Downtown Holiday Lights

I met my photography meetup group this past Thursday with the task of photographing the holiday lights on our downtown green. It was one cold night, about 20 degrees and I almost didn’t go, but it was an opportunity to get out and shoot some stuff at night. It was interesting to see how the…

Old Sturbridge Village, MA

I spent last weekend in Massachusetts, my family and I went to Salem for a night and stopped at Old Sturbridge Village on the way back. If you have never been to OSV, it is one of the country’s largest living history museums, OSV has historians in costume, 59 historic buildings on 200 acres, three…

Sunrise at the Beach

I have been wanting to do this for a while and finally got up early enough to go photograph the sunrise. It was a very cold morning but I headed out to the beach anyways. I really wanted to test out my new lens and see what kind of shots I could get. Seeing the…

New Lens

I am very happy to be posting some test shots done with my new Tamron 17-50 2.8 VC lens. I got this lens the other day and I had some time to get out and shoot with it over the weekend. So far I am very happy with the results. This lens is very sharp,…

Bronx Zoo

Spent Saturday at the Bronx Zoo. It was my first time there and the zoo was great. Highly recommend a trip there if you have not been. Many great photo’s to be had. I felt at a slight disadvantage to some of the

Cruise Night at Goodies

Went to another meetup at Goodies in Milford Thursday night.The idea was to shoot some classic cars, and as a plus we had a model to pose for us. It was pretty difficult to get great shots because there were 25 of us all shooting at the same time but I snapped a few I…

Norton Park Ballon Festival

Spent last Saturday at Norton Park in Plainville, it was their annual Hot Air Balloon Festival. It was my first time going and it was very cool. Lot’s of great opportunities for photos and there were plenty of people out with their cameras. I shot with my 18-55 lens, really could have used a bit…

Nighttime at the Beach

I went down to the beach the other night to try some long exposure shots. The sky was amazing and the water was like glass. I set up my tripod and shot away. Here are a few of the better ones. I was shooting with my 50mm lens, mostly because it is sharper than my…

Flower Garden

I spent a little while in my neighbors beautiful flower garden last Saturday, armed with my 50mm and tri-pod. I got a few decent pics. It was a bit windy for flower photography but I learned a few things so it was worth it.