Monica Donovan &raquo; Blog

Nov 15 2012

News and Travel Dates

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First, apologies for being so woefully absent from my own blog. After an unexpected string of editorial assignments and commercial work earlier this fall, and several weeks of marathon editing at the tail end of Vermont wedding season, I jumped on a plane and headed to Melbourne, Australia, where I’ll be visiting with friends and shooting this year’s final wedding. Also on the itinerary is a trip to the rugged mountains of Tasmania (Nov. 18-22), and then to wrap it all up, two weeks in New Zealand (Nov. 26-Dec. 10), where I’ll be picking up my farming story – with a Kiwi twist. Keep an eye out for occasional updates from overseas!

After Christmas, my partner and I will be embarking on our first direct mail campaigns to a select group of photo editors and art buyers, which should be an adventure in and of itself. I’ve got some beautiful portraits that I’ve been itching to share when I find a few moments to edit personal work. I’m looking forward to encountering the unexpected and doing some much-needed visual exploration in the coming weeks – Cheers!

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Sep 10 2012

Published: The Boston Globe Magazine

Posted in published, vermont

This was literally a dream assignment: go around photographing my favorite breweries and beer establishments while getting paid to do it. Over the course of two days I shot portraits, details and environmentals of Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Prohibition Pig and various others. It was really nice to return to Waterbury and see things going well: they have come so far since Hurricane Irene hit and hopefully the article will provide a much needed boost to the town.

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!

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Aug 17 2012

Photos of the Day: Mud Volleyball

Posted in editorial, photo a day, vermont

I’ve had a crazy busy few weeks – lots of shooting – but wanted to share a couple favorites from an assignment for The Essex Reporter last weekend. Full of sunshine, frogs and of course mud, I had a great time hanging out with these guys and getting action shots. This would be my second ‘sports’ assignment ever, the first being a memorable Quidditch tournament at Middlebury College.

New BTV 50 portraits and farm story work to be posted in the coming weeks… Cheers!

Mud Volleyball tournament in Essex Vermont

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