Last week I was invited to Olympus America’s corporate office to present to their photo club. I had a great time and the courtesies extended to me were greatly appreciated. It was a full house and a great audience. A special thank you to Kathy Anderson (club president) & Peter Ewen for making all of the arrangements.
I decided to change things up a bit and just shoot some macro spring flowers.
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to lead a Photo Workshop/Expedition to the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, PA. The airfield and museum has an amazing collection of old planes and antique cars. The owner and volunteers for the museum went well beyond our expectations, as far as being accommodating and creating a fun filled environment. The Expedition consisted of airborne planes, stationary planes, volunteers dressed in period clothing and professional model, Tamantha Yanders, who had to endure some challenging moments. A special thanks to Dan’s Camera City and Jason Mahoney, a very talented photographer, who initiated and arranged the event. And a BIG thanks to Olympus for sponsoring the expedition.
Signs of spring. We are getting closer (I hope)…
I had the opportunity to photograph at the ArtsQuest Glass Studio the other day during a team building event. It is an absolutely amazing place. If you haven’t seen the place you need to check it out.
St. Patrick’s Day at the City of Allentown’s parade. Some very interesting characters…
The Roxy in Northampton, PA was a place I would periodically travel to in my younger days. It has always captivated me based on its architecture and, of course, the various concerts & movies I saw there. The Roxy opened as the Lyric in 1921 and fortunately they have continued to maintain it over the many years. My attempt was to capture the theatre with some daylight along with the “blue hour”.
Hurricane Sandy did significant damage up and down the east coast. One area hit the hardest was Seaside Heights, NJ. I had heard about the devastation in this particular area and wanted to witness it myself. The police presence was much greater than I would have guessed. It was actually very difficult to photograph the area because of the police restrictions. I guess all total, it was a good thing they were there in force. Here are a few images from my visit which includes artifacts salvaged from various places on the former boardwalk. By way of an update, they have started the restoration work.
I went to Northampton, PA with the intent of photographing some ice flows in the Lehigh River. However, there was little to no ice flow to be seen. But I was treated to some nice reflections and a sunset. The shots were taken on the east side of the river looking northwest from Canal Street.
In October of 2011, I traveled to the country of Bhutan. This has to be one of the most beautiful places on this earth. During my travel I was fortunate to see some places few tourists have ever seen. On several different occasions I was invited into several peoples homes and allowed to witness some of their private ceremonial events. In November of 2012, I had an exhibit at Fox Optical in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as part of the InVision photography month. The following is a sampling of some of the images and a few shots from the opening reception.
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