Filmed with an EyePhone 5s, edited in EyeMovie, at the Appleton Farms & Grass Rides in Hamilton, MA during a run in the early evening today. Please set your viewer to HD and full screen.
May Wildflowers
Found in Breakheart Reservation, Wakefield, MA today.
Wood Anemone, Anemone quinquefolia a member of the buttercup family. Found in Breakheart Reservation, Wakefield, MA in early May.
Uvularia sessilifolia, wild oats in Breakheart Reservation, Wakefied, MA, on an early May afternoon.
Gloucester Harbor 2
In preparation for an upcoming photo Meetup I spent the afternoon at my favorite spot in Essex County: Gloucester, Massachusetts where 300 years of fishing tradition continue, amid economic hardship, tough fishing restrictions, and offshore competition.
The reflections and colors of the harbor have held my attention for 30 years. Today, I was lucky to visit The State Pier when the trawlers Endeavour and Challenger were unloading their catch of herring. The result of several days fishing in the Hudson Gorge, the herring were being loaded on two flatbed tractor-trailers for a trip to Deer Isle, Maine for distribution as lobster bait.
Wakefield At Night
I live in a small town north of Boston where as the saying goes, “they roll the sidewalks up at night.” Nevertheless, there still is some color after the sun has set.
Perfect Spring Day in Wakefield
Acousticana
Boston area roots band Acousticana
How to Build A Fine Guitar
Today I began work on a new project to photograph makers of musical instruments in the Boston area. Bill Tippin of Tippin Guitars in Marblehead, MA welcomed me to his shop on the waterfront. A master luthier with over 30 years of experience making fine instruments, Bill specializes in crafting and repairing steel string guitars for finger-pickers and flat-pickers. Each instrument is custom built for the owner, considering the style of music, technique, and sound preferred by the musician. Recently he has parlayed his devotion to deep sea fishing into a sideline for his shop — custom made fishing rods.
Shaping the braces on a spruce top.
Shaping the armrest.
Sanding with 1000 grit paper
A guitar will take 9 coats of lacquer before it is finished and perfect.
Tuning a 1937 Martin OM28 before shipping to customer. Repair work included internal work to improve sustain and new frets, saddle and bridge.
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Textures and Colors of Gloucester Harbor
On this cold and blustery second day of spring I visited favorite haunts in Gloucester and Rockport on Cape Ann.
Schooner Fame of Salem gets an overhaul at Gloucester Marine Railways shipyard
Aged hull of fishing trawler, Gloucester, MA
Pulley and cable, fishing trawler, Gloucester
Mooring line and cleat, Gloucester
Winter Woods
Winter woods beside Pearce Lake, Breakheart Reservation, Wakefield, Massachusetts, New England
The aftermath of one of many winter storms we had in February 2015. Nikon D7100, 18-140 lens, RGB converted to mono in Adobe Lightroom. Attend my Photowalk – Meetup Winter Woods workshop on March 7 to learn how to make photographs like this one and meet like-minded photographers.
Dating Website Photo Horrors
© Paul Mozell
You have to wonder why some folks post the photographs they do on dating websites. Why do people go to all the trouble and expense to develop their profiles and then post unflattering photographs? Dating scientists recently published the following list of top ten dating photo sins: