Historic Bay Village, Boston
49 photos
Photos over the years of Historic Bay Village, the "smallest recognized neighborhood in Boston."
St. Cecilia Cathedral (Omaha)
13 photos
Interior & exterior photos of St. Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explored (photos that made Explore and a few...
74 photos
Shots that made Explore. And a few that were Photo of the Day* on Bostonist.com, r.i.p. (*when that was a thing, circa 2007-2009 or so, prior to fading out as a feature months before Bostonist...
Fire Island, August 2023
24 photos
Vacation week in Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
The Gin & Tonic Sunset Motif
14 photos
Fire Island sunset photos taken over the past ten years while enjoying a gin & tonic with lime. All utilizing the "gin & tonic sunset motif." All shot in August during a vacation...
(Mostly) Monochrome Magic with Fountain And Light
9 photos
Christian Science Center Plaza & Boston Public Library Courtyard fountains. Shot handheld, 2014 - 2021, with an Olympus Pen F or an iPhone.
B&W Boston Brutalist Architecture Study
33 photos
A B&W study of the Government Service Center and a couple of surrounding buildings in Boston's Government Center area.
Architect Paul Rudolph's Government Service Center consists of two...
South End in the Early Fall
23 photos
A walk through the South End on a glorious October day with my soon to be retired, five+ year-old Olympus E-P3 (in favor of a soon to be ordered Pen F).
Polaroid SX-70 Film Photography
24 photos
Shot with either a vintage Polaroid SX-70 Model 1 or Alpha 1. Including a couple shots using the first generation SX-70 film from The Impossible Project, and more shots with later generations of...
a few favs
152 photos
your favs. my favs. oh, and the most "interesting" according to Flickr's algorithm
p.s. thanks to everyone who added any of these shot as favorites, especially for those that made Explore.
February Snow, 2021
11 photos
February 2021 snowfall in the Southwest Corridor Park, Titus Sparrow Park, and Harriet Tubman Park.
South End / Back Bay, Boston.
All shot hand held with a fast prime (12mm f/2.0 or 17mm f/1.8)...
Glorious Fall on the Southwest Corridor Park
18 photos
Fiery colors and autumnal splendor on the Southwest Corridor Park, and the adjacent Sparrow Park, Braddock Park, and Follen Garden. Back Bay / South End, Boston.
Architecture and design: Boston Public Library...
5 photos
Mid-Century modern architecture in Boston's South End.
A beautiful example from the Mitchell/Giurgola architectural firm with this design for the (new) South End branch of the Boston Public...
Autumnal Doorstep Gourd Decor in Boston's South...
10 photos
South End doorstep autumnal gourd decor. Halloween Pumpkins and Fall Gourd and Flower Displays. South End, Boston.
Yes, it's that time of year again.
#"it'sdecorativegourdseasonmutherf***ers
Mid-Century Modern South End Boston
11 photos
Mid-Century modern architecture in Boston's South End, including the Boston Fire Dept South End Firehouse and Boston Public Schools' McKinley Elementary School. Plus the South End Branch of the...
Boston Harbor Cruise January 2020
15 photos
Boston Harbor Island Cruise led by National Park Service Rangers in conjunction with the New England Aquarium and Mass Audubon. A morning / afternoon cruise on a dreary January day, a few months...
Fire Island, August 2019
16 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Fire Island, August 2018
16 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Fire Island August 2017
20 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, NY.
Southwest Corridor Park, Boston
68 photos
Photos taken in and around the on the Southwest Corridor Park path (SWCP). The SWCP is a 4-mile "linear park that connects neighborhoods from Back Bay to Forest Hills, with multi-modal, bicycle...
College World Series 2015 - 2017
15 photos
Photos from the last past few years of the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha.
Omaha June 2017
19 photos
Late June trip to my hometown to see family and the College World Series.
9/11 Memorial , One Wolrd Trade Cener and New...
16 photos
A late August, 2016, trip to the 9/11 Memorial, the One World Trade Center tower, the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transportation hub, lower Manhattan and the Battery, with views of the Statue...
Omaha photos 2007 - 2019
146 photos
NYC February 2017
35 photos
February New York visit, including shots from the High Line, Chelsea, and the Meatpacking District.
March for our Lives, Boston 3/24/18
10 photos, 4 videos
March for our Lives, Boston.
The Boston event began at 9AM in Roxbury at the Madison Park Technical & Vocational High School, from where students and supporters marched down Columbus Ave...
Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival 2017
8 photos, 2 videos
A few photos from the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, 2017
It rained throughout much of the festival, but the dreary weather didn't dampen spirits. It did, however, make photography more difficult,...
Boston People's Climate March 2017
16 photos
Thousands gathered on Boston Common for the Boston People's Climate Mobilization on a beautiful April Day. Despite 90 degree heat, the >a...
Copley Sqaure Protest Against Trump's Immigrant...
7 photos
Protest in Boston's Copley Square against Trump's immigrant ban, Sunday, January 30, 2017. This demonstration followed the spontaneous protest at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday night.
Boston Women's March January 21, 2017
29 photos
About 175,000 gathered on Boston Common to hear Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, Attorney General Maura Healey, Mayor Walsh, other elected officials, activists and musicians before the Boston...
Elmwood Park December 2016
20 photos
Some photos from two December walks in Omaha's Elmwood Park. The first set is from a foggy Christmas morning when the park was covered in frost, which started to melt and as the walk wrapped up and...
Snow Day February 2017
18 photos
First snow day of the winter. A few photos from Boston's South End and around the Southwest Corridor Park well before the storm subsided.
Holiday Lights
15 photos
Faneuil Hall Holiday Tree light show, the Holiday Lights on the Trellis in Christopher Columbus Park on Boston's Waterfront., the Holiday Tree on Boston Common and skating on Boston Common's Frog...
Fire Island August 2016
28 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Scoot
9 photos
Classic Italian scooters (Vespa, etc), modern Japanese scooters (Yamaha, etc), kick scooters and modern electric scooters (Razor, etc).
Rockport and Gloucester July & August 2016
25 photos
A few beautiful summer days in Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts, including time in Gloucester Harbor, Rockport and Long Beach in Rockport (with views of Eastern Point Light and the Thatcher...
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's Botanical Gardens and...
25 photos
Some December 2015 and June 2016 photos of Laritzen Garden, Omaha's 100 acre, public Botanical garden and center (more about the botanical garden here and here).
Elmwood Park (over the years, often with snow...
70 photos
While in my hometown of Omaha for the holidays, I always take a walk or two in Elmwood Park, especially if there is fresh snow cover. The Jones Street footbridge to the Park is just a block and a...
Omaha Union Station (The Durham Museum)
65 photos
Omaha Union Station (1931) was one of the first Art Deco train stations in the United States. It closed for rail service in the 1970s and now houses the Durham Museum. Omaha's other passenger train...
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
16 photos
A few photos, including iPhone shots, of Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha. A great permanent collection and the art deco architecture of the museum, opened in 1931, is worth a visit alone.
Tour of Burlington Station
11 photos
While I was back in my hometown over the holidays visiting family, I got a tour of the newly renovated Burlington Train Station by my brother's wife, Sheila Ireland, who was the lead architect on the...
Dad's Memorial Bench in the Tree Peony Garden of...
12 photos
A memorial bench for my dad in the Tree Peony Garden within Laritzen Garden, Omaha's 100 acre, public botanical garden and center.
The stone bench was designed to to complement the three large...
Fire Island August 2015
25 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Gay Pride and Boston Architecture
5 photos
The old John Hancock Tower adorned with Gay Pride flags and other classic Copley Square scenes on a beautiful June day
A Springtime Walk Through Bay Village
9 photos
After a gorgeous spring day, I took a slight detour and walked home through Bay Village yesterday evening. Bay Village is a tiny, historic Boston neighborhood squeezed between the Back Bay, South...
Boston Snowmageddon 2015
20 photos
So . . . Boston received a total of more than 110 inches of snow in the winter of 2015 --an all time record. What's more, most of this snow came in a three and a half week period and we shattered...
Whale Watch July 2014
20 photos
Whale watch tour out of Plymouth to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, on a glorious July morning (2014). Saw an incredible number of Humpback Whales (more than on any other whale watch I've...
College World Series 2014
6 photos
The 2014 College World Series held at TD Ameritrade Park, the new stadium in downtown Omaha. Prior to this, the CWS was played in Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium for 60 years.
Fire Island August 2014
12 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Boston
164 photos
My town, Beantown.
Shot primarily in the Back Bay, Fenway, South End, Downtown, Waterfront, North End and Cambridge.
Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
6 photos
Spent part of a glorious Memorial Day weekend at MassAudubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. Caught some images of deer and tree swallows.
