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May 20, 2013 | Categories: Editorial | Leave A Comment »
As their ceremony began in 2010, Jessica and Adam’s procession was announced with a family heirloom at the Blueberry Hill Inn in Goshen, Vt. It definitely got everyone’s attention! Personal touches are what’s great about photographing wedding ceremonies.
Archival Quality is a series looking at Geoff Hansen’s favorite photos from over 30 years as a photographer.
May 07, 2013 | Categories: Archival Quality | Leave A Comment »
Nearly 20 years ago, I attended the Missouri Photo Workshop, a week-long documentary photography class run by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. Started in 1949, the workshop sends dozens of students and faculty to a different small Missouri town each year to spend a week telling stories. The year I went, we were in Trenton, Mo. The story I found was about David Schafer and Alice Dobbs, a young couple who were running a small farm with sheep, beef cattle, chickens and pigs. This is one of my favorites from the story; Alice got up on a fence post to count sheep in the pasture. It was also featured on the cover of the university’s alumni magazine a few years later, marking the workshop’s 50th anniversary!
Archival Quality is a series looking at Geoff Hansen’s favorite photos from over 30 years as a photographer.
Apr 24, 2013 | Categories: Archival Quality | Leave A Comment »
Isaac Barker, who is a senior at Thetford Academy in Thetford, Vt., is a serious student of the craft of maple sugaring. Over the winter, he rebuilt an early 1900s evaporator from the orginal arch found in the woods by a neighbor. With nearly 50 taps and buckets on trees near their home, the Barkers boil in their backyard. Isaac’s operation towers over my modest six-tap hobby!
From top: Isaac Barker, 18, of Strafford, Vt., adds wood to the fire box in the evaporator he recently rebuilt. The cast iron front and back — the arch — was found by a neighbor in the woods. It dates back to the early 1900s; Barker pours sap into a reservoir for warming it before it is boiled on the evaporator; Matt Barker, left, talks with his son about whether or not to borrow sap from a neighbor to continue boiling at the end of the day.
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories: Editorial | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday, I hit the road to photograph a media event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. The Exotic Driving Experience had five supercars on hand for reporters to try out on the track’s road course. The company travels to NASCAR tracks across the country to give clients a turn at the wheel (or for rides). Valley News staff writer Jared Pendak got his wish — taking five laps behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Gallardo, a supercar capable of speeds up to 200 mph. I was happy to see and hear a Ferrari F430 on the track at full song!
VALLEY NEWS staff writer Jared Pendak, at top, looks to driving instructor Barry Tarr, of York, Maine, as they prepare to take a Lamborghini Gallardo out on the track as part of the Exotic Driving Experience at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.; A television reporter drives a Lamborghini Superleggera at speeds approaching 100 mph on the race track’s front stretch. Run by Petty Holdings, the three-day event returns to the track in May and July.
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Apr 06, 2013 | Categories: Editorial | Leave A Comment »
In support of two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court for marriage equality, the Huffington Post today posted a slideshow of over 50 same-sex couples who were wed in ceremonies across the country. Two of them were Anne and Alicia, whose wedding I photographed in in Woodstock, Vt., four years ago. I’m still proud to have been part of their celebration! Follow this link to see more of the photos in the Huffington Post.
Apr 05, 2013 | Categories: Weddings | Leave A Comment »
The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine recently hired me to do portraits of Chuck Wooster at Sunrise Farm in White River Junction, Vt. It was great to see him again — Chuck and I collaborated on two books, Living with Sheep and Living with Pigs. He is such a smart guy — in addition to running an organic farm, Chuck is a writer and was recently elected as chair of the Hartford (Vt.) Selectboard. I wish I had half his energy! Below is an outtake — Chuck was checking the health of a two-day-old lamb under the watchful eye of its mother. The magazine article is due to appear in June.
Apr 03, 2013 | Categories: Editorial | Leave A Comment »
Suzanne recently asked me to come by her home to do a portrait for the public radio commentaries she does. Her daughter helped out in getting Suzanne to smile — but the best moments were getting both of them together! More can be seen in the Prints section of my web site.
Mar 31, 2013 | Categories: Portraits | Leave A Comment »
This week, I participated in the second annual Arts Day in Strafford, Vt. Nearly 100 students from the five schools in the Orange Windsor Supervisory Union spent the day with ten artists, who showed the kids their specialties. It included painting, drawing, sculpture, print-making, calligraphy and performance art. The nine students in my class did portrait photography of each other, kindergarteners and school officials who were in town for a meeting. It was rewarding to see so many exploring their creativity!
Mar 29, 2013 | Categories: Personal | Leave A Comment »
The other day, I received a royalty statement for three of the books I did photography for. While sales didn’t warrant a check, I began to tally in my head the number of books sold over the years with my name on them. All told, a dozen titles published over a 15-year time span reached over 100,000 copies! Just like the work I produced, it’s an accomplishment I’m proud of. Below are a few of my favorite book photos.
From top: Weaned piglets nap in a pile at North Hollow Farm in Rochester, Vt. The farm has separate areas in the 1886 barn for the pigs to sleep and eat. (LIVING WITH PIGS); Three-year-old Brad Jones enjoys a rolls in the cold water and mud on a Spring day at Fat Rooster Farm in Royalton, Vt. His dad, Kyle Jones, later brought Brad into the house and gave him a shower with his clothes on. (HARVEST); A group of Shetland yearling rams walks down a pasture path at Maple Ridge Sheep Farm in Braintree, Vt. Farmer Linda Doane said her rams are more docile when kept together in a group. (LIVING WITH SHEEP); As the sun melts the morning frost, apprentices Janet Van Zoren, left, and Tali Biale carry artichoke roots they dug up back to the barn at Fat Rooster Farm. (JOY OF KEEPING A ROOT CELLAR); A Columbian Wyandotte hen scratches for seeds, insects and pebbles in the woods behind the chicken coop on Carrie Maynard’s property in South Royalton, Vt. (LIVING WITH CHICKENS)
Mar 14, 2013 | Categories: Personal | Leave A Comment »
