Kathleen McGivney

Zeitgeist Films

Zeitgeist Mugs, originally uploaded by kmcgivney.

Recently, I went to the offices of Zeitgeist Films with Jenni Miller of Premiere while she interviewed them for a piece about their 20 years as a filmmaking team and their retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. I was there to shoot photos of the two for the article. I only posted a couple - this one of the mugs that a friend of theirs made for them, and another of the two filmmakers, which are both featured in the article on premiere.com.

I am looking forward to doing some more work with Premiere, which I'll be doing next week as I cover one day of the San Diego Comic Con for them. Yes, it's a comic book convention (and one I've been to many, many times before), but there is quite a large film company presence there and there will be many filmmakers and actors there promoting their films. And I'll be there to take pictures of 'em doing it.

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Japanese Garden, originally uploaded by kmcgivney.

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is a wonderful oasis in New York City. My favorite thing about the BBG is that it has a large Japanese garden, which contains a large number of cherry trees. Cherry blossoms are one of my favorite things, both for their aesthetics and their symbolism. Each year, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden celebrates the Sakura Matsuri, or Cherry Blossom Festival. It is a huge, weekend-long event with Japanese art, performances and music. We love to go there to see the cherry blossoms in bloom and enjoy the festivities.

This image was captured at last year's Sakura Matsuri with a Leica D-Lux 3. More images from last year's festival can be found in my Sakura Matsuri set.