Boston, October 27, 2010

   I was walking around Boston on Wednesday and grabbed some amazing candid shots of people just walking around.

    It is so much fun to capture images like this!



Coven in Salem

  I just dropped out a print at the Coven in Salem. If you get a chance be sure to check out my work as well as other local artists. (Plus make sure you get a bite to eat as well)



The Coven

Remembering a great man

My father-in-law died earlier this year and I am helping my wife’s family find, scan and restore old images. Here is something that I have been working on tonight. The picture was is very bad shape as you can see. He is with his brother and some of the “trophies” from some of their hunting trips.

First pass of the scanner



second pass of the scanner



Then i had to "painstakingly" paste them together.



Then i had to remove the scratches and missing pieces and correct the exposure.

moment in time 5-2-10

I particapated in the NY Times, Moment in time on May 2, 2010 at 11 AM, eastern standard time.  here is the image that I decided to use

 

I took the image using my 30mm 1.4 mm lens.  My first attempt at using it.  I love my depth of field that was accomplished with this.  The branch is acting like a barrier from me continuing.

Check out other photos that people have submitted. 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/03/blogs/a-moment-in-time.html#/4be1bef7224fe2181b000057

I am still searching for mine.  (I guess they are overwhelmed with responses) If you find it let me know.

been very, very busy

I have been very busy the last couple of weeks.  I went to Rochester, NY for Easter Weekend to see some family and friends.  (My lovely wife Tiffany grew up there) 

 I have also been cleaning and packing.  My wife and I are looking for a condo.  Yard work is a little too much for us.  (My daughter Carin and I have terrible allergies) 

I have also been getting some images for print competition.  One was for GLPA and the other is for PPA.  (The PPA one is really scaring me. )  I have to choose 4 images for that one and mail them to PPA.  My PPA approved print case is in the mail and I should have it by the end of the week.  Not too worried b/c the prints are not due until the end of the month.  I will post the images shortly.

 I have also entered an image for Face on PDN.  While you cannot vote any more, here is a link to the same image on my Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=852812&l=09eca4c724&id=1644444851

Finally getting caught up on everything

I am finally getting caught up on everything and I am glad that I am finally able to upload some images from the last week. 

    My little girl Carin celebrated her 11th birthday last Wednesday.  We had a little party for her at home. 









We are continuing with the packing and starting to look for a condo.  Have a couple areas in mind, but we are keeping our options open.

Abandoned buildings

I took a personal day off  from work to take my wife to a doctor's appointment and afterwards I took some images of some abandoned little cabin's not far from my house.  I am not sure as I am posting this of the history of them but they are not going to be around us much longer.  If you want to check them out, http://tinyurl.com/yghxdnf.

Busy Weekend

I have been very busy working on cleaning up my studio and man cave.  Matting prints and getting more prints ready for print competition.  (plus other online competitions as well)

BIG 4 0

I turned a big 4-0 today. Kind of disheartening.  I am very happy where I am in my life and I am looking forward.  I am working on lining up some gallery shows, a couple of sales and other options.  I have also sent in  some images to black and white magazine.  I am keeping my fingers crossed on that one. 

I am renewing my website and plan on sending out a mass media update by the end of the week.

Last couple of weeks

It is be kind of busy for me the last couple of weeks.  I got new business cards, new Christmas card, plus all the holiday excitement.  (That is why I have not been able to post anything.)

    

I really like the new cards. 

Here is the Christmas card.  (I think I did a great job at capturing my daughter's persona)  I have gotten a lot of positive feedback.

the weddings are gone!

I have removed all of the weddings from my website and I am not looking back.   I am looking forward to having my new site up.  (which should happen by the end of the weekend)  I have a couple of galleries up now and will be adding some more galleries while as I finish them

New website

After a lot of soul-searching and exchanges of emails of a photography friend, I have decided to rework my website and focus on my stronger images.  When I finished photography school, I had a portfolio review by Jim Fitts and he told me my strongest images are of fine art work.  I was a little resistant to make this my only focus but after looking back at what I have been doing on my free time and the work that I have produced from it, i cannot argue any longer.

       I am also going to be focusing on my wide-angle portraits.  I am still amazed by the work of Platon.  My final project at school was a series of them that were just amazing. 

      This weekend I will be cleaning and backing up hard drives and selecting images for my new website.  I was going to wait until my ad on the knot but why bother.

     I will be still willing to do weddings providing I can use my style for the bride's wedding.

     I will leave you with my favorite image from my recent trip to Atlanta.

images from my trip to Atlanta

I have my images from my trip to Atlanta posted on my Facebook page.  Please take a look and let me know what you think.   I really enjoy this type of photography and wish I could spend more time focusing on this.

            http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=134403&id=88182606922&l=e70a4a68bb

Studio Management Services (SMS) in Atlanta

I just got back from a 2 day workshop in Atlanta that PPA sponsored.  It taught me a lot.  (A mean a lot)  I learned how to better market my business and learn how to deal with customers.  I am going to have to digest everything in the next day or two and rework everything.

    I was able to take a lot of nice fine art photography images while I was there.  (Images will be posted by the end of the week.) 

    I will also be posting some images of my wife's stay in the hospital and Halloween.

personne qui collecte les donations

I just wanted to send everyone an update.  My family and I just got back from our vacation in Boulder.  We had a lot of fun.  While we were busy visiting my wife’s new niece, we did not get much of a chance to go into the mountains.  I was able to take some amazing images in the center of town.  (Pearl Street Mall.)  I am calling the collection, “personne qui collecte les donations.”   While that is in French, when you see the images, you should be able to translate. 

 

          Just go to www.john-roy.com and the gallery is the last one.

 

          None of these images are have been corrected in Photoshop.  They are just as I shot them.  (Just exposure correction )  I wanted everything to be the way it was when I saw it.   I included an image that I took in Boulder 2 years ago and a image in Cambridge that I took 3 years ago b/c they all go together.)

The Knot/Wedding Channel

I just placed an ad with Knot/Wedding Channel and cannot wait for it to go live.

 





 















 

http://www.theknot.com/kl_vendordetail.html?id=240699&=&vendorsearch=Y^Y^Y&P=&MsdVisit=1&U=&vendorsearch=Y&market=061&category=PHO&keyword=BOSTON

Rochester, NY

My family just got back from a long weekend in Rochester , NY.  It was a very nice weekend and we enjoyed it a lot.  My wife got to see some old friends that she has not seen in years. 

   I did get a chance to take some personal images while I was there and here are my two favorite so far. 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are both of the Chase building in downtown Rochester.  (more images to follow)

Newburyport

I am on vacation this week and went up to Newburyport to take some pictures and have some me time. 









I would love to be able to move up to Newburyport but it is not in the cards, for now.

Wedding workshop

I finallygot around to posting my images from the workshop that CDIA had for their students who graduated.  I cannot believe how much i learned.  It is always nice to see a different perspective on things and to avoid falling into a rut.  Here are my



 



 

 

 

 





 



 



 

 

I know that it was a lot of images and I am sorry to those people with dial ups.

The Wedding of Elise and Matt

       

 I shot another wedding yesterday.  The lucky couple was Elise  and Matt .  They had a lovely service out in Worcester and a rocking reception at the Leicester Country Club.  I cannot believe how lucky I am to capture these moments in time.  Trust me, that is not a line.  These couples are going to be looking at their albums for the rest of their lives.  Here is just a few of my favorites.

This one has to be one is my favorites.  When I heard where the wedding was suppose to be, I researched online for other wedding photographers who shot weddings at the same country club.   When I saw this bridge, I knew that if I was only able to get one formal of the lucky couple, it was going to be there.