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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjl7678/2332680141/" title="074/365 by Steve Losh, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2332680141_533362e5db_m.jpg" width="173" height="240" alt="074/365" /></a>

I'm Steve.  I'm from Rochester, NY.  I do a lot of different things.  If you want to get in touch with me, email me at <steve@stevelosh.com> or find me on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/stevelosh) or [Flickr](http://flickr.com/photos/sjl7678/).

Music
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I play electric and upright bass.  I've played in a metal band in the past, but right now my focus is on jazz and blues.  I'm taking lessons with a wonderful teacher and hope to be skilled enough to play at dances and such in the near future.

I DJ at swing and blues dances fairly often.  My taste is pretty broad, and I'll cater to whatever the floor wants, but I tend to personally enjoy slightly down-tempo, small-group music.  Let me know if you need a DJ for a dance.

Dancing
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I've been swing dancing for a little more than five years.  My first love is Lindy Hop; I go to classes, workshops and exchanges as often as my schedule and budget will allow.  I also give lessons; I'm not *the* most skilled dancer but I do have teaching experience and I'm relatively cheap.

In the past year or two I've started learning about blues dancing.  I'm not great at it yet but I'm getting there.  I think I might enjoy it even more than Lindy.  My favorite aspect of dancing in general is connection and blues seems to bring that out more than any other dance.

Lately I've also started getting my feet wet in tango.  Whether it'll ever become as important to me as blues or Lindy remains to be seen.

Photography
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I like photographing people.  Other things as well, but especially people.  They're the most interesting subject to me.  I tend to gravitate toward the "art" aspects of photography more than the "journalism" aspects, but I can appreciate both.

I shoot digital and film (35mm and medium format) depending on my time limits and mood.  I develop film in my bathroom and print it in a rented darkroom.  When I print digital I use a lab nearby; I don't have the money for a professional printer just yet.

I don't make my living from photography but I do take small jobs.

Programming
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I graduated from [Rochester Institute of Technology](http://rit.edu/) with a degree in Computer Science.

I've done a lot of different things in the field so far.  Right now the things that are captivating me are artificial intelligence and clean, simple, *useful* web applications.

I find programming beautiful.  That might sound strange, but there are aspects of programming and math that I can't describe any other way.

About the Site
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If you want to know more about the website itself, check out the [project page](/projects/stevelosh-com/).

    
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