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Monday was the first day I had to pull out the sweat shirt. This usually indicates the end of Summer, which I am ok with because I love the Fall. I am however NOT looking forward to snow in the winter!

I was lucky enough to be camping during the blue moon this weekend, unfortunately we didn’t really have a clear view of the moon from our campsite. Even though we did not have a good view of the moon itself, the blue light that was lighting up the campsite was amazing. The amber color from the fire and the super blue sky made for a very colorful shot.

I used the tent as some sort of light diffuser for the fire so I could shoot at a longer shutter speed without blowing out the fire light.

On Friday, Andrew, Nate, Dennis, and myself, drove out to Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Connecticut for a weekend of camping. I really needed a weekend away from technology so I did my best to make my camera the only tech I used. I did turn on my phone for music and a flashlight at one point but I stayed in Airplane mode and did not use the interwebs. Spending time in the woods in the company of great friends, some booze, some food, and the blue moon was exactly what I needed to reboot myself.

Here is a picture from day one, nothing amazing technically, but the photos over the next few days document a great weekend with good people.

I have a closet full of old tech that I will never use again, but for some reason hang on to “just in case”. Here is an old motherboard. I shot in Black and White as if this where some old long lost photo of some long forgotten tech.

On the way back from watching a movie with my buddy Baker we noticed how awesome the clouds in the sky looked. We pulled over but the view just wasn’t as good as it was from the highway. We then hopped back on the highway and I attempted to take the shot from the car. We then saw the moon pop up right about the awesome cloud formation. It’s quite hard to get a nice open sky / landscape shot in the city, so the highway was the next best thing.

I spent the day meeting with clients and setting up photoshoots. Here are some of the tools of the day, obviously the camera is missing because it is in my hand!

So my seasonal allergies are kicking my ass. This is how I felt on Sunday. Fuzzy. I am purposely out of focus to kind portray how I feel when I am all stuffed up – un-focused.

Saturday’s almost always include DGAF. This is by far one of my favorite events to shoot. There are so many fun, loving people that come here every week that make my job super enjoyable. This week was Glover’s Paradise, it was a gathering of glover’s to showcase their skills and to participate in a competition. At one point I looked over and saw Brian getting a light show from at least 4 glover’s at the same time and had to make this my 365.

Friday night’s I almost always end up in Providence to eat, and have a drink or two. I love this city to bits and can not wait to move back. This is a multi-bracketed, manually HDR shot. Nothing to amazing here but it’s usually the area of Providence we start in before heading downtown.

There is nothing set in stone for Tuesday’s. This Tuesday I photographed NextHype Providence’s Filth Fest at Fete. It was awesome to shoot in a new venue, a beautiful one at that. This Praying Mantis was hanging out outside the venue and I had to try my best to take a photo of it. Low light, but I did my best with my flash.

For the remainder of this week my 365 photos will be of what typically happens to me on those days. Monday’s is Karaoke at The Hot Club. Even though I do not sing, I enjoy the people watching and hanging out with some of the best cats in Providence. This crazy fella you see here is Jimmy Ray, although I can not remember what it was he was singing.

This is what my Sunday’s usually consist of. I actually had a rather eventful Sunday as a whole, but it ended like most Sunday’s do – with a weird movie, good friends, food, and relaxation.

I saw these boots hanging from some power lines on the East Side of Providence, RI and tried to get an interesting shot of them. You can read some more about the fine art of shoe tossing here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing

On Friday night I was invited over to a friends lake house in Chepachet, RI and thought it would be a great opportunity to get a nice landscape shot on the lake. I left the batteries for my camera at home, so all I had was my iPhone camera. This was incredibly discouraging and I contemplated calling the project off and re-starting again in a few weeks. I then remembered the famous quote “The best camera is the one that’s with you” and pulled out my iPhone. This photo sucks, but what can I do, start over?

When I meet my usual group of friends out for a beer or two, before we actually have a buzz going, we seem to spend more time tip-tapping on our phones than we do talking to each other. Someone mentioned Dolphin rape, which caught Theresa’s attention, so Baker pulled up a YoutTube video of a Dolphin attempting to rape a woman under water. It’s crazy how much technology manages to bring us together, while isolating ourselves from people right in front of us at the same time.