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

iPhone "Polaroids"

Another bit of photo fun that I feel I should mention is my latest iPhone app obsession, Shake It Photo. I've been looking into different apps to do in-phone tweaking, filtering, toning, etc. I wasn't satisfied with anything I saw till last week I met a photographer named Olivier Renck who showed me Shake It. I was sold immediately. It's cheaper than most other programs similar to it and I think the final result looks a lot better. One thing people bring up is, "can't you just get that look in photoshop?" They're 100% right, but I would never spend the time, even to run it through an action is an extra step I don't want to do. Also, I can upload them via my phone directly to the web or email them out with the tweaked look. It's funny because real polaroids were crappy, small prints and super portable, kind of like how the iPhone is. Here's a couple examples. I've also uploaded a ton to Facebook, you can see them here and here. It's just plain fun.

Some snaps from the past week or two

Here are a couple of pictures from the past week or two or maybe three. I've started not dumping my card from my everyday shooting till it fills up. The biggest I have is a 4 gig card, I get about 140 frames. From just carrying my camera it takes a little while to fill. I'll also take it out and save it for later when shooting gigs or personal project stuff. Its nice, almost like film because I forget some pictures. All of them I ran through light room, might make final versions later of a few of them. Also I'm loving the 50mm Zeiss lens that I got a while back as well.





Kate helping out on a portrait shoot for Inc magazine
NH 2009








Sunset from a walk with Shug
Newbury, MA 2009









Sunset at the Reservation
Salisbury, MA 2009







Shug tethered in the yard
Newbury, MA 2009









Power line access road
Newbury, MA 2009








Getting out of the shower during sun rise
New York, New York 2009








Danielle at the end of a shoot
Brooklyn, NY 2009
Danielle is a friend and fellow photographer. Check out her work here. She also just put a book up on blurb.

Someone to peep

Diggin' this guys work. Make sure you check out the Coney Island project.

Nguan

4th of July 2009

Another Cabin trip has come and gone. Such a great time with so many great friends. I took more photos than I ever had before. I didn't shoot a lot of 4x5 like I wanted and I didn't even brake out the hassey but my canon was around my neck nearly the entire time. I took a lot of pictures that have personal or group significance but there are a couple that I am really happy with as pictures unto themselves. I get so much personal enjoyment out of shooting my friends and they have become so comfortable with my camera I can't thank them all enough for not getting annoyed with me for sticking it in they're face. Here is a tighter edit of a post I made on Facebook.

















All photos taken on or around July 4th 2009 Daleville, PA

R.I.P. Iz The Wiz

I photographed Iz in 2007. He is the 4th person that I've made a formal portrait of that has passed. Always makes me feel kind of weird.





Iz The Wiz outside a layup in Brooklyn, NY


More on Iz here.

Show is a no go for now...

The latest on my tentative show for Dec. 2009 is that it has been killed for now. The curator and friend of mine has ended his relationship with the gallery.

The Hayes girls

I photographed some old friends of mine Leah and Vanessa Hayes. They are both in a band called Scary Mansion definitely worth a listen. Check their MySpace page here. Also Leah is an amazing illustrator, see her work here. We hung out a few hours yesterday. I shot a bunch of film as well and some 4x5, hope to get that back soon. In the meantime here's some digital stuff.






Leah & Vanessa Hayes
Newburyport, MA 2009







Leah Hayes
Newburyport, MA 2009








Vanessa Hayes
Newburyport, MA 2009








Vanessa & Leah Hayes
Newburport, MA 2009






Leah & Vanessa Hayes
Newbury, MA 2009







Leah & Vanessa Hayes
Newbury, MA 2009





Leah & Vanessa Hayes
Newbury, MA 2009


and yes, they are twins.

INTERVIEW PROJECT

This is what I'm talking about, so real and so good!

INTERVIEW PROJECT

Aria & Grant

I photographed my good friend Aria's wedding this past weekend. Here are a couple faves of mine ran really quick through Lightroom. I really like these due to the timeless feel. Aria also had me shoot 4x5 and my hassey, looking forward to seeing how those came out. She is a great photographer and retoucher, so I hope I lived up to her expectations. Here is is her site.

A big congrats to the happy couple!







Aria & Grant, newly weds
Buzzards Bay, MA 2009







Aria the bride
Buzzards Bay, MA 2009







Aria the bride
Buzzards Bay, MA 2009








The Fellas
Buzzards Bay, MA 2009







Jon & Sandy after dinner
Buzzards Bay, MA 2009

Clouds and Kate

Kate with rain boots
Newbury, MA 2009

LARPers

Spent the day yesterday shooting LARPers in CT. They are apart of Alliance, which has chapters all over the US, theirs specifically is named Caldaria. Everyone was super nice, I couldn't have felt more comfortable. I got a few portraits that I am happy with but I really need to go back. There were many people that I didn't get to shoot and a few that I'd like to reshoot as well. I also shot my hassey on everything so the film stuff should be up in a few weeks. I might bring a strobe next time as well. Not sure why but I feel like they could use a bit of a pop, everything is so surreal that a less natural look might work.

Here' s a few selects I fixed up quick in Lightroom.








Special thanks to Kate Hetu for making it all happen!

Daniel Cooney's online auction for emerging photographers

Two of my friends and fellow photographers are in this auction. Check out both Nelson Chan and Brandon Hale Holmes' work.

Some snaps on black

Don't know why I'm on this b&w kick again. All the editorial stuff I've been shooting has been color but when shooting my daily stuff I'm really digging the shades of grey. Here's a few from today.


Brian Gibson
NY, NY 2009

Wife's Blog

Kate just started a new blog with photos and writing. Check it out.

http://kateamengual.blogspot.com/