Safe

Just a pic I happened to come across from this past summer.  It was a Legion game in mid June and as usual the fields were all but dust.  Will have some more pics up here in the next day or so, just waiting for some of them to run so stay tuned.

Bridgewater, MA - June 27, 2010:  Bridgewater Legion Post 203 runner Ryan Tufts dives back to first to avoid getting picked off in the game against Hingham at Legion Field.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Cruiseport

Came across this at an assignment on Friday afternoon.  A renovated cruise ship terminal.  These women were checking out the view.

Football season

The football season is well underway and I am behind on this blog so have a football photo.  I will try and be better about my updates.

New England Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis (42) sails through the air with teammate wide reciver Wes Welker as Green-Ellis is tackled by Buffalo Bills safety Jairus Byrd on a carry in the second quarter at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts on September 26, 2010.  The Patriots defeated the Bills 38-30.    UPI/Matthew Healey

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Happy Birthday America (Belated)

So my 4th of July like most of my colleagues was spent shooting photos. I was stationed at the Hatch Shell to photograph the Boston Pops concert featuring Toby Keith. Huge crowds camp out all day to try and get a spot close to stage. The concert concludes with a huge fireworks display that you can't see from in front of the stage. So once the fireworks start up, the thousands and thousands of people that were camped in one spot for 10 hours rush to the banks of the Charles River to see the show. What remains is a bit surreal looking. Maybe a few hundred people wandering around or staying in their lawn chairs looking up at a big screen to see the fireworks broadcast as smoke and confetti drift through the air.

Here is a little before:

Boston, MA - July 4, 2010: Thousands of spectators in front of the Hatch Shell cheer on as the fireworks portion of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular is set to begin.  Photo by Matthew Healey

....and after.

Boston, MA - July 4, 2010: A few hundred spectators remain in front of the Hatch Shell to watch the fireworks on a big screen as the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular draws to an end.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Boston, MA - July 4, 2010:  William Guarente of Arlington, cheers in front of the Hatch Shell while watching the fireworks display on a big screen as the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular draws to an end.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Sorry, no cheerleaders this time

I just had a few rolls of 120 film developed and wanted to share. Yes film, yes big film. No I can't develop my own, and I feel shame for that. But the good folks at Hunt's Photo did a pretty darn good job and they don't charge you an arm and a leg.

The first photo is from a Holga. A cheap plastic camera that shoots 120 film. The lens is terrible, you can't really focus it, and the shutter and aperture are always f11 at 1/100th second. With practice, you can get some nice stuff from a Holga. Or in my case, with luck. This is one of the only ones that came out, and I really dig it. Shot on 1600 film last year I think.

The second two come from the same roll on a real working TLR (twin lens reflex) camera.  Has shutter and aperture controls.  And it works great.  The first shot was taken outside a rally for President Barack Obama at a high school in Nashua, New Hampshire.  I ended up losing the names of the women.  They knew they weren't getting into the school but were still hoping to see the president.

The last one is from the NHL 2010 Bridgestone Winter Classic at Fenway Park between the Flyers and the Bruins.  I wish I had more interesting stuff from there but I did have a game to shoot.

Let me know what you think.

Boston, MA - 2009???: Boston Red Sox shortstop Dustin Pedroia takes the field during a game at Fenway Park.  Photo by Matthew Healey.

Nashua, NH - Februrary, 2 2010: Two women stand on a curb in front of Nashua North High School in the hopes of seeing President Barack Obama.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Boston, MA - January 1, 2010: The Boston skyline looms over Fenway Park as the Boston Bruins take on the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010 NHL Bridgestone Winter Classic at Fenway Park.  Photo by Matthew Healey.

Just Bust A Move

I photographed tryouts for the Boston Celtics Dance Team this past Saturday.  Hundreds of young women vie for the privilege to dance with the squad on the parquet at the TD Garden during Celtics home games.  Pretty intense try-outs in which the dancers must learn a routine and then perform it in front of a panel of judges and then they find out immediately if they get to move on to the next round.

