I had the pleasure to shoot with a Leica rangefinder digital camera, the M9P, and two lenses, the 50mm Summicron collapsible from 1955, and a 35mm Summilux 1.4. Really nice tones and color rendering.
Roxy, the Boston dog. 35mm Summilux at 1.4
Revere Beach sand, after a vigorous coastal storm. 50mm Summicron collapsible (1955)
Roxy, the Boston dog. 35mm Summilux at 1.4
35mm Summilux
50mm Summicron collapsible from 1955
I started my first day as a Boston Herald news photographer twenty years ago today. Here are some photos below that, through the years, have either been memorable for me, or that have moved me in some way or another. Thanks for taking the time to view these photos, and for viewing this blog. Thanks also to Kevin Cole, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former Herald Photo Director, who hired me, and to current photo chief Jim Mahoney and everyone at the Herald, and the many fine Boston cops and firefighters and EMS officials that I deal with daily. Some travel highlights of these past two decades include photographing the Pope twice, once in Rome and also in Toronto, and two trips to Oklahoma City with Herald scribe Peter Gelzinis, to report on survivors of the horror that Timothy McVeigh unleashed on that friendly city in 1995. No Pulitzers yet, but I did win the biggest prize of all, that is meeting my wife Laura Crimaldi while on the job.
Officials tend to a teenager who was shot in the head on Humboldt Ave. in Boston, as his mother watches at the rear. The boy survived.
Army Spc. Jared J. Raymond, killed in Iraq, is laid to rest in Swampscott, MA.
At left, Cardinal Bernard Law, just hours away from stepping down due to the church’s clergy sex abuse scandal. At right, jets over Boston and St. Maarten.
Senator Ted Kennedy conducts the Boston Pops during “A Tribute To Ted”.
At left, a man who lost his home to fire is reunited with his cat. At right, the Denny family, including children Brandon and Rebecca, who were both seriously injured in the terror attack on the Murrah Federal Building, return to the site of the blast on the day of Timothy McVeigh’s execution.
A couple who experienced a vicious gay-bashing.
The Stones roll into town.
Robert Plant plays at Boston Garden as part of Page and Plant in 1995.
Rarely does a city embrace an athlete the way Boston embraced Bobby Orr. I snapped this photo today while working at the Boston Herald, and my phone and twitter account have not stopped ringing since. I certainly know that I have not snapped an award-winning photograph here, rather an everyday, run-of-the-mill photo. The response to the photo is a testament to the power of the relationship between Orr and the city that still loves him.
I snapped these photos tonight starting at 5:41pm. I used an 800mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.
Heavy winds after this morning’s snow, then a beautiful, but frigid sunset. The middle photo just about says it all as an Alaska Air jet gets ready for takeoff from an Alaska-like Logan. Please see my photos below.
Here, below, is my contribution to a very strong job of covering the storm by the reporters and photographers at the Boston Herald. Lastly, please spread the word regarding cleaning the exhaust pipes of your car before starting the car. The last photo here shows Boston firefighter Steve MacDonald peering into a car where a boy was killed yesterday after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.
This is a small roundup of my 2012 year in pictures. Most photos appeared in the Boston Herald or bostonherald.com, my employer.
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I photographed a Japan Airlines Dreamliner 787 that was experiencing a fuel leak today, one day after a different JAL Dreamliner 787 had a small fire in its cargo belly. Here are my photos as Massport firefighters, officials and a crew from CleanHarbors, work to contain and then clean up the fuel. Stay tuned for any further details on this incident at bostonherald.com.
I photographed smoke coming out of the cargo hold today as Massport firefighters, with a backup from the Boston Fire department, first investigated and then doused the morning fire. See my photos below of today’s event and also my photos from when the jet experienced happier times at Logan, first in Boeing colors, and then the inaugural flight from Japan. Also check bostonherald.com for any updates on the cause, etc.
