pretty city: back in brooklyn

back in brooklyn for gelf magazine's terrific "varsity letters" sports reading series...

bruce weber, ny times writer and author of as they see'em: a fan's travels in the land of umpires.

wright thompson, of espn.

si senior writer, grant wahl. author of the beckham experiment: how the world's most famous athlete tried to conquer america.

pretty city: bookish in brooklyn

july 2, 2009. "varsity letters," reading series. at jla studios, brooklyn.

eric.

liz!

was back at jla in brooklyn on thursday to attend this month's "varsity letters" event. sports journalism heavy-hitters, selena roberts, scott price, and three from the the ny daily news investigative team (michael o'keefe, teri thompson and nathaniel vinton) read from their recently published works that dive deep into some of the biggest stories of recent times (a-rod, clemens, and the tragic death of minor league coach, mike coolbaugh). it made for shocking, sobering, and sometimes somber listening, but it was certainly also a fun evening...

next event in the series is august 6...hope to see you there...

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for gelf magazine's interviews with the authors:

michael o'keeffe, co-author of american icon: the fall of roger clemens and the rise of steroids in america's pastime;
selena roberts, author of a-rod: the many lives of alex rodriguez.
scott price, author of heart of the game: life, death, and mercy in minor league america.

and a few more photos from the reading...

bringin' da noise: canon g10

cash bar

cap'n cool

color strand

face to face

pieces of work

i recently purchased a canon g10 to serve as my every day, on-the-go camera. i've used it on three separate occasions so far, and i'm not loving the results. granted, i've been maxing out the zoom, and trying whenever possible not to use a flash. but there is a disappointing amount of noise and i don't know what to do...

i took the photos above at a book event at the fantastic jan larsen art studios in dumbo (hosted by gelf magazine). see what i mean? the only shot that isn't affected is one of the quilt...

sometimes i like grainy-ness in photos, but i don't want to see it in every shot.

i'm thinking about returning it. but what should i replace it with? a friend was happy with the results from the panasonic g1 he tested (while snowboarding, no less). but it looks from this review like that will present a similar problem? i should ask to see those photos.

i'm usually good about researching equipment before pulling the trigger (i loved the results from my canon A95, great saturated color, beautiful quality with a surprisingly robust zoom--and i bought it for around $250), but i was in a bit if a hurry this time as i needed a good back-up camera...thank goodness i didn't need to rely on this for my friend's wedding photos--there's no comparing the quality of the images between this and the xsi.

i'm going to take it for another run this weekend up in beacon, and then at home. maybe i just need to do a bit more fiddling around. fingers crossed.

but i remain open for suggestions...

more shots from the fun and fascinating gelf magazine series: "geeking out," here .