Springtime in Mt. Auburn
15 photos
An absolutely perfect spring day in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, which straddles Cambridge and Watertown. Birds, bees, frogs, turtles and colorful explosions of bloom and blossom everywhere you turned. All...
Lightning Strikes (not once but...
10 photos
lightning strike shots captured the past several years
Winter on Plum Island & Salisbury Beach
17 photos
Went for a walk on Salisbury Beach State Reservation and Plum Island, MA over the MLK Holiday weekend looking for Snowy Owls. Saw four different ones, plus a Merlin Hawk. A beautiful, brisk,...
Elmwood Park with Winter Sun
14 photos
A late afternoon walk in Omaha's Elmwood Park. Most photos are from a balmy (nearly 60F) afternoon in late December, 2014, with a few shots from other years. Played around to get a bit of a '70s...
The Old Market, Omaha
43 photos
A few photos of Omaha's historic Old Market district.
Red Sox World Series Champs 2013 Floating Parade
24 photos
The 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox held a Duck Boat victory parade Saturday, November 2nd. The Rolling Rally (and floating parade) started from Fenway Park, wound through the Back Bay,...
Mt. Auburn, May 2013
14 photos
An absolutely perfect spring day in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, which straddles Cambridge and Watertown. Birds, bees, frogs, turtles and colorful explosions of bloom and blossom everywhere you turned. All...
Boston Marathon Bombing 2013
24 photos
The horrific bombings at the Boston Marathon happened just a few blocks from my apartment. I was outside and got a few iPhone shots, but then my block was on lock down and I couldn't get back home...
High Line NYC, 2013 - 2017
30 photos
I took a several strolls on the High Line on trips to New York in 2013, 2016, and 2017. The High Line is an urban greenway -- a former elevated freight rail line transformed into a park and trail...
Shell Games
12 photos
A photo study of three of the more interesting shells I've found over the years -- from beaches on the outer Cape or Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, or Cape May, New Jersey.
I shot each of the...
Philadelphia Phillies & World Series 2009
8 photos
After posting a quick Phillies Caps P&S snapshot while rooting for the Phils to beat the Yankees in the 2009 World Series, I got inspired to shoot some better shots and ended up doing a bit of a...
macrorific & bokehlicious
68 photos
macro madness, DOF fun, and bokeh goodness
Nemo in the neighborhood
30 photos
Out for a stroll early Saturday morning, February 9, 2013 -- the day after Nemo came to town. The massive "Blizzicane" (certified blizzard with hurricane speed wind gust at times) dumped a...
Taos, December 2012
26 photos
a few shots from a late December trip to Taos (and Santa Fe). Most of these were shot at Taos Pueblo.
Santa Fe, December 2012
32 photos
Shots from a late December Trip to Santa Fe (and Taos).
late afternoon study of abandoned structures
8 photos
I surreptitiously shot some abandoned structures in an urban lot off 20th Street about two miles south of downtown Omaha when I was home over the holidays. I first thought this site was part of an...
Maine Reflections
11 photos
A gorgeous day for Thanksgiving in Pine Point, Scarborough, Maine
Fire Island August 2012
15 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore. Good times.
Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival 2011
38 photos
A few shots from the 2011 Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival.
Boston Harbor Lighthouse Tour November 2011
16 photos
I took a lighthouse tour of Boston Harbor and beyond on a beautiful autumn afternoon. The cruise started in early afternoon and ended just after sunset. I took a bunch of photos. Here are a few I...
Fire Island August 2011
22 photos
A week in Fair Harbor, Fire Island and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Mt. Auburn in the Springtime
14 photos
Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge on a glorious spring day
Esplanade Fireworks 2011
27 photos
Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza over Boston's Esplanade, 2011.
New Years Eve Fireworks Omaha 2011
11 photos
Best laid plans. I headed out to the Bob Kerry footbridge over the Missouri River to capture fireworks exploding over Omaha's skyline during the New Year's Eve 7PM family firework extravaganza...
Mighty Mo Flooding, 2011
13 photos
Some shots from downtown Omaha from late June of the Historic, 100+ year Missouri River flood
2011 College World Series at new ballpark
5 photos
The first College World Series held at TD Ameritrade Park, the new stadium in downtown Omaha. Prior to this, the CWS was played in Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium for 60 years.
South Beach, Key West & Key Largo 2011
23 photos
Late winter trip to Key West, Key Largo & South Beach.
the night unfurled
59 photos
Nighttime and twilight shooting. Mostly long exposures shot in Boston, but a few other locales and exposures thrown in.
Fire Island August 2010
8 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Lied Rainforest
7 photos
Lied Jungle, the world's largest indoor rainforest at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.
iPhoneography
36 photos
Most of my iPhone photos are posted only on twitpic or Tumblr, but here are a few shots that I decided to add to Flickr. All shot and processed (using camera+ or hipstamatic, primarily) on my iPhone.
Esplanade Fireworks 2010
19 photos
Some shots of the Boston Esplanade Fireworks Extravaganza.
Seawright Daylily Gardens
6 photos
A couple weeks ago, I spent a sunny morning at the R. Seawright Gardens in Carlisle, MA, northwest of Boston. The garden specializes in northern field-grown daylilies and potted hostas. Oh, and...
Last CWS at Rosenblatt Stadium
14 photos
Just got back from a trip to my hometown, Omaha, to visit family and friends and catch a few College World Series games at Rosenblatt Stadium. South Carolina beat UCLA for the 2010 CWS Championship....
Rural Northeast Nebraska
7 photos
On my recent trip to Omaha, spent a day driving through rural northeastern Nebraska.
butterflies
7 photos
Butterflies in the Butterfly and Insect Pavilion at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.
Aquarium Madness
13 photos
After the Whale Watch last weekend, I spent the balance of the afternoon at the New England Aquarium. The Aquarium sports a four story high, 200,000 gallon, coral reef Giant Ocean Tank, and many...
Boston Harbor January 2010
9 photos
"A Three Hour Tour." Boston Harbor Island Cruise led by Nat'l Park Service Rangers in conjunction with birding and photog clubs. A morning / afternoon cruise on a surprisingly balmy January...
Snowpocalypse Omaha (December 2009)
12 photos
Shot during a trip to my hometown, Omaha, for the holidays.
A drawn-out blizzard dropped a foot of snow on Omaha between Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas. And this on top of a foot of snow...
Snowpocalypse Boston (December 2009)
12 photos
OK, so DC and Philly got hit harder (with like TWO FEET accumulation, snOMG!) than Boston (we got like, sheesh, only ONE FOOT total) in Snowpocalypse, December 2009. Which means folks in the Nation's...
Back Bay
12 photos
Shots of Boston's Back Bay. Click on each image to see it on its own page. Then click the photo to see it large.
Christian Science Center (including fountain and...
71 photos
Photos of the Colonnade Building, Christian Science Center Plaza, reflecting pool, fountain, Mother Church, Colonnade Building, Administration Building (177 Huntington) and Reflection Hall, The...
Lighthouses
59 photos
Lighthouses of New England and many shots of the Fire Island lighthouse over the years.
Whale Watch Cruise April 2010
11 photos
I went on a Whale Watch cruise this weekend with the New England Aquarium. The four hour cruise included Boston Harbor and the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary just beyond Massachusetts Bay. I was...
Surfin' MA, U.S.A.
9 photos
Hurricane Bill helped push the waves on Long Beach near Rockport to very un-Massachusetts-like heights (4'-7') on Saturday (when these were shot). The surfers came out in droves. Because of the high...
Esplanade Fireworks 2009
22 photos
Fireworks over Boston's Esplanade, July 4th, 2009. More than half a million people crammed on to the Esplanade and along the Cambridge side of the Charles River to see the spectacle.
la lune
21 photos
moon shots
Spring Tulips
7 photos
tulips shot in late April 2009 (with a couple from May 2008 thrown in). Shot in Boston's Back Bay and Public Garden
January snow (at night)
7 photos
Shot (long exposure) at night during or after two January 2009 Boston snowstorms.
Magnolia Madness
19 photos
Shot outside my window as the Magnolia Trees along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue began to pop in 2009 and again in 2010.
summer flowers
18 photos
Summer flowers shot in Boston's South End on one of the hottest days of the summer in July 2008, and shot in Boston's Public Garden August 2008 and September 2009
GOTV for Obama in Philly, November 2008
14 photos
I had a chance to take a few photos in the City of Brotherly Love while doing GOTV work for a couple days in Philly for the Obama campaign.
Omaha
113 photos
Shot on trips back to my hometown, Omaha. Including trips home for the holidays and in June for the College World Series at Rosenblatt Stadium (until 2010) and in the new ballpark downtown, TD...
Berklee | Beantown Jazz Festival 2009
11 photos
A few shots from the 2009 the Berklee | Beantown Jazz Festival.
The 9th Annual Jazz Festival featured more than 20 bands and 130 musicians. At least 75,000 people took in the nine day festival that...
Black Music Matters: Berklee February 2007
10 photos
"Black Music Matters" at Berklee on February 1, 2007. The program featured performances by Sweet Honey in the Rock and the Berklee Gospel Ensemble along with a lecture by Cornel West in...
Berklee | Beantown Jazz Festival 2006
17 photos
A few shots from the 2006 Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival. The 6th Annual Beantown Jazz Festival featured more than 15 national and local jazz acts, representing a wide variety of jazz styles...
What is Jazz Festival at Berklee, April 2006
10 photos
These shots were taken with my old P&S at Ropeadope Record's "What is Jazz?" Festival at Berklee in April 2006. The concert featured several Ropeadope stars - Bobby Previte, the Chrlie...
Amy Winehouse @ Avalon, May 2007
5 photos
I'm just about done uploading old concert photos shot with a P&S. Here's Amy Winehouse at Avalon, Boston, May 2007. Amy was not too drunk accompanied by the Dap-Kings (of Daptone Records and...
Milestones at Berklee
17 photos
Milestones at Berklee School of Music, September 2006, including tribute to Jam Master Jay (rip)
Note: One of the DJ Premier photos in this set was used by artist / curator Tewodross Melchishua for...
X and Juliana Hatfield @ Avalon, Boston, 2005
14 photos
the legendary X in concert with Juliana Hatfield at Avalon, Boston, December 2005. In the early 1980's, X led the Los Angeles punk pack. The band's raw sound was infused with rootsy rockabilly,...
Camper Van Beethoven, Middle East, Cambridge,...
9 photos
It's been a while since I posted, so I took a look at the archives and realized that, while I've already upped a bunch of old Jazz and Hip Hop concert photos, I've neglected the few indie rock gigs I...
Assorted Hip Hop Shows 2005-2006
30 photos
Shots from several hip hop shows at the Middle East in Cambridge, late 2005 -- 2006: Digable Planets, Soul Position (RJD2 & Blueprint), Wise Intelligent (of Poor Righteous Teachers), and The...
DJ Spooky @ the ICA, Boston, January 2008
2 photos
Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) gave a lecture / performance at Boston's ICA in January 2008. Miller's talk was loosely based on his award-winning "Rhythm Science" (MIT Press, 2004) -- a...
P-Town & Outer Cape, October 2008
18 photos
Five days and nights in P-Town (Provincetown) during a stretch of amazingly summer-like weather in mid-October. Bicycle riding on the trails along the Cape Cod National Seashore, lying in the sun on...
Esplanade Fireworks 2008
20 photos
Fireworks over Boston's Esplanade, July 4th, 2008
Available at Getty Images
37 photos
My photos available (thus far) for sale at Getty Images. See here.
Boston Apple Store Grand Opening
11 photos
Grand Opening of Boston Apple Store, complete with surprise appearances by members of the Boston Red Sox.
Although there are several Apple Stores in the Boston area (including one right across the...
May Flowers
8 photos
taken in Boston's Back Bay on a glorious Spring day
February Snow
14 photos
During and After the Storm
A few shots of my block taken quickly as huge snow flakes continued to fall (and my camera was getting wet) the night of the storm. And a few shots on Boston's Esplanade...
Paris Trip October 2007
57 photos
London Trip September 2007
23 photos
Manchester September 2007
23 photos
Scotland September 2007
44 photos
Fire Island August 2007
27 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.
Esplanade Fireworks 2007
20 photos
Fireworks over Boston's Esplanade, Fourth of July 2007. Taken from my apartment window.
AGO Awards December 2007
1 photo
guilty pleasures (food)
9 photos
all part of the "I Ate This" group on Flickr
Chicago Trip October 2006
13 photos
Madison Trip October 2006
12 photos
Esplanade Fireworks 2006
24 photos
Fireworks over Boston's Esplanade, Fourth of July 2006. Taken from my apartment window, natch.
A Room with a View July 2006
6 photos
view from my apartment window
Cam & Rob's Wedding Lake George 2006
10 photos
Outer Cape Trip May 2006
8 photos
Fire Island August 2005
23 photos
Annual trip to Fair Harbor, Fire Island, New York, and various points along the Fire Island National Seashore.