walk home with impulse buys. i tend to do that. the tradeshow was overwhelming.  crowded and i wanted to buy everything.

i had to go to one party and chose ‘airhorns and lasers’. i didn’t really have anyone to go with. my roomie wanted to go to the welcome dinner. so i went on my own and met up with phoenix mcpeek and her friend daria bishop. they only stayed for an hour, just as the dj was getting started. um, the dj was FANTASTIC (the flashdance), so i stayed.  made new friends. felt awkward by myself. whatever. i paid $50 and i was going to get my $50 worth! p.s. the wynn is a beautiful hotel. unlike the mgm, where the toilets overflow and the lady at the front desk tests your patience. oh! and the luxor was cool. i’ve ALWAYS wanted to go there.

they kept beating in the importance of social media during the conference, so i started using twitter again. and RANDOMLY, my cousin bianca tweeted “viva las vegas”.  my little mini-me cousin was in vegas, in the mgm (same hotel) and thanks to twitter, i found her!    we walked around the bellagio.

oh vegas. you’re so expensive. but we shall meet again. and i’ll be ready. below is rob van petten’s photo. he was one of my instructors at CDIA. i want my photos sponsored by nikon. #justsaying.

more shoutouts:  cheryl colombo, josh kane, jennifer hudson, ck, marilyn nakazato and that’s all i got.

there will be a lot of posts coming up.  i know you are excited.  i am.  i spent some time with my father out in AZ, then hit up the WPPI photography convention in las vegas.  they convinced me to usetwittermore.  from there, i photographed amadeus (drummer, producer, best friend – lol) at thejay-z/trey songz/young jeezy show the td garden.  the dropkicks played a matinee show on saturday afternoon at the house of blues.  it poured for three+ days straight and i spent most of the weekend helping my parents pump water out of their basement.  had a deep conversation with my (step) father about life/death.  well, he did most of the talking.  he usually does.  stupid cancer.  sunday night was thealice in chainsshow at the orpheum – and i stayed JUST to hear ‘man in a box’.  i am waiting on their management to approve the review/photos.  divas!  phew.  whirlwind.  oh!  i broke down and purchased final fantasy xiii for xbox.  it’s still in the wrapper.  i don’t know if i’ll ever have time to sit and play the game.  but at least it’s here.  i’ve only been waiting…..six years!

i took ONE blurry/terrible photograph ofjay-zlast thursday night before being yanked from the pit by security.  smh.  more on that later….