Thirteen years ago, I shared my very first image of Marblehead on my new Wednesdays in Marblehead site. Since then, I have shared 3,000 images of this beautiful town. To celebrate, I made a mosaic which you can zoom into and see every one of those images on a single square celebratory image. Sign Up for the Weekly Email Digest Email comes out Wednesdays at 11:00 am containing all images shared on Wednesdays in Marblehead in the previous 7 days
The Dolphin Yacht Club is having their first Holiday Pop Up Event this Friday from 5-8pm featuring members including me! Come and enjoy their awesome bar, have some take-in apps and dinner and shop your way around the DYC. I will have copies of my 2023 Marblehead Calendars that I put aside for this weeks ago as well as a selection of matted prints on hand. If you have been trying to decide on an image to order, I will have my laptop with my full catalog of images and can help you find a photo of Marblehead based on [...]
This was a truly incredible week which exceeded all my expectations and planning. I have been selling my Marblehead Calendar for nearly ten years and, without fail, every year, I have to up the order number. One month ago, I was convinced I had ordered wrong and began to stress about the calendar sales being a bit sluggish. Then Black Friday happened... This past week has had more calendar sales than the same period in 2020 and 2021 - combined! I went out daily to deliver calendars and didn't really think about the rapidly dwindling stack until this morning. I [...]
Each year on Thanksgiving, I like to look back and give thanks for the support of everyone who has commented or shared my images and/or purchased one of my prints, calendars or book. It is the highest compliment that an image I captured would resonate so strongly with someone that they would choose to share it with friends or place it on the wall of their home. I started Wednesdays in Marblehead in August 2010 as a personal project to learn more about my new town. I still remember those early days when I would post an image to [...]
I grew up in California and attended UC Berkeley (Cal) in the 1990s. I stayed in San Francisco for one year before attending medical school on the East coast and staying here ever since. I hadn't been back to San Francisco in 25 years but had an opportunity to fly out there for a few days and catch a Cal football game with my former roommate so I jumped at the chance. I only had a few days and, as a photographer at heart, that meant doing a lot of pre-planning for photography opportunities. I came up with a plan [...]
Yesterday was the 12 year anniversary of Wednesdays in Marblehead and, as luck would have it, my new Kickstarter campaign was approved earlier than excpected - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marblehead/wednesdays-in-marblehead-seasons-of-change-0 In February 2014, I had first turned to Kickstarter in order to help fund the printing of my first hardcover coffee table book. That campaign was filled with excitement and exceeded all of my expectations leading to a first printing of 1,500 books. A few years later, I ordered a second printing and am just 12 books away from having sold out. In 2019, I considered a second book but ended up deciding [...]
This should be my very last post about the 2022 Marblehead Calendars. This has been, by far, my busiest year for calendar sales with not just a second but third printing! For all those who have already purchased a calendar - Thank You! For those who have been waiting, deadlines are: Friday, December 17 - First class/Priority Mail in the United States (though I can't guarantee this as I have seen deliveries get 'stuck' at distribution centers in the past few weeks) Wednesday, December 22 - Local Delivery in Marblehead And a bit of year-end housekeeping: Top 10 of 2021 [...]
I had every intention of capturing the menorah at Marblehead Savings Bank again this year but the day got away from me so I turned back to this image captured on December 15, 2012 and breathed new life into it with the marked improvements in photography software over the past decade. This image originally came out dark and grey due to the HDR workflow I had used to balance the light of the setting sun and the shadows of the building but now I was able to use the single image and come away with a brighter photo more consistent [...]
This Saturday, December 4th, I will have a Pop Up Shop at Eat Well Kitchen located at 12 Atlantic Avenue. This will coincide with the annual Marblehead Christmas Walk parade and I am very excited to have a spot to showcase my calendar, book and a variety of prints. If you have ever wondered what my matted, framed, canvas or metal prints look like, stop by and take a look at them in person. I will have a few matted prints of my Christmas at Sea as well as the recent At the Crocker Park Float favorite. Hope to see [...]
Each year on Thanksgiving, I like to look back and give thanks for the support of everyone who has commented or shared my images and/or purchased one of my prints, calendars or book. It is the highest compliment that an image I captured would resonate so strongly with someone that they would choose to share it with friends or place it on the wall of their home. I started Wednesdays in Marblehead in August 2010 as a personal project to learn more about my new town. I still remember those early days when I would post an image to [...]