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Senior Pictures – New Hampshire and Maine

September 1, 2009 – 8:24 pm

Ok, here’s a winning formula – two beautiful young women who are comfortable in front of a camera, one fort dating to the mid 1800′s, a breeze that takes care of any lingering mosquitoes, and a night with stunning light. That’s the ingredients for a very fun and fruitful senior picture shoot.

Beecher and Barona are old friends – I’ve had the opportunity to watch them grow into stunning young ladies who are just real people – not taken by themselves at all. What a treat when they asked me to do their senior pictures. Lots of clothing changes, a few  ” hmmmm, guess that’s not going to work” moments and we ended up with some cool photos of the girls. Mom – who’s also a close friend – came along and was put to work as my assistant. Holding a strobe and moving right, left, closer, back as directed. Having an assistant makes life so much simpler and kicks up the results a few notches as well. There’s just no thought of thinking the light is good enough – you can afford to be really picky and get it just the way you want it.

Shot till the sun was no longer in the sky then headed off for ice cream.

Life is indeed good!

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Jordan – Exeter senior pictures

August 28, 2009 – 1:51 pm

It’s senior picture season – one of the great times of the year in my opinion. Ever since schools let go of the cookie-cutter approach to senior pictures, an incredibly creative avenue of photography has opened up.

Two days ago, Jordan and I – accompanied by an entourage of people, headed out to a local climbing area where he spends much of his free time bouldering and climbing. The day was intensely beautiful – warm but without humidity. Deep in the woods there was little light but I looked like a pack mule carrying bags of strobes. We set up at the place that appealed, I put one light on a  stand and had a voice actuated light stand ( in this case his brother Brandon) holding a second light. Shooting away, oblivious to the world when suddenly a sharp pain…I looked down to see an army of yellow jackets in no mood to negotiate. we were clearly too close to their ground nest and they were as protective as junkyard dogs!

Ouch…off we took through the woods, looking back to see hundreds ( thousands seems a bit exaggerated ) of the hornets swarming all over the light and stand as well as the two bags of photo equipment.

Still had a camera, lens and 1 light so undaunted we resumed shooting – I think it made the stings less noticeable – and a while later the three women with us ( that would include the angel who is Jordan’s mom) went back and braved the equipment rescue operation. Gutsy girls those!!!

When all was said and done, we had a pile of cool images – The girls drove me out to my car while Jordan and Brandon went climbing.

The last image, by the way is Brandon – he was sitting under this really neat boulder, the light was too wonderful to waste and I ended up doing a portrait of him as well.

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Two girls – NH portrait photography

June 10, 2009 – 10:38 am

Shootinga  wedding seldom allows time to really shoot anything for myself – I’m so focused on the bride, groom, wedding party…and party that an occasional frame is about all there’s a chance for.

But I had the opportunity to do a little personal shooting because I spent the night before Ben and Meridith’s wedding at the site on the lake. After the rehearsal and barbeque, after the karaoke and drinking, I set up a couple of lights and photographed Tammy and Gabby, a cousin and friend of the family. Working in the tight confins of the cabin was a bit challanging, but the two girls have potential modeling careers in front of them – they were as comfortable as any I’ve ever worked with.

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Senior pictures, Newmarket, NH

April 27, 2009 – 12:44 pm

A few months ago there was a story about me in the local newspapers – I had been named the 2008 Innovative Artist by ArtWorks NH. I was taken totally by surprise – and felt really honored. Not long after I was contacted by a person who had seen the article and wanted to know if I would be interested in doing some photos of her son in the Spring.

Sunday, Dave and I headed out into the woods in Newmarket to shoot – a beautiful day, only downside being that the black flies felt the same way about it having been a long winter…they hatched and were very very hungry. So Dave and I meandered, moving on when either the photos were working, weren’t working or when we needed relief from the bugs.

We ended up by a swamp that had as residents a couple of nesting ospreys and to the tune of their wonderful calls shot some pretty cool photos. Dave was an excellent subject – putting up with my crazy ideas, throwing in a few of his own and not making fun of me using an off camera strobe to supplement the light.

Here’s a few of the photos from out hike.

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