Category: 365 Photo Project

I do not think anyone was expecting snow today, it seemed to come out of no where. I was trading photography editing techniques with a friend and fellow photographer, Elijah Vicente, when the snow hit. I have been wanting to try a shot like this for a while, once I saw how fast and hard the snow was falling, I just had to give it a shot.  I had Elijah hold my flash behind his back while looking at the camera. At full power, the flash lit up the snow around him, leaving me with a snow silhouette.

Tuesday was election day, I had planned on getting one of those I voted stickers and using it in my 365. Unfortunately, neither my mother, my friends, or myself actually got one of those stickers when voting in Fall River. I ran around the house snapping photos of random objects and this was my favorite shot. I put my flash behind a door with slits in it, then took the photo from the front of the door. I really liked the shadows, gradients, and lighting.

One of my favorite places to DJ, drink, and eat, is at Local 121 in Providence, RI. I had a Google Maps Street View shoot with them on Monday, and this is one of the still photos taken with the tour. Check out the tour here: http://goo.gl/BVfWP

On Sunday night I hung out with some good friends at my old apartment. My old bedroom is now a vinyl record dungeon. I went in there and started taking some shots, none of what I had planned came out good. This was the only semi-interesting shot of the day.

I had the pleasure of photographing NextHype’s DGAF – The Raving Dead Zombie Party in Providence, RI this weekend and this was my favorite shot of the night. Marielle did a fantastic job with her make up, so it would have been a shame not to put this in the project. The full photo set should be up by tomorrow.

Colder weather is here, so it’s time for some cold weather gear. This is my favorite pair of socks. They are ugly, but super comfy! Why this post rhymed, I have no idea.

Once a year for the past 4 years I have participated in Movember. Movember is a world wide campaign focused on raising awareness and funds for men’s prostate cancer awareness and research. On November 1st, participants shave their faces clean, then begin growing amazing mustaches for the cause. This is my clean shaven face in a classy outfit, I miss the beard, but growing a mustache for one month out of each year is a small price to pay when helping such a great cause. Please join our Movember team or consider giving a donation, big or small at www.providencestache.com

My pirate nephew came by the house while trick or treating on Halloween. I tried to get a photo of his costume, but he will not sit still, and did not like his hat. He was more interested in Thomas the train coloring books.

I was asked to photograph a production of The Rocky Horror Picture show at UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday. I had a lot of fun shooting this type of thing, and look forward to doing more of it in the future.

I had planned on taking hurricane disaster photos for my 365, but no disasters happened where I was. This is a good thing in general, not so good for my 365 idea. Here is what I stocked up on: old books, Amy’s soup, a flashlight, charged up Nexus 7 with some movies, and 2 veggie pizza’s.

The sky on Sunday looked as if it was a scene out of “The Walking Dead”.

Saturday’s 365 is usually my favorite shot from DGAF, and this Saturday is no exception. One of my favorite things about shooting glovers, is that it’s never the same lighting environment. There is no magic camera setting that gives me a good shot, I have to play with every combination of settings to get a shot I think works. I really liked the combination of the costume and the trail length in this one. The person giving the light show is Shane McKenzie of Northern Lights.

I had the honor of photographing the Annual Hasbro Halloween Party in Pawtucket, RI last night. There was so many awesome costumes there that it was hard to pick just one for my 365 project. This was not the best photo of the night, but it sure was one of my favorite couple costumes.

For Thursday’s 365 I had planned on getting a photo while DJing at Local 121, but had a feeling it was going to be a slow night. Luckily on late Wednesday evening around 1am, I took a few quick shots of the sky before going to bed. The clouds had just passed over, and even though the moon was really bright and I am in a city, I could still see a nice amount of stars in the sky. I think my new fallback when I am lacking 365 ideas will be of the stars.

I spent my day taking photos for Google Maps, then brought my friend Elijah who is also a photographer over to the Seekonk River Bridge in Providence, RI. After taking and editing photos all day, my creative inspiration was very low. I should have tried so many more angles and techniques, but alas, this is what I got. At least the clouds where all sorts of funky.

This is a photo of one of my favorite books – Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland. To be completely honest I do not read actual paper books very often. Once I got the internet when I was 14, paper books became almost obsolete.

My router decided to act up today. While resetting it, I noticed the blue lights could make for some awesome Bokeh. I haven’t used my 50mm 1.8 in a while, so I figured I would pull it out to get some nice big bokeh balls. Then I had to think about what to do in the foreground, considering I was trying to “fix the internet” I figured a wrench was in order.

During Saturday’s sunset, the sky was an amazing blue with some purple / orange-ish clouds in the mix. The moon was also looking pretty bright, so I tried to frame a shot with some interesting cloud formations and the moon. While scanning the sky, a plane seemed to appear as if out of no where. I think the streaks from the plane, the moon, and the clouds all came together at that short moment to make an interesting photo.