We will be exhibiting at the Concord Fall Festival being held at The Old Manse this weekend. (October 10-13.)  The festival includes exhibits by other local artists, produce for sales by local farmers and artisans, poetry readings and lots more.

Mike is taking some time this fall to photograph landscapes. Recently he got up even earlier than the kids (that’s quite something) and spent some time in Concord. Here’s a couple of landscapes from his dawn session.

 This week, one of the area newspapers, The Concord Journal is running an article about my new studio. See link below.

Concord Journal article

 Last year I was contacted by Jim Miotke, the owner of the BetterPhoto website. He asked to use some of my images in his latest photography guide book, “Photographing Children”, which I was more than happy to do as I’ve enjoyed entering the photography competitions on that site in the past. This book is great for anyone wanting to learn how to take improved photos of their children and is currently in the top 10 of photography books on Amazon.

I was pleased to be featured in the current issue of  Design Aglow , a magazine for professional wedding and portrait photographers. It is very satisfying to have your work recognized by your peers and to share page space with some of the most popular contempory artists in the field of portrait photography.

I recently entered the the 2008 Professional Photographers of Massachusetts print competition and was thrilled to receive the “Judge’s Favorite” rosette for this image, it is one of my favorites too!

I was also honored to have the photograph (below) entitled “School Rush Hour” selected for a blue ribbon merit award:

I’m now planning some images for future competition entries and will be looking for models in the spring/summer to take part in concept shoots. I’ll be posting about this in the near future. If you have kids or teens who may be interested in taking part in such a session please contact me.

During the last few months of this past school year I have been working on a photo journal project documenting the wonder and joy of preschool life at Acton Barn Co-operative Preschool. All proceeds from the sale of the DVD/book resulting from this project will go towards securing a permanent home for the school.

I’d like to say thank you to all the  Barn families who so far have purchased copies of the DVD slideshow. I hope you enjoyed viewing the DVD as much as I did taking pictures of your wonderful children! Many families also bought book vouchers and I am looking forward to choosing photos for the book over the Summer. Thank you to Pauline and Torri for their hard work promoting this fundraiser at school. Thanks also to Carol and all the teachers for allowing me to spend time in such a nuturing and creative environment!

A reminder that the deadline for all orders is June 20th.

I was thrilled to have this photograph awarded first place in an online photography contest (Better Photo.com) for April 2007.  The image entitled “Magical” was entered into the Digital Darkroom category. I had been working on it as a method of experimenting with some new Photoshop techniques. I was very happy my practice photo got selected for the gold medal!! The Better Photo competition attracts over 20,000 worldwide entries each month and is a showcase for some really great photographs.