Illinois Farm

Illinois Farm

I’m feeling nostalgic today. Six years ago I ran in a relay from San Francisco to Boston to raise money for several children’s charities. I’ve posted images from the trip and written a bit about it before. But in a nutshell, I was one of 10 runners who ran 15-20 miles per day for 25 consecutive days to cover the [...]

Anemone Cave

Anemone Cave

I’m back. I spent the past six days at Acadia National Park, an absolute gem in the US National Park system. If you love the outdoors, you have to go. It was an annual camping trip with my son Ryan (13) and our third consecutive year at Acadia.  We were determined to explore the Park further than we had in [...]

The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour

This is another shot from Acadia National Park, taken during last summer’s camping trip. After a full day of hiking, my son Ryan and I decided to hit the Park loop road at dusk for some photography. The waves were incredibly high. A hurricane passing 200 miles northeast of Acadia produced dangerous surf conditions along Maine’s coast. Park Rangers swarmed the [...]

Spiral

Spiral

I have a tendency to neglect my Friday image, so I’m posting it early. As I was leaving the Stone Mill in Lawrence the other morning, I stopped to look up the spiral staircase. Between the decades old paint cracking and peeling off of the wood and the spiral pattern of the stairs, I had to grab a shot. I [...]

Pawtucket Falls, Lowell

Pawtucket Falls, Lowell

Every once in a while I revisit some older images to see if I got everything I can out of them. When I started shooting in RAW format a couple of years ago I did not know its potential. I also had not yet discovered HDR processing. In the summer of 2006 I went to Lowell to photograph the Pawtucket [...]