(062610  Waltham, MA) Dancer Nicole DiBitetto of Boston, stretches out while watching try-outs for the Boston Celtics Dancers at the Sports Authority training center at Healthpoint. Photo by Matthew Healey

(062610  Waltham, MA) A group of dancers work on a routine during try-outs for the Boston Celtics Dancers at the Sports Authority training center at Healthpoint. Photo by Matthew Healey

(062610  Waltham, MA) Dancers Jacquelyn McDonough (top) and Laura Karukas both of South Boston stretch during a break in try-outs for the Boston Celtics Dancers at the Sports Authority training center at Healthpoint. Photo by Matthew Healey

(062610  Waltham, MA) Dancer Kathryn O'Connell of Boston, applies some fresh make-up during a break in try-outs for the Boston Celtics Dancers at the Sports Authority training center at Healthpoint. Photo by Matthew Healey

(062610  Waltham, MA) Judges for the Boston Celtics Dancers try-outs from left Millie Wilson, Stacey Pauly, and John Peters watch a dancer try out during second round at the Sports Authority training center at Healthpoint. Photo by Matthew Healey

The long and short of it

Two different looks of the same field event.  One shot with a wide angle lens right down in the sand and the other shot with a long lens from the other side of the track.  

Newton North junior Jen Liu lands in the pit on the girls long jump at the Division 1 East MIAA Track and Field Championship at Dilboy Stadium.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Mansfield junior Patrick Greaney competes in the long jump at the Hockomock League Track & Field Championships at King Philip Regional High School.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Surf's up brah!

Nice little groundswell has been hitting Rhode Island for the past couple days.  I managed to make it out for a total of seven hours in two days.  My arms are sore and I am exhausted because it has been so long but it was fun, and I caught a bunch more than I expected.  Got one nice pic from where I was surfing.  Can't tell you though cause, it's a secret.  Not really but people get all upset if you put up surf spot names.  So I will leave it out.

Surfer glides along a wave in the Narragansett area.  Photo by Matthew Healey

That time I got to shoot Radiohead...

Aka one of the best assignments I have ever had.

Really it, was just awesome.

I listened to a lot of Radiohead in my time and jumped on the chance to shoot them.  Right up front, only allowed to shoot the first three songs like at most concerts these days but it was fantastic.  Got to watch the rest in the press area on closed circuit.  Did I also mention that Christine (my lady) was right there with me working for the competition, and we had just gone to see Wilco the night before at Tanglewood.

Best weekend ever and I just dug up the photos and put them in my PhotoShelter.  Here are two from that night.

Thom Yorke, Lead singer of the group Radiohead performs with the band at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on August 13, 2008. Photo by Matthew Healey

Thom Yorke, Lead singer of the group Radiohead performs with the band at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on August 13, 2008. Photo by Matthew Healey

Added some other concert pics to the archives as well.  Have a look at my PhotoShelter page.

Celtics Practice

I realize I tend to be a bit sports heavy on my blog.  Not sure why that is but here is yet another sports pic, of sorts.   It is from a Celtics practice the day after a loss against Cleveland.  There isn't usually much action at a practice.  The team practices for awhile while the press waits in what is essentially a waiting room with no view of the practice court.  When the team is done with real practice they let the media in.  There are sometimes a few players still shooting maybe playing 'HORSE' or whatever.  But it's not really practice.  Then the players and coaches come over and do their interviews or sometimes they don't.  It really varies.

Here is one pic I liked.  Not sure if it ran.

(050810  Waltham, MA) Boston Celtics Ray Allen chats with reporters after practice at the Sports Authority Training Center.  Photo by Matthew Healey

What's in there?

Just came across this photo from last summer.  For my non photographer friends this scene is fairly common at certain events.  We usually refer to a situation like this as a 'scrum'.  As in a rugby scrum when the two teams link arms and charge at each other and fight for the ball.  But instead of a ball, it is a photo subject.

What makes it unusual however is just how orderly it is.  That's because it is held at a place that normally hosts a lot of media, so they do their best to accommodate.  No battling to talk to the subject, the subject comes to a few of them then everyone else files around.  The venue even supplies extra step ladders which is great.

A scrum, but not really.  More like a swarm.

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Sox dude

Little late on updating but here is a pic from my first Red Sox game of the season.  It was a long wet night but it felt good to be back at Fenway, well except for the foul balls.   The scary scary foul balls.
Here is a link to the start of the article and a little gallery:
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1248090

(041710  Boston, MA) Boston Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew (7) tries to slide under Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro (30) on a single by David Ortiz in the 11th inning of the game continued from the previous night at Fenway Park.  Drew was tagged out on the play.  Photo by Matthew Healey

I have started to slowly fill out my archives at http://www.photoshelter.com/c/matthealey/gallery-list and will soon be updating my website http://matthealey.com so keep an eye out.  Thanks for looking.

Tea Party

So I had some time off today and decided to check out the Tea Party in Providence.  Decent sized crowd.  Anyway I am posting a bunch on my photoshelter account, here is one and this is the link to the full gallery:Providence Tea Party

Harvey Sylvestre of Providence, Rhode Island cheers on a speaker during a Tea Party Rally in front of the Rhode Island State House in Providence, Rhode Island on April 15. 2010.  Photo by Matthew Healey

My favorite softball photo thus far

....that is all.

