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Mineola Journal 4 – 6

June 25th, 2011

Mineola Journal 4-6

#4 – Great Egrets

Great Egrets are very commonly seen in the creek. They appear very tame and will walk right by with no concern. We also see Snowy Egrets and Cattle Egrets.

#5 – Manatees

We do see Manatees quite often in creek off our backyard, but all we usually see is their nose coming up for air and a little bit of wake. On this day there was a lot of action happening because they were maiting.

#6 – Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Herons are a very common presence here. Sometimes they will stand for hours in the same place doing nothing but standing and preening. As you will see, one of the Great Blue Herons had some kind of mouthful.

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Mineola Journal 1-3

June 23rd, 2011

Mineola Journal 1-3

#1 – Heron & Spoonbill

Since I purchase a new camera (Panasonic Lumix GH2) I have been making videos with this remarkable camera. These “Mineola Journals” are short videos taken in our backyard (Mineola is the street we live on). Our backyard ends at Phillippi Creek which is a long meandering creek the empties into the Gulf.

#2 – Anhinga

We see Anhingas often in the creek. They have no oil in their wings like other water birds and so they have to dry them off in order for them to fly effectively.

#3 – Reflections

Late in the day, with the sun low in the sky, interesting patterns form on the opposite shore.

Refections are so difficult to communicate through still photos. Video really is able to capture the mood of moving reflections.

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Balinese Dance

June 13th, 2011

Balinese Dance

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A little while ago I offered through a local Sarasota newsletter to make free portraits. I had a number of replies (some of which can be seen in the previous post). Sari is a Balinese dancer and she came back for a second secession. I created a slideshow of her dance and posted it on YouTube.

Sari says: “This classical Balinese dance is based on a romance that appears Read More→

Categories : Photographs, SlideShow

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Sarasota Portraits

May 17th, 2011

Sarasota Portraits

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Two days ago Mari and I celebrated two years plus one month in Sarasota and one year in our wonderful home on Phillippi Creek. For my photography profession the move from Boston has been a bit of a shock. In Boston I had a 35 year reputation and a wonderful studio. In Sarasota I am just another “guy” with a camera.

To kick start my portrait work here in Sarasota, I place an ad in a newsletter offering free portraits at my home on Phillippi Creek. A number of people responded and I have posted some samples of the portraits we made together here in my scaled down studio in my home. (I made a couple of portraits before the ad) Click to View Portraits.

Categories : Photographs, Portrait

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Tree Swallows

February 27th, 2011

Tree Swallows

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Debbie, Mari’s Sister, took us to a spot in Nokomis where the Tree Swallows gather before sunset. Looking up into the sky, the swallows make the sky look like a grainy photograph (we guessed that there were hundreds of thousands of them). They then gather in tighter bunches and drop from the sky to their night nesting spot.

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Sindy

February 13th, 2011

Sindy

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It has been quite some time since I have posted something here to this blog. Other life’s chores have taken precedent.. Sindy, Mari’s friend of over twenty years, came to visit from wintery New Hampshire. She was gracious enough to let me turn my camera on her and create some portraits. I think the results were quite good as you can see.

Sindy has been focusing on creating rainbows in her life, hence the background music for the slideshow.

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Sacred Sarasota Ceremonies

February 13th, 2011

Sacred Sarasota

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Mari and I since we have been in Sarasota have been invited to and participated in a number of sacred ceremonies. We have met some wonderful people through these ceremonies. I have made a number of photographs and thought it would be nice to collect them all in to one slideshow. So here it is.

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Good-Bye Waltham & WMAA

August 26th, 2010

Good-Bye Waltham

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For 34 years I have lived and worked in my studio at 144 Moody Street. Mari and I came back to Waltham after being in Florida for a year this past May to pack up all our stuff and make a permanent move to Sarasota. Our stay in Waltham was so short and busy with packing, that I realized on my return to Sarasota, I had not had a chance to say good-bye to Waltham and the Arts Community.

Update 10/27/10 Boston Globe Article.

The following is a brief history of the beginnings of the arts community in Waltham along with two slide shows. Read More→

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Mineola* – A Pleasant Place

July 17th, 2010

Mineola

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5/21/2010

June 6. 2010
It has been a long time since my last entry. A lot has been going on. Nothing on photography, but much on lifestyle changes.

First, Mari and I decided we were staying in Sarasota. We needed to find someone to take over our studio in Waltham, MA and pay a key fee so we would be able to make the move work. We found someone who was actually already in the artist community.

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Positive Change

March 6th, 2010

Positive Change

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12/2009

10 Months ago Mari and I arrived in Sarasota to a whole new beginning. We have decided to stay at least for another year. We are going to permanently leave our studio up north. A place I have been in for over thirty years and Mari fifteen. Pack up thirty years of accumulated stuff and move in to our own place in Sarasota.

After being here 4 months, the Sarasota Herald Tribune did an article on me in their monthly magazine called In Style. Now Positive Change has also published an article on me in the recent March issue, which Mari wrote. What follows is the text of the article. Read More→

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Mineola Journal 4 – 6

#4 – Great Egrets

#5 – Manatees

#6 – Great Blue Heron

Mineola Journal 1-3

#1 – Heron & Spoonbill

#2 – Anhinga

#3 – Reflections

Balinese Dance

Sarasota Portraits

Tree Swallows

Sindy

Sacred Sarasota Ceremonies

Good-Bye Waltham & WMAA

Update 10/27/10 Boston Globe Article.

Mineola* – A Pleasant Place

Positive Change

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