Fr. Von

Jessica and I have known Fr. Von long before he became a priest: he and I met briefly during our high school years at a state music festival, and he and Jessica became good friends in college at UNH. We've reconnected since returning to NH, so I was very pleased when I was assigned to make his portrait for Parable Magazine. He's currently the pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Epping, NH.

Julie, fashionista

As I was prepping the set up for the group photo, I asked Julie to model and check the lights (which were triggered wirelessly). They worked, so I didn't make any other test exposures. I initially bypassed this image while editing, but I returned to it later: I like the range of tones, the maroon and tan accents, and the juxtaposition of vertical lines (her) against the horizontal. After cropping, I think it stands well on its own.

Julie

Julie handled the difficult task of coordinating the schedules among the students and me; not only that, but she assisted me in the field by holding reflectors, flashes, etc., and sorting through digital contact sheets. After the last student session, I surreptitiously set up a reflector on a bench in front of her and began photographing. After the shock and laughter subsided, she relaxed.

Seussical

Tonight I photographed Seussical, the current production by Saint Anselm College's Abbey Players. It is a fun, high energy, and fast paced show, suitable for anyone. This weekend will see the final performances; I highly recommend it (and can't wait for my kids to see it tomorrow morning).








scholars

The past two weeks have been terribly busy, in part due to a project I just finished for Saint Anselm College. The assignment was to photograph the student recipients of a major scholarship both individually and as a group. The latter (minus one student) is below; I'll post a few individual ones in the coming days.

Fr. Iain

Fr. Iain is the director of the Chapel Art Center at Saint Anselm, an accomplished artist, and a good friend. I asked him to sit in his office for me over a year ago, but I just recently returned to these photographs. A portrait of an artist:

Carey, in the studio

Carey Cahoon and I are longtime friends from Saint Anselm, and over the past year she has been instrumental in my photography, both in front of the camera (with theatre kapow) and behind (set designing for the same and for The Abbey Players, as well as directing the latter). She had recently asked me for new headshots, and I am grateful that we could spend time collaborating in the studio.





Linda and Rebecca

I ended last weekend's event with a brief portrait session for Linda and Rebecca. We had sufficiently warm temperatures to make it seem like summer, despite the snow that had fallen previously in the week.





Linda's flowers

Linda and Rebecca had a lot of interest in their work at the Wedding Planning Weekend, so when I saw Rebecca trying to sneak in a few photos of their arrangements with a point and shoot, I immediately offered to help. I had most of my kit with me anyway, and my tripod was waiting patiently in the car. With the beautiful window light we had, these flowers were asking to be photographed.





Wedding Planning Weekend at The Brass Heart Inn

I was invited to be the sole photographer at this event hosted by The Brass Heart Inn last weekend. A few others vendors and I were at the Inn all day, meeting and chatting with couples and each other. It was a great event: we were treated to some wonderful food, not even considering the bakers who brought their wares. I was very glad to have met Linda and Rebecca from Linda's Flowers and Gifts in Wolfeboro, as well as videographer Meg Simone from Intervale.

Here are a few photographs I made throughout the day; more to come soon.