August usually brings hot and humid weather to southern New England. Along with that, the month also brings one of the first country fairs of the season – the one in my hometown of Lebanon, Connecticut. On August 12-14, 2016, the 57th Lebanon Country Fair happened – and that weekend […]
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Two Thousand and Fifteen started out like most any other year for me – a busy schedule for the family/kids, a chock-full year at work, and lots of stuff in the ‘photo idea’ bin, coupled with some time to possibly take care of at least a few of those goals. Then […]
Let’s jump into the (not-so) wayback machine for a moment today, and go back exactly nine years ago – to December 4, 2006 (and about the same time as I’m posting this), where I had a pretty unique photographic opportunity. Something unusual happened on the New England Central Railroad in […]
As artists, we undeniably use other people’s work to stoke the creative fires inside our own imaginations. Whether it’s re-making a photo that has been done before, taking pieces from multiple works and mashing them together into something of your own or just using it as motivation to move in […]
Imagine getting some great news that you’d love to share with everyone you know (and even more), but you can’t for a couple of months. Well, that happened to me recently – and I’ll tell you, it’s been pretty hard keeping my yap shut. A couple of months ago, I […]
While looking at things here on the website, I realized that it’s been 6 months to the day since my last blog post. My how time flies… Lots has been going on around here – from the usual things like family and work commitments, to the more unusual, most notably the passing […]
Digging into the photos from this last fall for this post – like I’ve mentioned in other posts before, I have been out shooting, just not as often as I used to, and unfortunately I haven’t been posting here much. So for the next few blog posts, I’ll be reaching […]
I recently took a few photos of the Greek Orthodox Chapel of the Three Heirarchs at the University of Connecticut for some publicity material. As some of you may know, I’ve got a personal connection to this chapel and Hellenic Education Center – not only did I help build the complex […]
On the evening of Halloween, I kept up with my annual tradition of shooting carved and lit Jack-O-Lanterns here in town. Something I look forward to every year, and this year I wasn’t disappointed.
Some interesting reading from across the pond about photography, the misguided perception the public has for us, and where they got it from. Head here… Glad someone gets it… -Tom