3rd Place in Feature Picture Story Category In BPPA

I placed in 3rd in the Feature Picture Story Category in the Boston Press Photographers Associations annual Photographs of the Year Competition. Yes, I am happy with the win but I was really trying for a win in the spot news category. Next year I Hope! Check out www.bppa.net to see all the winners.

Hasty Pudding 2012

Today was the 2012 Hasty Pudding parade. I've lost count of how many I've done. This years woman of the year was french actress Marion Cotillard

My Images from 2012

Here are my top pics for 2012. From the dumps of Guatemala to Hurricane Sandy and Sandy Hook, I've covered a lot of stories this year not to mention the daily news events I've covered.

6th annual No Pants Subway ride

Here a a few images of mine from yesterday's no pants subway ride.

Three-alarm fire

I rushed to the scene of a three-alarm fire in Swampscott last Thursday which happened to be the coldest day in about a entire year. Here are some pics. One firefighter was injured and a dog died in the blaze.

Guest Speaker at Boston College High

I was asked to speak to Patrick McAllister's Digital Photography classes at Boston College High School today. I had a blast. The students were great and full of wonderful questions. I brought in some of my older cameras like my Speed Graphic, my Hasselblad and Leica to show them the evolution of photography equipment. I told them a bit about my assignments and how I photograph. I never thought I would have such a great time going back to high school. Here a couple shots Patrick McAllister took of me while I spoke.

Warren Wins

Election day just a long day! Started with waking up early and photographing Elizabeth Warren casting her vote in Cambridge and ended later that night with photographing her celebrating her victory actually, it didn't end there, after that I had to go by the Boston Convention center and get images of sad Romney supporters leaving the venue.

Aerosmith plays Boston

I've been busy and finally found a moment to update my blog. Here are a couple quick images from the Free concert Aerosmith played outside their old Boston apartment on Commonwealth Avenue.

Clean up Continues after Hurricane Sandy

After the elections finally passed I found a free moment to go home to New York to see the damage after Hurricane Sandy first hand. I learned to surf on Long Beach New York and knew it was a must for me to be there to photograph the devastation or else I knew I would regret no going years later. This being an important assignment close to heart I decided it was the perfect time ( or excuse) to purchase and shoot with a new Canon 5d Mark III. I can describe the camera with just one word, AMAZING!!! My parents were without power for 8 days and I brought them 9 gallons of gas, something I never thought I'd have to do, transport gas in from another state. I have become accustomed to photographing devastation but this time it was literally close to home. I was stopped twice by the NYPD (a first for me while being in the field after a major news event.) The first time was was by a bored cop who wanted to shoot the breeze about my camera gear and the second time was when a cruiser saw me walking into Breezy Point, NY to avoid the long traffic jam to get in. They stopped me to offer me a ride in, I must say the NYPD was really nice to me. Never has a hurricane been so appropriately named as Sandy. Many of the streets and homes in New York were literally layered in feet of sand. in Long Beach, NY a actual montian of sand cleared from the street was made multiple stories high!!

2012 Head of the Charles Regatta

I spent part of the day photographing the 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta today. There was a lot of ground to cover since the course stretches for 3.2 miles along the Charles River. Here is a selection of some of my images.