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I photographed this amazing Alvin Ailey performance for Getty last week. See photos here.

It’s unusual that I go to a curtain call and actually make an image that I like. “The Road to Qatar” opened last week.

I photographed a Q&A with Paul Giamatti after this movie last night, and having watched the trailer and heard the enthusiasm from the audience, it could be worth watching…

I don’t have any pictures from my not very crazy 2011 New Years Eve celebration, as I was asleep before the switch to 2011 occurred. This is mainly due to my fantastic new job as the photographer at the New York Stock Exchange. Since I started working there in July I’ve covered all sorts of events ranging from celebrity visits from people like Sylvester Stallone and The Jersey Shore cast, to big IPO listings from companies such as General Motors. Appropriately the last company to close the market in 2010 was Veuve Clicquot. It’s looking like an exciting 2011.

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 31:  (C) Vanessa Kay, Vice President of Veuve Clicquot USA rings the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on December 31, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/NYSE Euronext)

Part of my job at the exchange is to follow guided tours throughout the trading floor. I’ve done this probably 100 times already, and have even been on a couple with my own parents where I tried to pay attention. Maybe this cartoon from the 1950’s can help explain the whole thing…

A professor of mine, Philip Perkis at Pratt kept telling me that I had to watch “I like killing Flies,” a documentary about a short order cook in NY. He was totally right… here is the trailer and then the final thoughts of Kenny Shopsin.

With my recently reinstated Netflix account that now has this awesome online ability I’ve been catching up on my movies. “Breaking Upwards” was my most recent time filler which turned out to actually be a pretty enjoyable movie. The soundtrack’s also worth a listen

This ‘rap’ video shouldn’t put you off the movie, it’s almost completely unrelated….

Electric Zoo is in it’s second year and doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere soon. Unfortunately the photo restrictions were much tighter this year, which did mean that we had less photographers crowding the DJ’s but also meant I got fewer chances for some interesting shots and was forced to stand in the photo pit and hold my camera above my head which I hate doing.