Spook Bolt, of Bolt Productions is hosting a Stock Artists Alliance “Get Meta Smart” workshop tonight at 2410 Farrington St., in Dallas.

The Stock Artists Alliance promotes industry-wide use of standard photo meta data in every digital image file.

I had the opportunity to photograph nine-time Tony Award-winner, Tommy Tune, for TheaterJones.com this weekend while he was in town promoting National Tap Dance Day and visiting his sister, Gracey Tune, artistic director at Arts Fifth Avenue.

"These Boots Are Made For Tappin'": Nine-time Tony Award-winner, Tommy Tune.

Tune’s phenomenal career has spanned 44 years and he’s still dancing, choreographing, directing and acting. A native Texan, he lives on NYC’s Lower East Side near Union Square.

Tommy was a delight to photograph and an absolute blast to talk with. Mark Lowry’s interview with Tune includes video.

David Simon was bought out at his newspaper, The Baltimore Sun, in 1995 when the newspaper was booking profits of 37 percent. His testimony this week before the Senate Commerce Committee during a hearing on the future of journalism is spot on.

Greed, pure and simple, fueled the industry’s demise. Newspaper publishers had a great ride and experienced phenomenal profits during their heyday, all the while, spending less on research-and-development than any other major industry.

Those wingbeats you hear are the sound of chickens coming home to roost. Read Simon’s full testimony.

While strolling through the East Village I came upon the Morrison Hotel gallery and spent a half hour gazing at photos of Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Muhammad Ali, Jim Morrison, Elvis, etc. It’s a bit of rock-and-roll heaven.

Definitely worth the time and if you’ve got a few idle c-notes rattling around in your pocket — a great place to buy a bit of rock-and-roll history.

The first image is Union Square at night. I love this part of the city and I try to spend much as much time below 14th Street as possible. It’s the East Village and it’s full of interesting galleries, shops, boutiques, restaurants, record stores, book stores and theatres. If I live here, it will be somewhere below 14th Street.

The second image is the intersection of Bedford and Sixth Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Williamsburg is bustling and vibrant and it’s filled with artists that fled Manhattan’s high rents.

Both images are straightforward and simple, just street scenes.

I’m here for a week to work and spend time with family. Thus far, the rain has been pretty much non-stop, but it’s NYC and your typical New Yorker is not deterred by inclimate weather.

I photographed a new dance piece, 27 For 17, choreographed by Jill Johnson and Mario Zambrano, on May 1, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. It’s difficult to properly capture the energy of dance without conveying motion and for the still photographer, that can be a challenge. It’s why I’m so blown away by La La La Human Steps‘ production of Amelia for film. It’s a masterpiece of lighting, choreography, physicality and dance cinematography. It’s both inspiring and intimidating for anyone attempting to photograph dance well.