Archives for the 'Inspiration' Category
Trout Unlimited Part 4: Bigger Fish to Fry
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
After several outings for creating photography and several more for videography, our project for the Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited was getting pretty close to wrapping up. We had a great body of images to pull from for the poster series and for the downloadable wallpaper set. Now, being guys that love to fish, [...]
Trout Unlimited Part 3: High and Dirty
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
May 14, 2011. I met up with Dean Milliman early that morning in our normal spot. I had arrived early this time, and was already in my old Simms waders when he pulled off the road. Matt Smythe had commitments for the morning, but was planning to join up with us later in the day. [...]
Trout Unlimited Part 2: Wet and Windy
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
April 16, 2011. After having scouted a few productive-looking stretches of Oatka Creek and Spring Creek a couple of weeks prior, it was time to begin work on our project for the Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited. For me, that meant gearing up in neoprene chest waders and immersing myself in the icy, rushing [...]
Trout Unlimited Part 1: Scouting and Burgers
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
We hit Oatka Creek for the first time in the early morning hours of April 2. I was joined by good friends, Dean Milliman and Matt Smythe for a scouting mission of one of Western New York’s most popular trout fisheries, one that is deeply steeped in history and tradition. The three of us were [...]
Jinelle, Her Saw, and a Good Tree
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
The heady scent of the Balsam Fir pitch on my hands still hangs in the air, and I’m not going to wash it off. I’m savoring it as long as I can. Just this morning, “Stage Two” of the new personal project was underway at Stokoe Farms, in Scottsville, NY. I had connected with Jinelle [...]
Morgan and the Marshmallows
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
One of the greatest challenges, for me at least, seems to be carving out time in the schedule to create fresh personal work. New portfolio images, bodies of work revolving around a specific idea for a self-promo piece, that sort of thing. I’ve been feeling a little “creatively stagnant” lately, wishing for a good project [...]
Winter’s First Whispers
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
I could see it coming from half a mile away. It wasn’t here just yet, but it would be soon. The air to the northwest was becoming more and more opaque. The wind had picked up and carried with it a deeper chill. There has, for years, been something very special to me about being [...]
Tisa Zito at Braddock Bay
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
It’s not too often, this time of year, that I’ll take time away from my weekends of bowhunting to work on extra projects that always seem to pop up! Usually, I tend to cringe if someone asks to steal some of my October or November “free-time.” This request, however, had a sense of urgency that [...]
Taylor Chace for Boston Globe Magazine
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
As I write this post, Taylor Chace is still in Vancouver, British Columbia. I would guess that he and his teammates are probably still riding the high of having won Olympic Gold. To me, that realization is both incredibly wonderful and surreal, and it makes me wish I had been there to see all that [...]
Lauren Tracy for Boston Globe Magazine
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Every so often, a job will come along that is so very enjoyable, it makes me feel as though I’m getting away with something! I mean, nobody should get paid to have such a nice time, even if they’re taking their October Sunday afternoon to do the work! When I got to photograph Lauren Tracy, [...]
