My friendship with Cindy Pierce is featured in today’s installment of Archival Quality. I first met Cindy when I photographed her wedding in 1996. Nearly five years later, Cindy called to say she was developing a new show, Finding the Doorbell, and needed help with publicity photography and a web site. Cindy and I had many laughs while doing portraits around Pierce’s Inn, the rustic inn she and her husband Bruce own. Cindy now speaks to college students across the country about sex and relationships — check out her new web site to read all about it!

In this installment of Archival Quality, five years ago today I photographed Jemima and Todd’s wedding at her family’s Hartland, Vt., farm. It was a glorious (and photogenic!) fall day. But this image, taken later on under the tent, was my favorite because I caught a private moment amongst the day’s flurry of activity.

Welcome to the first installment of Archival Quality, a series looking at favorite photos of mine from over 30 years as a photographer.
Up first: Every summer our dinner table is graced with wonderful organic produce grown by our neighbors, Wendy and Jean Palthey, at Tunbridge Hill Farm. A couple of years ago I visited their farm first thing in the morning. As the sun cut through the morning fog, I noticed large dew drops on their Red Russian Kale. I’m glad I brought my macros lens!