It’s that first date. Frankie’s singing in the back of your mind … ...That sly come-hither stare that strips my conscience bare, it’s Witchcraft. You lean in over the table. You want to get as close to her as possible. She hesitates. Holds herself back ever so...
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What is Style?
LORD GORING: “You see Phipps... Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Oscar Wilde's quip spoken through Algie in An Ideal...
Please Don’t Take My Photograph
Give me the garbage. Seriously, hand it over. Dump it. You know you wanna get it out of your system. Please give me the Mental Dump. “Look Aleks, I’m going to give it to you straight…I love your photographs, but I’m really weird in front of the camera… I’ve never...
Blahniks and Lap Dances
It's Sunday 9am and I'm headed up town to a see a mentor off the A line in The Heights. Finally a moment to read for 30 minutes. Studying on the train has become a mainstay for me here in NYC. Mostly entrepreneurship and business building books, every so often I bring...
HAPPINESS IS…
Actress and Health Coach Lianna Nielsen The authentic You. I love my job. It's an obsession and a responsibility not to be trifled with. As a purveyor of Happiness, it's a serious business when it comes to one's coveted image. A photograph is not just an image, just...
Sins and Dead Bodies
With Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent upon us, it only seems befitting we talk about sins... sins of the photo studio. I'm definitely no saint or holy man for that matter, however photographers do have healing powers. The power to hide the sins. Sins of the Flesh....
ARRESTED! … Art.
Arrest Wia Merriam-Webster verb ar·rest | \ ə-ˈrest \arrested; arresting; arrests 1: SEIZE, CAPTURE specifically: to take or keep in custody by authority of law. Police arrested the...
Never Use a Discount Plastic Surgeon
Diamond Dental It goes without saying, for most of us that is, that you don't want a plastic surgeon who's running deals or specials of the week. Today Only... Nip and Tuck the...
Nose Deaf
Kaya Bryla-Weiss So it's 2019 and it's already happening. I see it everywhere. Do you see it? Maybe you've gone... Nose Deaf! It's a new year filled with possibilities and opportunities. The excitement builds for you to share on social media, emails, print ads and...
Thank You 2018
A brief note from the Editor... In my future, there is a Karjaka Column out there waiting for weekly publication. Who knows, maybe this will lead to it. In the meantime, I'll continue in first person prose. 😉 I'm sitting, or more like melting into my couch in...