Jacqueline Cookson

Great Make-Up artist and Hair Stylist, is again based in New York. After living in Sydney since about 2000, where we met through friends, she decided to move back to NY, like many of us creatives, to push her career further. We don't see each other often but usually catch up while she cuts my hair.
Have a look at her website- www.jacqueline cookson.com.

FREE NEW YORK ♥ NY

Check it !! 
So many free concerts, shows and activities to do. 
A great resource to start off the search for what's on and where to go is the New York City Parks website... 
once you find an event you can download the event dtails and all to your iCal, Google calendar or whichever calendar program you use.
 the NYC Parks Dept extensive Calendar. of events across all 5 boroughs!!

Edwina's Wall

Great friend and amazing illustrator, Edwina White asked me to photograph a nook in a shop that she had painstakingly painted with illustrations.  Unfortunately the shop was closing down and she was worried it would be painted over. The space was tight but I managed to shoot the whole space and then lots of details. Luckily to have recorded it before it was lost to a coat of paint. 

NY Photo Fest

My first NYPH !! Lots of great exhibitions, I especially liked the slideshow/ artist talks lecture held in St. Ann's warehouse. 

Great to catch up with Allyson Torrisi (now the Photo Director at Popular Mechanics magazine) and Barbara Griffin (Senior vice president, Image Management at Turner Broadcasting System) both of whom I met in Australia years ago on Turner Broadcasting jobs. 

New Business cards

My design of a new double sided business card. I would have loved to get the centre cut out to have them look like old slide mounts but thought they would be too fragile. 

A fortnight back in NY

so I go to social security to update my address
As easy as changing your address anywhere? You would think so...

I get there, to the local office, it's crowded, take a ticket, manage to get a seat- I wish I could have recorded it.
Apart from- people arguing at the counter, the security guard steping in, from what I since found out just the usual.

the classic for me was whenever a number was called from the counter or a door "265" a chorus rang out,"265" , "265" , "265" - like the people who were repeating the number didn't think the rest of us heard !!
One guy took it upon himself to be the offical repeater and with every number would stand up and say it about 4 times, once in each direction.
So my number gets called and then 4 times again, after a two hour wait I get to the counter and the guy looks at my paper work and says oh no, you supposed to be at the Brooklyn office- I can't change your address here.
What's with that.
So go head off to Brooklyn- and that's another long story.