Awards
A flashback to 12 years ago this month when a photograph I took of my friend Vanessa was published in Popular Photography with a little 2-page feature on how we lit her and what gear was used.
I just saw this in my Facebook flashbacks, and it’s crazy that it’s been 12 years since this came out.
To see a super big scanned version of this article, click here.
Hippo’s Best Of 2020 cover; “134 Cool Things About New Hampshire”
2020 was a bonkers year. Covid-19 was wrecking everything; all non-essential business were shut down and nobody could do anything because we didn’t want others to get sick.
Each year I work with The Hippo making photographs for their magazine-style, color magazine celebrating the best local businesses in the Southern NH area. These are all reader-generated winners; people voting for who they think are the best in their area. It’s a great thing when supporters of your business vote for you.
We didn’t let Covid totally kick our butts and keep us locked in the studio the whole year. I got a chance to get out for a few weeks and make photographs of some of the selected winners.
Here is a gallery of some of my favorite images from 2020 that we made for the Best Of issue. I love looking back and thinking about all the great things I get to photograph each year for the Hippo. The last few years has been mostly food, so I certainly enjoy when I get to eat what I just photographed :)
I've been working with The Hippo for years now. It makes me happy when each year they reach out to me to photograph for their glossy "Best Of" magazine. Hippo's Best Of asks readers each year to tell them all of their favorite places and businesses in Southern New Hampshire. In the past, when the magazine focused more on personalities, I was proud to have my name mentioned five years in a row. The last few years however, the magazine has restructured it's format and is now more of a "travel guide" to help visitors locate new places that they might not have heard of before.
For 2016, I wanted to make sure I took portraits of the people who ran the venues I was assigned to photograph, and I wanted to share some of those people in this post.
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I'm sure people are sick of reading me gushing about how much I love my Holdfast MoneyMaker camera strap, or how much I think Matt, the owner, is a good guy.
I'm really happy to be one of his "Featured Artists" over at the Holdfast Gear website. Some of the other shooters on that page are awe-freaking-some.
Holy. Crap. holycrapholycrapholycrapholycrap.
A few weeks ago I left a comment on one of Photographer Zack Arias' blog posts over at his DEDPXL website. It inspired him. So much so he took what I wrote and turned that into a post about inspiration. Totally awesome. I commented a few times in that post, and soon after, Zack emailed me asking me if I'd consider becoming a monthly contributor to DEDPXL.
After I finished staring at my email with my mouth agape, I told him YES I WOULD BE HONORED TO BE PART OF DEDPXL!
One comment. Well, it took 10 years to lead up to that one comment and suddenly I was put on Zack's radar. And he felt I have enough to talk about that he wants me to be part of his world. Crazy? Absolutely. And totally awesome. And really scary. But totally awesome.
My first post is going up in a few minutes. Scary.
This absolutely proves that you never know who is watching/reading/listening. One minute you are doing your laundry and leaving a comment on someone's blog. The next you are sharing an adventure. This is an adventure I absolutely want to be part of.
To those who are visiting my website courtesy of DEDPXL: HELLO!!!
Westcott University has posted a second feature showcasing my work using one of their lighting modifiers: the 28" Apollo softbox. This time it features images taken back in August during a Senior Portrait session.
Read the article here.
Enjoy!
I'm happy to be featured at Westcott's "Westcott University" website. They contacted me a few weeks ago after catching wind of my blog post from a few years back talking about how the Apollo Softboxes are my favorite lighting modifier, and they asked if they could share some of my work on their website.
Absolutely.
The first post went up the week before Christmas, and I'd like to welcome those who are visiting the website and blog from the Westcott links. Hi!
You can view the feature by clicking here.
Howdy, WPPI members and readers!
Looks like WPPI read the article over at PetaPixel a few weeks ago and mentioned our Tintype Wedding portraits by Yige Wang in their own blog post talking about wet-plate and tintype photography being used for contemporary weddings. Woo!
Greetings to anyone that clicked through that link and found themselves here! Hiya!
Check it out HERE
I was privileged to once again work with the great folks at the Hippo for this years 2013 "Best Of" issue. The yearly Best Of is where readers vote or write in for their favorite local establishments and people in the Southern New Hampshire area. What I dig most about it is being able to travel around with the Hippo Editor and meet the local winners.
I was once again a recipient of a Hippo award for 2013: Best Visual Artist • Best of the Best. For the past four years I've been voted in either the "Best of the Best" or the "Runner Up" category and I'm so excited that people are taking the time to write my name down on the ballet; I hope it means people respond to my work.
We covered a lot of locations this year, but the one I had the most fun photographing was Lucky's Barbershop in Concord NH. These guys rule. Everything about them and their barbershop just oozed coolness; from the rockabilly playing on the stereo to the vintage signs hanging on the walls. I was also really impressed that none of the barbers rush through the cuts. They take their time and really chat up with the people coming in for a haircut. I'm actually hoping to get up there eventually and treat myself to a straight razor shave and one of their fantastic cuts - just so I can feel how a real traditional barber joint does it.
To read this years Best Of issue: click here
and head up to Lucky's and let them pamper you with a close shave and a great cut.
Hey, check it out! I've come in 2nd place from Nashua Patch's Reader's Choice "Best Photographer" category!
Thanks for the nomination and for voting for me, y'all!
To see the whole list of winners click here.
