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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I’ve loved paddling since going on a three-week long canoe trip in Northern Quebec in 1987 with my brother and eight other young campers. It was like Lord of the Flies, only in canoes. I’ll always remember running a roaring rapid in a wood and canvas canoe with my stern mate, Denis Dumont, a… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »