#6 Acorn St, Beacon Hill

WaterFire Providence

On Saturday, I went to Providence to see WaterFire. It's not really what I was expecting. I had thoughts of jets of fire and water dancing around to music. What is actually is, is 100 braziers set in the river running through downtown Providence. It's very ceremonial and ritualistic with music playing the whole time.

Camera Club Portrait

I'm doing some headshots of members of my camera club as a project. This is Al.

Chinese New Year 2010

It is now the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac. I went to the Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Boston with several people from the South Shore Camera Club.

Cranberry Harvesting at Old Forge Farm

I went down to Carver, Ma, to watch the cranberry harvesting. Ed Randall, the owner of the farm, invited members of the South Shore Camera Club to watch the harvesting to take pictures.

Boston Public Garden at Sunrise

I went out with several people from the South Shore Camera Club for a Mother's Day sunrise shoot at the Public Garden in Boston.

Purgatory Chasm

In Newport RI, there is a geological crack in the cliffs of Sachuest Bay. It's a crack that is only about 10 feet wide at the base, but about 40 feet deep.



A fellow camera club member went down with her tripod to get some shots. I went down there, but not as far as she went. That section of the trail isn't far from the edge.


Taken from the overlook bridge that crosses just above the small falls that feeds here.

Blithewold Mansion

On Sunday, I went with 13 other members of the South Shore Camera Club to Blithewold Mansion in Bristol, RI. It's a turn of the (20th) century mansion formerly owned by a wealthy family.

The house was nice, though they don't allow photography inside the house for 'safety reasons', whatever that means. Several of us snapped off pictures before the staff informed us of the policy. The furnishings were antiques when the family bought them over 100 years ago.


We went down for the daffodils, and there was a garden just for them.




There is a greenhouse with a variety of more exotic plants and flowers.


This is an an interesting grove of tall bamboo, at least 25 feet tall.


A nice duck pond.

Model shoot

The South Shore Camera Club setup time with a professional to come in with some lighting setups to allow us to get some time with models and understanding how to setup lights Strobist style.

Hal is a member of the club, and makes a great model.




Lori and Roger came with Carlton SooHoo.