Happy spring!

Check it out here – Kingdom can be hard to find – it’s a gorgeous large-format magazine founded by Arnold Palmer (his own O Magazine, if you will), typically found at the resort courses designed by Arnie himself. It was great to see my images get such nice treatment, and I had a fun time hanging out with the golfers.

BIG shout-out to Judd Lamphere for lighting assist and for shooting a couple of the exterior restaurant shots to help get everything done on time. The Boston Globe published a nice spread in yesterday’s fall travel issue of Globe Magazine – check it out online as well!

The piece is about discounting and small retailers, and is timely considering the quickly approaching holiday season. I had a great time photographing Steve, the owner, and learning a few new things on what otherwise would have been an ordinary Tuesday. Check out the piece here and hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I photographed the two for a piece on parent-child businesses in the Small Business section of the Journal – this was, technically, one of the most challenging assignments I’ve had thus far. Because Arian runs the business out of his bedroom, I was limited to one room (albeit a very nice room), and the weather outside was gray and dark, so despite the large windows I had to rely almost entirely on a handheld flash. I think it came out fairly well considering all things. Please wander on over and check it out here.

When I was eighteen or so, my friend asked me to housesit for a couple days. Sure, no problem. While hanging around after walking the dog, bored, I was browsing her bookshelves and a particularly hefty, colorful hardcover caught my eye – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Little did I know that, once I picked it up, I wouldn’t put it down until I had finished it, and the other two Harry Potter books on her shelf. Like millions of other people, I became hopelessly addicted to the whimsical, if somewhat prosaically written, adventures of a group of young British wizards.

So, when the Journal called me with an assignment to photograph collegiate quidditch in Middlebury, I was somewhat tickled. This was actually my first go at shooting sports and I had a great time. The thing that struck me the most was how much incredibly entertaining it was – Alex Benepe played the role of head commissioner perfectly, the announcers were hilarious (I’m tempted to go back with an audio recorder), and the players played hard but with great sportsmanship. The golden snitches (in this case, players dressed in yellow with a snitch hanging off their backsides) were especially fun.

Top moments: the snitch pulling the seeker’s shirt over his head, me diving out of the way of stampedes of chasers more than once, and the snitch making off with “Gnome” Chomsky, in this case a plastic garden gnome, as the seeker chased him around the full length of the field to snarky remarks by the commentators. Probably the most fun assignment I’ve had in awhile.

So wander online, check out the excellent article by Jilian Mincer, and be sure to browse through the gallery of images or pick up a copy of today’s Journal. Happy Monday!

The full review at The Untz can be found here.

Also wander on over to the Eve blog to see what we’ve been doing there – it has been an incredibly busy productive summer. Hope you are all having a great fall.