Walk to Haymarket via Fenway, Opening Day

On Friday, a pleasant April day - not too hot, not too cold - desperately needing to get my head out of my computer, also badly in need of some physical exercise - I decided to just head down Beacon Street and keep walking. I had Haymarket in mind - Boston's historic, open-air market that runs every Friday and Saturday - but was not sure whether I would walk the whole thing or jump on the T for part of it. I did end up walking - down Beacon, with a stopover at Fenway park (with opening day festivities in full swing); continuing down Commonwealth, through the public gardens and over to Charles Street, where I stopped for a slice of pizza at The Upper Crust. From Charles Street, I worked my way past MGH, the Old West Church, and through Government Center to Haymarket. Kind of a long walk for my first day out, but I loved it. On my way home, I made it as far as the Arlington Street T stop, where I hopped on and rode the rest of the way. This was a great day - just what the doctor ordered (and a major element of this walk/shoot therapy, of course, involved my being plugged into my iPod for the majority of the afternoon, providing myself with my own soundtrack - a shuffled mix - and tuning out the garbage.

Here are a few favorites from yesterday (with more here).

Brookline PD Bike Force

Did you know that Brookline PD has a bike patrol? On my walk today I was happy to find Fred Amendola and Patrick Elwood patrolling Beacon Street on their bikes. I love it.




Fred Amendola




Patrick Elwood and Fred Amendola.

The Chappy Wrap

A few favorites from a recent product shoot, the cozy and cuddly ChappyWrap [link].









































That's a wrap.

Island Music

Gleanings from a recent visit to Island Music.





Yummy guitars.



Sign of the cross.



Testing the merchandise.



Lovely Katrina.

Something Out of Nothing

I had an hour to kill yesterday afternoon between dropping my bouzouki off in Arlington and my session at Tommy Doyle's. Not much going on in Cambridge on a Wednesday, it seems - compared to the weekends when Harvard Square is a-bustle with musicians and people - but still, it is important to get out there with my camera and keep the juices flowing; an activity that has mostly eluded me of late. As is often the case, this was an exercise to see how much I can make out of nothing.

A Fun New Slide Show

Here's a slide show I had a blast creating, using a set of stills I shot at a recent music gathering and overdubbing with a sound track from the same evening. This was my first crack at something I've had in mind since high school (a very long time ago). Can't wait to do more of this.

Green Line, Saturday Night

A random shot from my ride downtown on the C-Line last night (headed down to The Littlest with my fiddle), without a lot of effort. It might be fun sometime to spend a couple of hours in the underground and see what I come up with, though this genre has been pretty much covered already by some of the Greats, such as Walker Evans and Bruce Davidson. Nevertheless, people are people, and the possibilities are endless.