Portraits

One of my most memorable photo assignments was to photograph strangers in Windsor, Connecticut when I was fourteen years old. I was a freshman in high school taking my first photography class with Walter Rabetz in 1984 at Loomis Chaffee School. It was terrifying and exhilarating – walk up and engage a perfect stranger and… Read more »

Mazy

Mazy Two weeks ago we lost our nine-year old Golden Retriever Mazy. She had been treated for tick-borne and auto-immune diseases in Burlington and had been home in Brandon for ten days. When she faltered late one Tuesday night, I drove her back to the Burlington Emergency Veterinarian Hospital and she died on the way… Read more »

Vermont Landscapes Drone Video

  Often when I am making still drone photos around Vermont, I will also shoot a few video clips. Here are a few recent drone video clips. Using a drone has transformed my ability to photograph Vermont’s rural landscapes. In the past I would hire an airplane once or twice a year and hope for… Read more »

A Bird’s-eye View of Vermont

Four Seasons Above Vermont’s Landscape I’ve been using a drone to make aerial photographs of Vermont for several years, but only recently have I been photographing straight down on the landscapes of the Green Mountains. My first impulse as a drone photographer was to go as high as possible – 400 feet – and make… Read more »

New Landscapes – Vermont Drone Photography Portfolio and Video

I’ve been making photos with a drone for almost two years and it’s transformed my perspective on landscape photography in Vermont. Having worked as an editorial and commercial photographer for more than twenty years I have photographed many people and places in the Green Mountains. In the past I would hire an airplane, get a… Read more »

Migrant Workers and Dairy Farmers in Addison County, Vermont

  I first started photographing Latino farm workers in 2006, after I noticed several young Mexican men shopping at the Whiting General Store. Vermont is not very diverse and I wondered what these men were doing in the rural Green Mountain State. It turns out they were milking cows. I teamed up with ESL and… Read more »

A New Site for a New Year

  For the past few months I’ve been working on a new website that pulls into focus the kind of photography I love to do. For me it comes down to beautiful landscapes and engaging portraits. Working with Freelance Picture Editor Mary Vignoles, I boiled down my images to those that best captured my style… Read more »

Looking Back on 2018

As the short days of December come to a close, it seems natural to reflect back on 2018. Although I had three foot surgeries for bone spurs and my Achilles tendon – one planned and two unplanned – I was able to stay busy between rehabilitations and came to greatly appreciate the ability to walk… Read more »

Vermont Midterm Elections 2018

I had a full day of shooting photos for Reuters of the Vermont Midterm Elections on November 6, 2018. I left home in Brandon at five-thirty in the morning to get to Hyde Park to photograph Gubernatorial Candidate Christine Hallquist voting. I joined the small group of media including Glen Russell with VT Digger, Herb… Read more »