DMD Photography

Shooting snakes is always fun. It’s dark, the glass isnt always good, and sometimes, they just like to hide. Luckily, they also like to hold still. Shot with a Canon 30D, 70-200mm f/2.8 on a canon monopod.

Canon 450D EF50mm F1.8

Yesterday I covered the protest at the Israeli Consulate here in Boston. An hour before the protest was to start, there were about ten people milling about. About thirty minutes after that, there were counter protesters on the other side of the street that were in support of Israel. Things ballooned from there. I’d say about 150-200 people showed up on both sides throughout the next hour and a half. Hopping from side to side, I saw a marked contrast between the two. On the Palestinian side, they were very serious about protesting, whereas on the Israeli side, it had more of the air of a social event. People were hugging, saying hello to each other, and just catching up between chanting and singing. This is the first large protest I’ve been to, so this may or may not be common.

Just took a picture of Eric at Nathan’s house while we were celebrating his birthday. Eric’s fun to shoot, but not as much as Smith.

Just because fire is cool. 300d, 50mm f/1.8

Shot this in Alleghany State Park. I believe it was the night I decided to move to North Carolina. Totally unrelated to the shot, of course. The moon didn’t make me do it. On second thought, I was a bit of a lunatic to do such a thing, in hindsight.   When I picked this shot, I didnt remember anything about it.  Just a picture of the moon, randomly grabbed.   But upon starting this post, a flood of details surfaced. It was taken over Columbus Day weekend, about 3  years ago.    I remember standing on the road in front of campsite #50,  in Cain Hallow.  Took me a little bit of time getting used to the speed at which the moon moves.   You wouldn’t think it to look at it,  but the moon clips along at a pretty good pace.  Took a little bit to balance out the shutter speeds.

Equipment was a Canon Digital Rebel, Quantray 70-300mm, and  Bogen tripod, name eludes me, it’s circa 1977. It’s also huge.

Canon 450 D EF 50mm F1.8

This was a jellyfish from the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA. This tank was very beautifully lit from underneath. I spent about half an hour photographing these jellyfish before I was dragged away. I am definitely going to return in the future.