Every year, the US Navy Blue Angels perform at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It also happens to be the home office of Blue Pixel and my home for over 20 years. But this year, two very different shoots were on my calendar for the same day. The Blue Angels during the day, outside along the Severn River, and an indoor big band concert at the local high school, featuring my son and a bunch of his friends.
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I've been asked to present a show at a gallery this fall, which puts me in every photographer's dilemma - how do you take 35-years of photography and boil it down to twenty or fewer pictures?
Two weekends ago I was teaching a workshop in Boston, at Babson College. We were staying on campus at their Executive Conference Center, whose restaurant looked out over some small ponds at the edge of a woods. It was such a pretty spot that during breakfast we decided to come back there that evening after the school and shoot some pictures.
When I worked for newspapers I spent most of my days out on the street. In good weather that was great, and in bad not so great. But the best part of it was staying away from a desk. Now I spend most of my time at a computer, so any chance to get out and shoot pictures is a good one.
