On a beautiful mid-September afternoon, I met Arminja and Scott at Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock, Vt., to do their engagement portrait. Moments later, they were wed at the farm’s small chapel by Justice of the Peace Kay Camp — then I photographed Arminja and Scott as a married couple!
Tunbridge Fair
My daughter had her first shift today at the Tunbridge World’s Fair as a helper at the Tunbridge Historical Society’s Log Cabin on Antique Hill. A short trip down the road to pick her up turned into several hours of walking around to see the sites. I was glad I brought my camera, and even happier to see so many familiar faces. As one friend said, “See you next year!”
Charlotte & Greg
To celebrate their first wedding anniversary, Charlotte and Greg asked me to come by their Bethel, Vt., home on a beautiful Sunday morning to do their portrait. When they were married, the couple had a small ceremony without a professional photographer. I was happy to oblige a year later.
Family Time
It seems like yesterday, but in 1996 I photographed Cindy & Bruce’s wedding at the family inn in Etna, N.H. Since then, I’ve been back to do photos of their family a few times. Their kids’ energy and sense of humor is definitely a family trait!
Pearl & Paul
On Labor Day weekend, I photographed Pearl and Paul’s wedding ceremony at his boyhood home in Fairfax, Vt., followed by a reception at The Barn at Boyden Farm in Cambridge, Vt. Pearl and Paul found my work after buying a copy of Living with Pigs as a gift. My kind of couple! More photos from the wedding can be seen on my Facebook page.
Anne & Ben
At the end of July, I was honored to photograph Ben and Anne’s wedding ceremony at Our Lady of Light parish in South Strafford, Vt., followed by their reception over the hill at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds. I saw many familiar faces, including Ben’s mother, who officiated my own wedding ceremony a mere 17 years ago! More photographs from the wedding can be seen on my Facebook page.
Danielle & Sam
Danielle and Sam held their intimate wedding on a beautiful day at a wonderful location, the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H. The presidential range in the background was impressive, as are the number of trails Sam and Danielle have hiked together in the area. More photographs from the wedding can be seen on my Facebook page.
Eileen & Clay
Along with their family and friends from Oklahoma and Texas, Clay and Eileen came to Vermont to have an intimate wedding at the Christ Our Savior Parish in Manchester Center, Vt. Eileen spent a lot of time as a child at her grandparents’ home in nearby Dover — the area is very special to her and her family. More photographs from the wedding can be seen on my Facebook page.
Starting Off
Thanks to Forbes Morrell’s attendance at a plumbing trade show, Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott waved the green flag to start the NASCAR Nationwide series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Morrell, owner of Forbes Maintenance Services in Corinth, Vt., nominated Scott for the honor while at the trade show. Scott is also a race car driver, something he’s done since 1989 and before he became a politician. I photographed Scott and Morrell at Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre, Vt., the other night for a story we did for the Valley News. More photos from the event can be seen in the newspaper’s online gallery here.
Driver Phil Scott, of Berlin, Vt., gets a good-luck hug and hiss from his wife, Diana Scott, before his late model heat race at the Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
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Bay of Fundy
My family and I just returned from a ten-day vacation on the New Brunswick coast, at Canada’s Fundy National Park. The Bay of Fundy’s tidal changes are the greatest in the world — the difference between low and high tide’s water levels are as much as 48 feet!
From top: Following the boardwalk to the shore, my wife and daughter walk through the woods to Fundy National Park’s Point Wolfe at low tide. Once heavily logged for shipbuilding in the 1800s, the area became a national park in 1948; At low tide, fishing boats at the marina in Alma, New Brunkswick, look as if they are in a bathtub after the drain plug was pulled; at low tide near the Cape Enrage lighthouse, the sky is reflected in one of the rocks. Mariners gave the area its name due to the long reef that caused many shipwrecks; My daughter skips rocks on the bay with one of the many flat rocks she found while walking the beach.