The Zach Hillyard Band needed some promotional shots and gave me a call. We picked Fort Point to start (one of my favorite areas to shoot) and almost got rained out, but we got lucky and after a few minutes the skies cleared up again. Here’s a few:

Zach Hillyard Band

Yoni Gordon plays some of my favorite indie rock in Boston, and he’s decided to move to NYC. He kicked off his pre-move tour at TJ Scallywaggle’s, a vegan pizza joint and sub shop in Allston.

The place was tiny and hot, but the bands played great sets. I couldn’t get there earlier to take a ton of shots of Ben Weiser (from Diamond Mines), but the few songs I heard were great.

Ben Weiser

Merganzer

Cooling off outside.

Yoni Gordon and the Goods

Meghann and Charlie were married at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA.

Practicing the first dance.

The real thing.

Charlie’s brother is a musician, so the band invited him up to play drums on 2 songs.

Tara and Kyle were married at the Church of St. Paul, with their reception at the Willowdale Estate in Topsfield, MA. Dig it:

The Estate had a bunch of great decorative touches.

Tara writes some last-minute instructions.

Something really cool: Boston Cigar Factory hand-rolled cigars at the reception. The Best Man gives it a shot.

As my cousin’s visit to Boston from Costa Rica drew to a close, my wife and I decided to take him on a liesurely stroll through Boston.  It was a beautiful day, and I shot some Polaroids and some film with my Holga.  

The owner of this car lives right by us. I always forget to take pictures of it.
 

We got off the T at Chinatown and started walking towards the North End, which is Boston’s version of Little Italy.

I got lucky and took a hail mary shot of this mahjong game with the camera over my head. I can’t believe how perfectly framed it is.

I saw the colonial soldier walking down the street and got ready to shoot him as he walked by. To my astonishment, he stopped and stood right in the center of my frame to view the mural.

My cousin took this shot of Suzi and I.

Once I-93 went underground, there was some debate as to what to do with the land. Some wanted to put up more buildings, a lot of people wanted to put in greenery. I was glad that they put in a park. Here is a spot with a dancing water fountain.

Christopher Columbus Park.

Towards the North End.

My last shot before we got on the T to head back to Cambridge.

Cara and Dave were married at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, MA. Here’s a sneak preview:

The matron of honor looks for a way into the building.

Dave stretches.

Dave likes to dance.

A panorama taken with my Holga.

Probably my favorite shot of the night, which also happens to be the very last picture I took.  
This is a Polaroid.  

I’m shooting Erin and Graham’s wedding in October, so we decided to go down by the Fort Point area of Boston to get some engagement pictures. Here’s a few:

My cousin is visiting me from Costa Rica all this month, and we decided to make a trip to NYC for 2 days. Here’s a few shots from the trip!

This one’s in Cambridge, at the subway on our way to the bus station:

This is New York’s subway:

Two from Grand Central Station:

I’m not much of a sports guy, but my cousin was itching to see a Yankees game.

I grew up in Connecticut and visited New York a bunch of times, but I had never been to Coney Island. Here’s a few:

These last four are at Central Park.

My wife teaching my cousin a lesson. Plus a random stranger.

Come see a ton of art! Come eat a ton of food!

Somerville Open Studios

My studio is at 86 Joy St, studio 4. Since it’s a little out of the way (#20 on the SOS map), there will be shuttles from Joy Street to other areas of Somerville.

I’m still figuring out what I’ll be hanging, but the following images are already framed and on the wall. I’m a bit all over the place in terms of artwork. I love all aspects of photography, so I have a bunch of different projects going on at any given time. I’ll be showing some film work, some digital, some Polaroids (including rare 20×24 Polaroid images that I almost never show), and whatever else I have time to prepare. I have large-format color urban landscapes at night, portraits, documentary travel work, etc.

I know, a flower picture. There’s something about this one that doesn’t feel cheesy to me, though. I printed it huge (I think 30×40).

These next few are from Italy. Florence, to be precise.

This one is one of my all-time favorite pictures I’ve ever taken. It’s one of those times where I got the perfect split-second where everything is perfectly placed in the frame. My photo hero Cartier-Bresson calls it the “Decisive Moment.”

Here are 2 of my Holga pictures. I’m showing 5. I still love using film and printing in a darkroom.

Wow, going to every single night of the Rumble was exhausting, but I had a blast! First off, here’s Mark Hamilton, DJ for WBCN, and the man who put the whole thing together:

A.K.A.C.O.D.

Girls, Guns and Glory - winners!

The Great Bandini

Mikey Dee was a beloved local DJ that made a lasting contribution to Boston’s music scene. He passed away 5 years ago, and some of his ashes were spread to commemorate the event.

To cap off the night, the final band to take the stage were the Neighborhoods, winners of the first Rumble 30 years ago!

And finally, here’s a few shots of Mark Hamilton and Township, last year’s winners, crowning Girls Guns and Glory.