150 bikes
I’ve been so busy lately that shooting pictures and having fun hasn’t been a big focus. However, I had an amazing time at a photoshoot today. I joined up with a great non-profit called Wish for Wheels (based out of Denver, CO). Wish for Wheels’ mission is to get a new bicycle into the hands of second graders everywhere for families that can’t afford a bike.
I joined them for the giveaway day of the bikes at a Section 1 school in the Boston Public Schools system.
Read MoreAbandoned in Copley Square.
This may sound weird, but I love finding abandoned umbrellas in the city after a big storm. Especially if they are clustered in trash cans or lying prone on the street. I’ve wanted to get a certain kind of photo of an umbrella after a storm for a couple of years, but either I’m not in the city when a storm comes, or the timing is not good and the umbrellas are cleaned up before I can get to them. But while I had missed numerous opportunities, I kept thinking about the image I wanted. Then it happened.
Read MoreI spent the end of last year and the beginning of this year working hard on getting my photos out for people to see. My efforts paid off. I was in a gallery last summer, had a big showing in a beer taproom this fall, and now I have one image in an exhibition on Plymouth, and one coming up with three images. All of this is great, and I’m blessed to have these opportunities to display my work. But there’s a problem.
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Untold Brewing taproom, Hingham, Massachusetts
While my photos were showing at the Woodman/Shimko Gallery in Provincetown, MA this summer, I connected with the representative from Untold Brewing, a craft brewery near my home in Massachusetts. Untold has a taproom in Hingham, MA, and while sipping a double IPA there with my wife Liz last spring I noticed that they have a massive wall that begged to be filled with images. Since Untold Brewing has a bit of a seafaring/maritime angle due to its location, I thought my images would fit in well with the vibe.
Read MoreBack in the 1990s I was lucky to work as a ranger for Cape Cod National Seashore for six summers. My wife (Liz), our son and I moved out to the Cape for the summer, and both Liz and I worked as interpretive rangers taking people on hikes, canoe trips, walks, salt marsh discovery activities, and more. One of our responsibilities was that every Thursday we performed the Beach Apparatus Drill, a reenactment of a drill that was performed for more than 100 years by the Surfmen of the US Life Saving Service.
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My exhibit opening at the Woodman Shimko Gallery was a huge success, and it was so much fun. Starting at 6:00PM on July 14, the event attracted not only lots of my friends (thank you all!!), but we also had a fair number of people walk in off the street. It was a blast to chat with them about my work, and I had a few who seemed like potential buyers. Time will tell….
Read MoreI am thrilled to announce that I will be having a gallery opening on July 14, 2023 at the Woodman/Shimko Gallery in Provincetown, MA. This follows a phone call with the gallery owner in late 2022 in which I inquired if he would like to have a couple of larger images from my collection this summer. His response was, “How about a gallery opening?” I immediately said yes, and before I knew it, I was reviewing my catalog for appropriate images.
Read MoreFor the past two years I’ve had two small images printed on metal at the Woodman/Shimko Gallery in Provincetown, MA. This past summer I received an email from a gentleman from Florida stating that he saw them in the gallery and wanted one of them printed large for his bedroom. He had just purchased a new house, and he was in the process of making it his home. He wanted this particular image to contribute to the home feeling. We discussed what he wanted and how I could help him get exactly what he wanted from the image.
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Blue oyster mushrooms
My wife and I went to a farmers market near our home last week. She’s a fabulous cook, and since I’m always looking for something different to photograph we go together. Well I found something new to photograph: mushrooms.
Read MoreIn photography, I seek out human expression. I prefer the positive, but I will chase the negative. I ran head-long into the positive on Marathon Monday.
The finish line of the Boston Marathon is a holy grail for many runners. Some athletes cross the finish line exhausted, bent over, or limping. Exhaustion has overtaken them. They are spent, and you can see it. I suspect they feel joy at their accomplishment sometime after they have recovered….
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