Salem, MA

During the month of October, Salem is definitely a place to visit because it's Halloween all month. In fact, it's Halloween all year there, but particularly in October it gets very kooky and festive. I was always fascinated with the Salem Witch Trials when I was younger, and it was interesting to see the memorials and how the town has evolved since. 

 Mock witch trial starting on the cobble stone streets leading to the courthouse.

Aerial Photography in Autumn

This past October Dylan and I went up in a small plane to get some shots. We met up with the pilot, Phil, and he gave us the tour around the area. He met up with us outside the hangar and took us for a ride.

 Connecticut River

 Campbell's Soup Corn Maze

 UMass football field in Amherst

 Phil, our awesome pilot!

It was great to see a different perspective of where we live. The leaves were changing colors during this time and I got to fly the plane myself for awhile also! 

Arnold Newman Homage

Our professor, Gregory Heisler, studied under Arnold Newman in the past, so one of our assignments was to create images as an homage to Heisler's mentor. Arnold Newman was essentially the one who created environmental portraiture. 

Newman's work will inspire one to find a dramatic angle and an abstract way of positioning the subject alongside the background. I find myself having fun with using more of the frame and environment.

'tis fall, 'tis fall!

reflections & mannequins

Brattleboro, Vermont is super cool!

lines, lines, lines

Sometimes I forget to stop and look at the not so obvious design that is happening all around me. I think it is important to make it a point to recognize all of the elements of design whether it's the swirls in your coffee cup, or the interesting lines bicycles make against a bike rail. If you have your camera go ahead and take the picture because it might come out better than you expected...

.abandoned paper mill

Get ready for a blog extravaganza, an explosion of images, or essentially me getting caught up on blogging...

About a couple weeks ago, my friend and fellow classmate, Jake, and I went into an abandoned paper mill in Millers Falls. This place definitely had some interesting worn-down characteristics. If you are interested in ghost towns, empty lots, abandoned buildings then I definitely recommend following up and remembering the area for future photo shoots. This particular building had gorgeous lighting coming through the windows around sunset.