Tyler Moore - Homeland's String Man

Homeland is an Irish Rock band based in Dayton, OH . I recently saw the band performing at the Cleveland Irish Festival and I must say Tyler was great fun to photograph.


Tyler left the stage to come down and visit the audience during one of his solos and the crowd loved it.


I think that Tyler liked it ... just a bit too

The audience was having a great time listening to the band

Cara Stanley - with the Family

I look for natural smiles when I shoot portraits ...
I wait for them. With Cara I didn't have to wait


Cause every shot was almost perfect and I don't think that she was posing .


So I asked her to give me a serious smile ... but her eyes just kept smiling

Cara with her Dad - Fintan Stanley at his home on Cape Cod


And two beautiful ladies - Cara with her Mother at sunset



It was a great day to shoot this beautiful family

Screaming Orphans - Cleveland Irish Festival

I recently shot some of the performers at the Cleveland Irish Festival .. yes in Ohio ( HA), eleven hours driving out and eleven hours back ... you and your travel mates get to discuss everything that has happened to you since the day you were born. And somethings that you made up just to pass the time...

The Screaming Orphans are a band made up of four sisters ... they don't scream and they aren't orphans.

Since I saw them last year they have really cleaned up their act. Nicer clothes, less attitude and better harmonies. A very popular band they are doing a lot of traveling, so it was great to see them again this year.

They really have a great time on stage

Oh, and it was about 100 degrees and 100 percent humidity the day I saw them, I had to get moving though, because a huge down pour started a few minutes after these shots.

The 4th of July Parade 2010 - Norwood MA - The Main Event!

Where do I begin to explain a town parade? The way it brings people together, helps them slow down for a day and remember what is really important.

The Fourth of July parade in Norwood MA is an event. It's a quiet event in some ways and so LOUD at the same time. The parade is led by fire trucks and other emergency vehicles from all the local towns. And these guys blow every horn that they have as they slowly ... oh so slowly drive through town. The sound makes such a statement and the townspeople applaude.

(this guy is not a real fire man ... HA!)

And the bands that march come from all over the US and Canada.

But it is the baseball teams ... riding on the floats ... waving at the crows that line the streets that make this parade so special. This is a town parade ... we love our town parade.

Here's a link to a slideshow of images I shot during the parade.

Paul Akl - The Headshot Session - Pure Attitude and Truth

I recently did a headshot session with Paul Akl. a fine actor and singer. I hadn't seen him for years. In that time he had matured ... of course, his hair was shorter, he had really worked on his body and so I thought that he was now focusing on modeling.

We did the typical headshots and then I thought that we should get some body shots as well.

Even though it looks like Paul is all attitude ... he's not.

I actually posted some of the images to the WEB and mentioned that Paul was a "body builder". Next thing I get is an Email from Paul to let me know that that was not the case.

People may mistake confidence, pride and maturity for "attitude" ... not so

The 4th of July 2010 - Norwood MA - The Kids Parade

Few events in this world can rival a children's parade. I remember marching in parades as a child ... seeing the town's people line along the road made it so special.
In norwood MA, the 4th of July festivities begin at 1:00 PM when the main street is closed off and filled with hundreds of children and their parents walking, riding their decorated bikes and pushing decorated baby carriages,

The parade is led by The Colonial Boys fife and drum band.

and the newest addition, the Junior Colonial Boys band.

You can feel the excitement in the air as the kids parade around the town's gazebo with the hope of winning a prize.

But everyone wins. There is a tee shirt and ribbon for everyone.

a few lucky ones are chosen as the best and they get to ride in the main parade later in the day.

I'm there each year tying to capture the spirit of the day, but mostly because it helps me remember how important family really is.

Here's a link to a slideshow from the day

Quilts - A lost art that will keep you warm

Quilts ... you don't hear that word much any more. Why sew a quilt when they are on sale this week-end for 70% off! run - rush - trample - claw ...
My Grandmother made quilts, ladies would come over to her house and sit and talk and sew. These were Pensylvania Dutch quilts. Bright colors, crazy patterns, tiny.. tint stiches that would never ... ever come out.


Recently the ladies at my church returned to the art of quilting and they had a dedication of the quilts last Sunday. What a proud day, these quilts were going to be boxed up and sent to people that couldn't afford to ... COME ON OVER for the 70% off sale!!

You see, these were made by hand and the stitches ... made by hand ... had love built into every stitch. And that alone will keep you warm.

West Side Club - Living the Green

I played a gig in Cleveland not too long ago and brought my camera. I usually don't becasue, well, I'm busy here .. playing music.

This night the West Side Club was celebrating their heritage and the "People of the Year".

It is quite the event, but in my opinion the event was secondary to the people and their love of life.
They had a marching band ... (Yes, it came marching through the hall) and a kind of beauty queen and lots of honor.

I can tell you, these people are happy. Simple happiness.

Look at that smile ...

Yes, honor, pride, love, caring, non-judgement ... well maybe they do judge ..

It was a cool night, and I have to slow down and enjoy life.

A Mother's love is a blessing, one that even a soldier holds so dear.

Heal Thyself - Busler and Home Remedies

I just got a new light ... no one was around to be my model ... I was forced into it by a band of angry ... forget it - I got nothing ...

For that ring that just won't come off ... here's your tool...

The truth is I did get a new light and I had to get used to it. I saw the tools and thought " Hey, that would be funny!" I crack me up!

When the asprin just ain't cutting it ... here's your tool

and for that ear ache ... here's your tool ..

this is an image of the screw driver on the way out

don't try this at home ... come on, it's just pretend

Guitarist for the Love of it - Walpole Coffee Shop

I guess that's a good title for this one. "Guitarist, for the love it".

I was shooting another artist at this coffee shop in town and this guy just happened to be on the bill as well.



I thought that his songs were fine, simple as they were.

But then that's just the way he wanted it.

Picasso Einstein and Elvis - Norwood High

What would happen if Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Elvis and a cast of crazy characters show up together in a small French bar one evening ? Steve Martin .. yes, that Steve Martin wrote a short play about this possibility - called Picasso at the Lapin Agile.



Norwood High School recently presented the play and I was there to capture what I could. The dialogue is all over the place and so are the characters



It was a great show to photograph because the kids were having so much fun

Here a video / slideshow - try to keep up ... HA!

One Night Stand - Bad Abbots - Busler in the Shadows

One Night Stand aka Uno Nightstand is a Quincy MA band that I recently shot during one of their performances at Bad Abbots .

This was my first time meeting the band, so I just shot a few images of each member so that they could get a taste of my work .

This could be the start of something good.

Sunglasses - Gotta Stock up for Senior Season - Busler

Senior Season, that time of the year when this year's Seniors in high school "have left the building" and the Juinors get a taste of what it means to be king of the school. A job they will take over permanently in the Fall.
This is also when I begin capturing those Senior portraits. This year I am locked and loaded with new backgrounds and new lights and my secret weapon ... sunglasses.



Yep, I saw these beauties in red and blue and purple ... I think and said " hey, look, sunglasses ... buy twelve pairs " so I did.


You can never look bad in a great pair of shades ... well I can, but you can't.