Portland ~ Seattle ~ Vancouver 2011

Well i’m finally getting around to posting images from my trip last month to Portland and Seattle Oregon, and Vancouver BC. We drove nearly 900 miles in a weeks time, so we saw a lot kinda squished into a 7 days…   *** I usually don’t do this since it feels so ‘touristy’ , but…

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a brief visit with my nephews

My nephews were in town yesterday for a brief visit–so I ran over there, camera in hand…   a whole production in putting on footwear–   the world’s worst game of hide & seek: they were on opposite sides of the tree… *** My Godson Michael: I think he’s going to be trouble as he…

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The Academy Awards, 1985

So about a million years ago in 1985 when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I had just graduated college, I lived in Los Angeles for 2 years. The first year  my roommate and his out of town guests and I decided to head to the Oscars and see who we could see. Now, I can’t…

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Vintage Makeup shoot with DD Nickel

Several weeks back DD Nickel and I were here working on a shoot when she presented an interesting idea to me. She had been wanting do to a series of ‘Vintage Makeup’ makeovers mimicking some celebrities from the past. Since i’m all about everything vintage, I thought it was a perfect fit for me. We…

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Inspire Boston 2011- behind the scenes

As mentioned in my last post, I just got back from an intense, fun and enriching 3 days at Inspire Boston 2011, in Concord MA. I had all sorts of good intentions to keep up with shooting everything behind the scenes. However – that idea quickly dried up–both as nerves set in for giving my…

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Jimmy Mazzy @ Concord's Colonial Inn, Concord MA

As some of you may know, I recently attended and spoke at the wonderful Inspire Boston conference in Concord, MA. (More images to come, i’m kinda posting backwards here…) In any case, one of the surprise highlights LAST year was seeing a ragtime band we weren’t expecting in the pub on the last evening. This…

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why we are 'so expensive'

I recently got an email from a client who wondered why my price was $120 dollars higher than the last time they booked me (which was 2 years ago), and if I could “…do it for what you charged us last time.” I politely told them no and said that I have to “…charge for…

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Erin and Randy: family photos along the PCH

So a couple of weeks back I made the trip out to L.A.—I got a great flight rate on Virgin America (if you haven’t and have a chance, FLY THEM!!) and had some free time. Sadly, the second day of the trip Strep Throat kicked in and I spent the LAST 2 days in bed…

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summer in Camden, Maine

this past summer I was asked by a favorite family of mine to come on up to Camden Maine to do some family photos for them. Naturally while I was there i shot some images 9 though not all that many, actually) for myself—here are a few faves! ( obviously I was a little obsessed…

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