Milee & Rus

Congratulations to Milee and Rus, who were married recently at Roger Williams Park, in Providence. It was a hot and humid day. Infrared images make it look like a snowscape. Thanks again to my friend, Kishan Maheshwary for the invitation to shoot with him. Pictures here.

Congratulations to Alissa & Hemal

Congratulations to Alissa and Hemal who were married in Worcester recently. I was invited to document the reception at Mechanics Hall. Pictures are here

Postcards from NYC

A spring weekend in New York was surprisingly good. How NY has changed: people are more friendly than in Boston. No really! There is less security theater and paranoia than in Boston. Imagine people entering an art gallery with a bag, taking photographs, holding the door open for someone. I saw it all. I am not exactly ready to move to New York but I was pleasantly surprised. Photographs here are from Tibet House [Danny Conant and Catherine Steinmann], MOMA [Olafur Eliassen], Madison Square Park, the wonderful Tabla restaurant. We also went to the 11th Street Bar, home of the NY Liverpool Supporters' Club, to watch the Liverpool game. It had a warm, friendly atmosphere but was too dark for photography.

Watch out for the kiss:

Life without braces

A great moment in herstory. Standing outside the dentist's office, after the liberation of her teeth, Rachel stopped grinning for a moment for a single word of commentary: "Weird". Ahh...I remember that moment of freedom, that feeling of having a giant mouth [again], like it was....36 years ago.

Arangetram studio session

This was a fun studio session with Shweta and Shruti, twin sisters and dancers. Congratulations on your arangetram! Many thanks to Veena Teli, their dance teacher, who was an immense help in arranging positions for the photographs

Prossima fermata...Roma

Somewhat similar to Paris, Rome has that golden light, for a short period in the afternoon between the afternoon cappuccino and the first beer of the evening. The humidity and the pollution add a soft fuzz to the distant backgrounds, that gives a glow to the shots against the light. We've just spent a week in Rome, with temperatures in the 50's F. Photo sites included Circus Maximus, the Colosseum, Villa d'Este, Villa Adriano and the Pantheon. Yes, the Appian Way is flatter than many Boston roads. Yes, walking for several hours, on cobbled streets, does interesting things to your back, ankles and knees.

This was the first real trip for my Canon G9, the new pocket-sized camera that produces some amazing shots. It has a wild dynamic range and can handle shots against the light better than much more expensive cameras. Many of my shots were in the late afternoon, with the sun low in the sky. I was using exposure compensation almost all the time. Add that tiny flash to fill in dark foregrounds and this is a really cool camera. It had two obvious disadvantages. The rear screen shows slightly more than it captured, leading to cutting off several feet. The high ISO images have plenty of noise, as somewhat expected, compared with the 1D level cameras. So I did carry both; wondering what it would be like to be on a trip with only the G9 and the tiny Vye computer

Aside from being on time and polite, Swiss airlines get a special mention for being the first airline in several years to successfully deliver a vegetarian meal. Compare this with the Untied [;)] airlines flight attendant, on the DC to Rome flight, who said to me, 'The pasta's going to take a while. Are you sure you don't want the beef?'

On her first day back at school, the history teacher asked that question. Rachel was the only kid in her class to have seen the Colosseum. Maybe it was worth the hassle of the long layover in DC, the TSA security theater, the international germ exchange....Rome photos here.

Thank you for the 9

Thanks, Alex, for the fastest, fullest and funnest 9 years of my life...and a mere 18/29ths of Rachel's life. Geek details: the top 3 images [1999-2001] were shot on film; the last image in infrared. Locations include Glasgow, Pau, Fruita and Phoenix.