A town hall meeting...

I was in the area so I went up to Portsmouth, NH yesterday to check out the scene around the President's town hall meeting at the local high school. I was drawn more to the people against health care reform, I don't consider myself a photojournalist so I'm not trying to depict any kind of skew by photographing them more than the other side, they just happened to be more interesting looking to me.
It was a very frustrating scene. Both sides yelled things at each other that really neither sides cares about. So no one was going to convince either side of anything.
I was hoping to see the President, but I didn't. To be honest, the whole experience kind of bummed me out.





Sticker








Family of protesters









Elderly protester









Line to get into the event









Younger protesters









A protester and his dog









Protest signs








Protester with neon green sign








Health care reform supporter with pipe








Health care reform supporters' resting spot







Protester with bull horn

Wandering...

Children's playground
Chelsea, NYC 2009







Pigeons and public housing
Chelsea, NYC 2009










West 4th street basketball and handball courts
The Village, NYC 2009







A man cleaning the west 4th street basketball and handball courts
The Village, NYC 2009









Elephant ear plant at my step dad's apartment
NY, NY 2009












Kate in between words
Salisbury Beach, MA 2009








BMX Kids out for a day in Boston
Boston, MA 2009








Dirty subway fan
Boston, MA 2009









Tossed away flowers
Queens, NY 2009









A community garden
Brooklyn, NY 2009








Rebecca hanging out in Addie's backyard
Brooklyn, NY 2009








Joey, Addie's super
Brooklyn, NY 2009










Addie's cat Jake
Brooklyn, NY 2009









Entrance to LaGuardia Airport
Queens, NY 2009








Flower bush and fence
Queens, NY 2009









Peach trees 1
Newbury, MA 2009









Peach trees 2
Newbury, MA 2009





I uploaded all these to flickr first, seemed to be a bit faster and I can organize their order better. Please let me know if this there is any complaints. Also, I think I'm going to start editing down a bit more.

Sound

3 Little Birds performed by unknown duo
125th St. platform for of the 4, 5, 6 train.
Just about everyone was smiling while waiting for the train.



I want to start putting up some sound bites here, maybe include them with some photos.

Some more pictures from my everyday...

Here's some stuff from the past week or so.


Hampton Beach scene 2009








Kid hunting from crabs by the break water
Salisbury, MA 2009








Door that doesn't open
Byfield, MA 2009









Rest stop on ramp.
Somewhere on Interstate 89 in VT 2009








Out behind a tourist information center.
Somewhere on Interstate 89 in VT 2009










Local girl in downtown Montpelier, VT 2009








These last few are from a friend's wedding I shot this past weekend up in VT, a couple of portraits of guests as well as two of the newly weds.


Ethan standing in for a light test.
Montpelier, VT 2009









Bride and Groom's brother in law and violinist
Montpelier, VT 2009






Asif Mian
Montpelier, VT 2009










Rebecca Lopez-Howes
Montpelier, VT 2009









Mioko & James on their wedding day
Montpelier, VT 2009