Category Archives: compelling scenes from history

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Portraits | Boston Derby Dames | Cosmonaughties’ Dee Stortion

Dee Stortion

sneak peek – Wedding | Artists for Humanity, Boston | E & L

An image from Friday evening’s beautiful wedding that makes me giggle:

love is life

Shootstyle Shootout | Maine

The last installment from the end of March blustery day of coastal Maine outdoor shooting:

Color. Color. Line. Line.

Texture & Gesture

grey is good.

Ars Magna Visual Thinking Video Shoot

A few production stills from the Ars Magna shoot with Rough Mountain Studios.  I’ve been collaborating with Justin and Danielle from Rough Mountain on a series of videos using visual thinking in photography. Thanks to Andrew Kubica for coming by the shoot to take some stills.


Showing an image from the Schwartz wedding in La Jolla to talk about pattern. That’s Justin in the foreground.

Danielle coaching me into uncontrollable giggles with a pretty napkin.

ShootStyle Shoot Out | Maine

And I though we’d be moving away from the water and the sun went down.  But no.  And Rachel and Adam, though literally quaking with the cold, rallied through like professionals.

A few of my favorite from our brisk Perkins Cove shoot.

brick, and wood and legs, legs legs.

from above. going for abstract pattern, shape and textures.

I owe this last shot to Meg Belanger, who set the models up at the yellow dumpster and allowed me to shoot beside her.  Thanks, M!

ShootStyle Shoot Out | Maine

More from Sunday’s shoot in Ogunquit -

Loved the play with 1, TWO, 3, 4. Perhaps too obvious, but I was still amused with myself.

Way to play with wide angle lens distortion, Allana!

ShootStyle Shoot Out | Maine

At the ShootStyle workshop Sunday, we each got to work with four sets of couples in various places around Ogunquit.  Coastal Maine is beautiful, and very different than the beaches I’ve been used to shooting on in California and Baja.  Not only in the rocks, the waves, the color palette – but [dawn breaks on marble head!] the sun doesn’t set over the water on the east coast.

First couple I photographed, who will be new parent this spring.

ShootSyle Shoot Out | Maine

I’ll be posting this week some images from last weekend’s ShootStyle workshop in Ogunquit, Maine. Carpooling up with Meg Belanger and Mark Higgins and having a photo-saturated road trip and shoot out.

The adorable Meg – as stand in for a portrait I was pre-visualizing at the grounds of the Ogunquit Art Museum.

Derby Dames

I’m working on a project with the Derby Dames, and so Trent and I went to see their bout on Saturday night.
A few images to share: