After a Fashion

April 29, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

A few weeks ago, I photographed a Saturday night fashion show held at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, Vt., for Enterprise, the Valley News’ fledgling business magazine. As someone who buys his clothes at thrift stores, it was fun to see what’s fashionable! Here are a few of my favorites from covering the event:

From top: Make-up artist Katie O’Day touches up model Caroline Collison at a nearby hair salon before the start of the fashion show held at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, Vt. Fourteen models showed the work of four local designers in the show; Models Bethany Fleishman and Justin Barrett talk backstage before the start of a fashion show; Jessica Mesa shows a piece by local designer Keeny Paige; Designer Mark E. Merrill’s work is shown on the runway by a model who gave her name as “The White Light.”

Old & New

April 12, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

I recently placed an order to upgrade the digital SLR cameras I have used for many assignments, book projects, portraits and weddings. In the same week, I bought a little rangefinder camera at a flea market. One camera costs more than a nice vacation, the other half the price of a movie ticket. I’m excited to use all of them for future projects!

A horse and barn in Tunbridge, Vt., are starkly shown in a photograph taken with an Olympus-35 EC2 on Ilford XP2 film.

Back to Barre

March 8, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

Over the past week, I returned to the Barre Auditorium to photograph playoff basketball for the Valley News. Known to many as The Aud, the municipal gymnasium in Barre, Vt., has been hosting high school championship play since 1941. While the gym is a technical challenge due to subdued lighting and limited space, its atmosphere is unmatched when filled to 1,856 capacity. Here’s a few of my favorites:

From top: Sharon Academy head coach Blake Fabrikant calls out a play as guard Tanner James brings the ball upcourt during the team’s semifinal game against Twinfield; Proctor fans attach players’ names before their championship game begins; a Sharon Academy student has his face and arms covered in the school color; Fabrikant gives player Brandon Tracy direction during their championship game; Rivendell Academy students react to change in play late in their Saturday night title tilt; the Rivendell Raptor strikes a pose outside the team locker room; Jill Thomas congratulates her husband, Woodstock boys basketball head coach Jeff Thomas, after his team completed a perfect season with a 65-56 championship win over Enosburg. “It’s been a long season,” Jill Thomas said.

Mud Boy Revisited

February 25, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

Eating Well magazine recently published its March/April 2015 edition, featuring a photograph I did of four-year-old Bradford Jones enjoying mud season. Taken in 2003 at Fat Rooster Farm in Royalton, Vt., I did the photo on a lark while I worked on the book Harvest (it also appeared later in Vermont Life). Brad’s enthusiasm for the season still comes through — it’s hard to believe he’s in his first year of high school!

More Chickens!

January 25, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

Coming up in April, the second edition of Jennifer Megyesi’s successful book The Joy of Keeping Chickens is to be published! The book, originally published in 2009, will have revisions and additions by Jennifer and myself — here are a few of the new photos.

From top: An Ameraucana free-ranging hen scratches away fallen leaves while looking for insects and worms at Fat Rooster Farm in Royalton, Vt.; While house cats pose far less threat as predators to chickens, domestic dogs, foxes, raccoons and skunks as well as weasels, minks and birds of prey can wreak havoc on a flock; After Erin Regan lost her first flock of laying hens to a fox, she built a second-floor coop over her Bethel, Vt., sheep barn. With its “free-range on-ramp,” the coop’s door is opened with a rope on a pulley.

Sporting Life

January 18, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

As the school year progresses, I have been lending a hand with sports photography at the Valley News as the need arises (usually I am in the office as photo editor). As a father of an eighth-grade athlete, more often now I am seeing the games through the perspective of a parent as much as a storyteller. Here’s a few of my favorites from the past few months.

From top: The Sharon Academy co-captain and goalkeeper Sawyer Levy leads his teammates in a cheer in Sharon, Vt.; Hanover, N.H., coach Dick Dodds talks to his team in the locker room between periods; Woodstock, Vt., senior Connor Fegard takes a breather in the final moments of a close game against Windsor, Vt.; Matt Wilcox, of Windsor, talks with his daughter Ashleay during halftime at a home game.

Erin & Neal

January 1, 2015 by Geoff Hansen

In late December, Erin and Neal were married in an intimate ceremony with their daughter at the Inn at Weathersfield in Perkinsville, Vt. I am happy for them because they’re such a nice family! Follow this link to see more on my Facebook page.

Happy Holiday

December 28, 2014 by Geoff Hansen

This Christmas Eve, I brought my camera to the Tunbridge Church’s annual service, which concludes with the sanctuary filled with candlelight and song. About 12 hours later, I photographed a father and mother’s reactions to their children’s excitement on Christmas morning. It’s rewarding to witness such special moments with my camera.

From top: At the conclusion of the annual Christmas pageant, Rev. Deadra Ashton leads the congregation in the singing of ‘Silent Night’ by candelight at the Tunbridge Church in Tunbridge, Vt.; John and Crystal Harlow watch as their children Morgan, 14, and Brady, 8, look at presents they unwrapped in their West Lebanon, N.H., apartment.

Family Fun

December 24, 2014 by Geoff Hansen

Last weekend, my neighbors Chris and Tom asked me to photograph their family as they celebrated Christmas together. It was a hoot to do the large group because an iPad app looped what we were saying in an elfish voice!

Made by You

December 15, 2014 by Geoff Hansen

Last weekend, my daughter’s eighth-grade class held the Made by You holiday fair at Tunbridge Central School to raise money for their class trip to Washington D.C. Friends and family of the students chipped in to help attendees make gifts, take horse rides and eat delicious food. I lent a hand with portraits, which was a lot of fun. Here are a few of my favorites!