not...enough...time...to...post...

Once again, some photos that I wanted to post but did not have time to do so until now.

New London - Tuesday Oct. 23 - You know that you are having a good day of feature hunting when a couple walks by you carryng conga drums. It has been raining stand alone photos over the past few days.

East Lyme - Saturday Oct. 20 - After shooting a football game on Saturday I had to go dig up some art for the Region section for Sunday's paper. We had some AMAZING afternoon sun light and warm weather that made my job very easy.

Groton - Thursday Oct. 18 - This was from a scholarship awards dinner. I am not a big fan of shooting awards dinners, but some of these are sacred cows and The Day must fly its banner by means of a photographer with a bright flash, just so the attendees will know that the ceremony is being covered. On occasion you can pick up a good shot.

Old Lyme - Saturday Oct. 20 - This is the photo that I was taking in the rain before I saw the rainbow. I love haunted yards and Halloween and my family can attest to that. Halloween is the only night of the year where you can chase little children with a chainsaw...and not get arrested.

Where's Me Gold???

Saturday Oct. 20, 2007

Old Lyme - I saw a fairly strange visitor while feature hunting on Saturday. This wasn't as much a passing shower as much as a heavy cloud. The sun stayed out the whole time. I was thinking that it was odd. You just do not see too many rainbows in October. But then I thought some more, and really all you need is water (usually in the form of rain) and sun for a rainbow, so technically you could see one at any point during the year. I felt that the afternoon sunlit foliage really pushed this shot along.

A warm welcome

Wednesday Oct. 18, 2007

Groton - Trying to shoot and hold an audio recorder is not as easy as it sounds. This is from the homecoming of a local National Guard unit. I decided not to bring the video camera, but the new push is for multi-media. You can hear my camera clicking away in the backgound in the slideshow. I guess my three foot long arms are still not long enough. Or maybe I need to get a boom mic.

CLICK ON THIS PHOTO TO SEE THE SLIDESHOW

Colorful Cross Country

Thursday Oct. 19, 2007

Norwich - Hey! who is that idiot up in the tree? Yes, I climbed a tree for this shot. Just some colorful cross country photos from Thursday Oct. 19th. I have shot this meet several years in a row, and tried to be a little different this time. And no, the branch did not break.

numb

Friday Oct. 12, 2007

New London - Not numb as in stupid, even though violence certainly is. Numb as in not feeling. Working another murder scene in New London. A package store owner gunned down on the sidewalk. Not even God knows why. And I stand to bear witness to a life cut short for no good reason. EMTs in large cities will often talk of "ghosts". Not the ghosts of silly paranormal TV shows, but bearing witness to madness, and the emotional marks that these moments leave behind. Not being able to drive by a street corner without remembering what you saw there.

More than a number

Thursday Oct. 11, 2007

Norwich - I was on the fence as to whether or not to post this image. Not because of its content, more than I actually wish that I had gotten a little closer, or a bit more emotion. For a lot of people this photo may seem a little ghoulish. How can I stick my camera in someones face after they have just lost everything in a fire? For my non-photojournalist readers (ie - my family) the answer is simple. A news source will state "Five families were displaced", and you think how horrible. But what has more impact, the number "5" or this photograph? It is out of concern that I take these pictures, and I assure you it is not easy.

Power washing

Wednesday Oct. 10, 2007

Old Mystic - Amy Monk cleans apple press racks at Clyde's Cider Mill. Clyde's was founded in 1881 and has been family run ever since. Amy is B.F. Clyde's great, great, granddaughter. It seems that I always get here just in time to see the crew cleaning up. One of these days I will arrive early in the morning and watch the process of making apple cider the old fashioned way. Should be thrilling!

Autumn Artist

Tuesday Oct. 9, 2007

Griswold - This is just a found feature of a painter that I passed on the roadside today. I enjoy photographing people being creative. So much so that I think that it is starting to annoy my editors. I will not be able to submit another photo of an artist for over a month now. Maybe tomarrow I can find a musician, or someone fishing...

Might as well JUMP!

Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007



New London - Well I am learning to crawl with video. Here is my first, unassigned, shot, and edited video for The Day. It aint much, but it is the FIRST! I was the first of The Day's staff photographers to self initiate an unassigned, stand-alone video. I am currently working on a longer term video project on a Bluegrass music organization. I will probably not finish that one until next month.

Boats and Blessings

Saturday Sept. 29, 2007

Groton - This past Saturday was a busy day for me. I wanted to post a "day in the life of" and run a play-by-play, but did not have the time...go figure. Above is my attempt at a different photo of the third visit of the Explorer of the Seas, a cruise ship that has been visiting New London this year. This family is at my favorite pasta shop in Groton, Paul's Pasta Shop. Great, great, food.

Norwich - This was from a re-dedication ceremony at the grave site of a faily unknown, but historic abolitionist. Here a local minister blesses the ceremony.

Niantic - Three more payments and its all mine! If the day had not been busy enough, a charter fishing boat hit a rock and took on water in Niantic Bay. 28 passengers were taken to safety. The boat was re-floated at high-tide, and is under repair to the best of my understanding.

"Hi Mom, yea, my boat sank!" One of the passengers admires the pile of life preservers.

Friday Night Under the Lights

Friday Sept. 28, 2007

East Lyme - First football game of the season. Football is and remains one of my favorite sports to shoot. I am not sure why. Maybe it is the predictability factor. Or maybe you cannot grow up in a small New England town without having some affection for small town sports. I am unsure. I do know this however, I have a strong dislike of on-camera flash. I am working on ways to light football, and do so practically. Stay tuned in case I get it figured out.

Did someone catch the number of that bus???

Postcards from Nantucket

Friday Sept. 14th - Monday Sept. 17th

Nantucket - That's right, bag this photojournalism crap! I am opening a bike shop on Nantucket! Later suckers!

Just kidding of course. I surprised Emily with a long weekend on the island. And when I say "surprised" that means that she did not know our final destination until we were at the ticket counter at T.F. Green airport. Here we are about to board our mighty steed.

Here was our first view of the island as we were on final approach.

It is one thing for a man when your girlfriend asks you to hold her purse. But it is another when she leaves her funny looking dog in it.

Here we are hitting the wonderful island bike paths on Sunday. Mind you I had not been on a bike in over a decade, and needless to say that our 19-mile treck left me a little sore until about...oh, midweek.

She was on sale, but we didn't buy her.

Sunrise breakfast menu, and yes it tasted as good as it sounds.

Man, I guess he was thirsty! I think this should be the new logo for the island of Nantucket, what do you think?

And finally no short vacation is complete with out the romantic shot by the lighthouse. The only reason that this was not at sunset was due to the fact that our flight left at 4:10 p.m.