Let them eat CAKE!

So last night after much anticipation, anticipation since last November, the TLC episode of “Fabulous Cakes” that was filmed at Westford Academy’s first performance of “Phantom of the Opera” finally aired.








Mary Jo Dowling of Elegant Edibles built this amazing cake for the opening night and we were fortunate enough to be there to catch it. I got to sneak backstage, hang with the crew a bit...and get a sneak peak at the cake before it came out!

Though it feed everyone with plenty left over, if left alone with it, I am convinced that I could have done the whole thing myself with a gallon of cold milk! That said, Gail and I were honored to get our hands on a some.

Matthew and Steven even got a slice (they may have snuck another one too.)

So cool!

There you are Gail!

Picasso and Miss Saigon ??

To all you WATA fans, The "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" pics are up.

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This weekend (and next), "Miss Saigon" at Tyngsboro High School!

Again, for all you WATA fans, one of your very own alumni is onboard helping to work the set. All the more reason for us to see you there!

Playing with the BIG BOYS!

What would you do if you found yourself in the middle of $55,000 worth of camera optics?

No, I didn’t steal them, but I ran one of the coolest optical comparison tests I have seen ever.
My day at Lenspro was a long one (I was sick as a dog!), but I think it might be one of the first tests that puts a side by side picture on the face of the many questions that many lens consumers ask.

I modified a sharpness target that fits perfectly in the aspect ratio of a Nikon frame and cut into it a custom made depth of field gauge and ran these lenses through the gauntlet.

AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II with TC2

AF-S VR NIKKOR 200mm f/2.0 G AF-S IF-ED Lens

AF-S VR Zoom- NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED

AF VR Zoom NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED

AF-S NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II

AF-S VR NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED

AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VRII

AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4G ED VR II

AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR

Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8

Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 OS

The data will be coming soon on the Photog's Blog.

The ASA Shirts are now up for sale!

We are running an "at cost" special to help get them out there.

Hurry! Deal ends on 9/20!

Dont forget, the discount code is "ASA"

Spiderwoman!

The 2010 Heart of Steel Poster has claimed it’s place on the wall at the Boston Rock Gym and Mr. Glassberg has been bumped…Move over Jon!

Last year I ripped out this image of 2009’s Heart of Steel competition at the Boston Rock Gym.


Well again this year the 2010 Heart of Steel comp yielded another image that I knew was going to work great for the wall.

Measuring about 4’x6’ this multi-layered 3D cut out is of Sasha DiGiulian who just edged out Francesca Metcalf for 1st place in the comp last February.






















Here a couple of images I took of them from the 2010 comp. I should get them autographed!!
Here too is a link to some cool panoramic images that Willie Van Tassell took...

Unbenounced to me until after I put this together, I found out that Sasha had won the Lead Climbing National title at Pan American Championship down in Ecuador!

Not to be outdone, Francesca Metcalf took the National Bouldering Climbing title at the same event!


Way to show them how we do it here in the States Ladies!


It is truly a privilege to photograph some of these climbers. I have had the honor now of capturing several of the countries BEST.

Zack didn't...

... get his Theater head shots taken for the final show of the year when everyone else did.



















This got more than a few laughs during the final years production of Les Miserable.

This is just so... so... so Zack!

As cool as this was, next year, we'll loan you the ten bucks = ).

Blast from the past

So since we moved our office, I have been going through some OLD pics and found a few that sent me down memory lane…way down memory lane..like twenty years down memory lane.



Here is some of the first theater work I did probably back in the late 1980’s at the Emerson Majestic Theater. Back then I was shooting 800 ISO pushed to 1600 then having all the film processed special at Unison in Boston. That was like a 1 week turn around once I had proof printed. MAN digital kicks the crap out of that workflow. If needed I can turn a 1500 image show around in a few hours and with far better results, though these look great I must say.



Here is a self portrait I used for my original ASA website back in the early 1990’s. What was then my first office is now Matthews Bedroom! Check out my of Speedgraphics 4x5 …oh and my beloved Pentax 6x7….God I miss that camera. ALL film.



Wow! This picture is from back in my black and white printing days. These two young ladies were called “The Grinning Lizards”. I made a negative photocopy of their log onto velum and burned it into the print before I put into the developer. Gail and I ran into them one cold Valentines day out on Martha’s Vineyard. We were in the Edgartown Harbor parking lot and heard their beautiful music floating in the wind. We followed the sound and low and behold… Lisa and Jess. We became good friends and I did a couple of shoots for them for there albums as well as follow them around where ever they played including the Harp in Bean town. Have not heard from them in well over ten years.



Here is the back of my head = ). One of my first real political gigs, a gymnasium dedication at Malden Catholic got me up close to the Kennedy’s, Bulger, Governor Mannino, Congressman Markey…




Oh man…my first magazine publication (Cape Cod Life 1996)…and first mag cover (Mt. Washington).