Commissioned as a gift by their realtor, this was a family session for this couple to remember the time they've spent in our state before their move took them west.
Read Morea classic new england portrait

Commissioned as a gift by their realtor, this was a family session for this couple to remember the time they've spent in our state before their move took them west.
Read MoreI don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name.
Read MoreThis mama with her daughter and five furry well behaved boys on a much loved trail in the lynn woods reservation on a perfect fall day late in the afternoon with streaming sunlight, mossy grounds, cool rocks and bare leaf trees.
Read MoreThe times I've seen a star streaking across the night sky ... were in one breath, a single flash of a moment that held within it a hopeful magnificence; it's shimmering brilliance and the physical sensations that echoed within.
Read MoreA one year old boy surrounded by the love and adoration of grandparents, parents and a beautiful aunt on a November day at an exquisite lake house.
Read MoreThoughts on remembering this day last year which was day two of a weekend workshop with Mary Ellen Mark at the Center for Photography in Woodstock.
Read Morethe last days of white light ... a golden luminescence that begins in a long stretch to neverland and its buried gifts.
Read MoreAs weddings are most often a mirror reflection of the people exchanging vows, this one had a certain kind of beautiful grace in connecting us all to a greater spirit ...
Read MoreWith family and friends traveling from Europe, Argentina and across the U.S., this four-day wedding felt more like a destination away than at home in Albuquerque.
Read MoreSometimes miracles come in pairs. ~ Richard Branson
Read MoreThis year's project with Cohen Hillel Academy, Salem Academy and the Peabody Essex Museum: We Wear the Mask.
Read MoreWhile most second photographers act as a support for a primary, I was invited to be a second photographer for this wedding as the couple had planned for two photographers not one.
Read More“But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.” ― Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven
Read More“Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
DOGS. And their taller companions. After many weeks of being trapped inside, one clear sign of the seasons changing are this and these ... in what I believe is one of the most dog friendly parts of the world.
Read MoreI've watched this lil slowly transform, take shape and flight; this time with two teeth and the beginnings of a creep.
Read MoreWith boys, you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane.
Erma Bombeck
So much to my surprise, I've found myself not necessarily moving away from black and white, but beginning to embrace color a little more, particularly when the background is neutral and color actually helps to bring in the focus.
Read More"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
Joseph Brodsky
What to say about this year with the girls who are now older girls ... I cherished my human connectin so much that this year was more about the being there with them than the need/pull to document them with pictures. To be perfectly candid, I wasn't all that into it and neither were they. What's worked in the past doesn't fit any longer and so we will find a new way to explore and expand in the year ahead in a way that is a little more interactive and collaborative. This photograph conveys my sentiments - a passage through to the other side.
And yet there were these beauties which express all i could say and more about who these two are right now.
And here is the larger story - all the pages laid out in a way that tells their story this year.