There are a lot of things in this life that I can’t imagine. I have a hard time grasping what it is like to have or love a child, I am not a parent. I also can’t realistically touch the fear of having a disease … Read More →
Category Archives: Assignment Work
11,314
11,314 – That’s how many photos I took in the month of August. Most people who don’t shoot for a living are amazed by the fact that a photographer can shoot between 200 and 300 frames during a simple portrait shoot. But even I am amazed … Read More →
Newport Jazz Festival
The 2011 Newport Jazz Festival turned out to be another fun and hectic shooting experience this year (oh, and also WET!). I was working the festival for both National Public Radio as well as the New York Times. Both were live blogging the event and … Read More →
David Wax Museum Promo Shoot
In May of this year, my wife turned 30 and to commemorate the event, I adapted (butchered) a song written by the David Wax Museum and performed it for her during her party. Pulling it off took a complete lack of shame on my part … Read More →
“Hurricane” Earl
Five years ago, almost to the day, I was covering the effects of Hurricane Katrina with my then-to-be wife Dina for the Boston Globe. A colleague of ours who was also there recently pointed out that hurricanes always seem to come ashore around labor day … Read More →
Photo Booth
I have been shooting nightlife for the Boston Globe for well over a year now. Over that time we have amassed a pretty good library of venues and reoccurring events where people can go to get a sense of a scene or check out who … Read More →
The Full 36 Hours
Some of you may be familiar with the 36 Hours feature in the Travel section of the New York Times. It is a list of recommended sights to see, places to eat and ways to have fun with 36 hours in selected cities around the … Read More →
Newport Jazz Fest 2010
As much as I don’t love Jazz, I did thoroughly enjoy shooting it this weekend in Rhode Island. The Newport Jazz Festival is hailed as “the festival that put jazz festivals on the map,” and I spent the weekend working with National Public Radio, documenting the … Read More →
King Content
In the Story Building classes I teach at Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts my students are required to come up with a story ideas that they will cover exclusively for the duration of our class. One of the things I end up explaining … Read More →