Okay a couple details.  It is from 2008 it is Wellesley in the red and Needham in the blue.  Bad throw to the really close cutoff at third on a pop out by the Needham batter.  Base runner goes to back to third in attempt to tag up and cleat meets shin.  Notice that the girl is wearing shin pads though, so she was okay.  A lot going on here though.  

One other note.  I have noticed my photos are looking way oversharpened on this blog.  Not sure why.  Working on that.  Thanks for looking.

My Easter

I did a 9-5 shift for the Boston Herald on Easter Sunday and it was a pretty full day. Started with Catholic Easter Mass en espanol, then on to a shooting scene in Dorchester that got a little heated, then a call on the scanner of a three alarm fire in Malden. Got home ate a burrito and then onto a Wilco concert in Providence with Christine (sadly no pics of that).

(040410 Boston, MA) Altar server at Holy Cross Cathedral, Iris Uribe, holds up a candle during Spanish language Easter Sunday Mass. Photo by Matthew Healey

(040410 Boston, MA) A mourner holds her head while sitting on the curb in front of a sidewalk memorial marking the spot on Navillus Terrace where a man was shot dead by police the previous night. Photo by Matthew Healey

(040410 Malden, MA) Two fire fighters battle a three-alarm blaze on Cross Street in Malden . Photo by Matthew Healey

I have also just recently begun to build a web-based archive with the help of photoshelter. Be sure to check it out here: http://www.photoshelter.com/c/matthealey/gallery-list and as always feel free to check out my website at http://www.matthealey.com I am always open to comments and critiques so let me know what you think.

Gamers

Pax East video game show was in town last weekend. I attended the launch of a new gaming card and chip by Nvidia. Here are some pics.

(032610 Boston, MA)Drew Henry of Nvidia holds up a 3D graphics at a demonstration of the new cards inside the Main Theater of the PAX East Video Game Expo. Photo by Matthew Healey

(032610 Boston, MA)Ben Vingus of New York awaits the start of the announcement of a new 3D graphics card and chip from Nvidia while wearing the 3D glasses for the demonstration inside the Main Theater of the PAX East Video Game Expo. Photo by Matthew Healey

MFA Revisited

It's been awhile but hoping to start updating this thing more often. This one is in my archives and caught my eye so I thought I would share it.

Visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts take in the work 'Deposition of Christ' by Tintoretto at the opening of Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice exhibit. Photo by Matthew Healey

Hope to start posting more often to keep the blog fresh so check back. Full portfolio is at my website http://matthealey.com/

Celtics

I just wanted to put something different up here. So here is a pic from the last Celtics game I shot. Good game against the Lakers. Celtics lost but it was close.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Shannon Brown (12) goes for a dunk as Celtics players Kendrick Perkins (43), Kevin Garnett (5) and Ray Allen (20) look on in the second half at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on January 31, 2010. The Lakers defeated the Celtics 90-89. UPI/Matthew Healey

Be sure to check out my website http://www.matthealey.com to view my full portfolio. Thanks for looking.

Gas up the truck!

The hand of newly elected U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) points out from behind the podium during his victory speech at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

"Gas up the truck!" That was the chant of the night at the Scott Brown election night party. A reference to Scott Brown's green pick-up truck featured in the Republican U.S. Senate candidates' advertisements. Quite a crowd and quite an upset. Sometimes covering politics is even better than covering sports. Here are a few photos from the night with a slant towards the crowd.

A Scott Brown supporter dressed as Uncle Sam awaits the election night party for U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown (R-MA) at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

A Scott Brown supporter watches a band play at the election night party for U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown (R-MA) at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

Dylan Benson (R) seventeen-years-old of Gloucester, MA sings along with his father George Benson (C) during the party leading up the victory speech by U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown (R-MA) at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

A Scott Brown supporter holds up his phone to the photographer to show off the front page of The Drudge Report which shows U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown (R-MA) ahead in the election returns during the election night party for the candidate at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

A Scott Brown supporter watches a band play at the election night party for U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown (R-MA) at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

Scott Brown supporters celebrate after learning that the Republican candidate has defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) at the election night party for Brown at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. UPI/Matthew Healey

Newly elected U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) wipes confetti out of his hair after giving a victory speech at the Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2010. Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a bid to fill the U.S. Senate seat which was left empty after the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Matthew Healey

NHL Winter Classic

The Boston Bruins take on the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period of the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on New Years Day, January 1, 2010. UPI/Matthew Healey

I only have time to post two up so here they are is. Had a great time. Some more of them can be seen on UPI's website here: NHL WINTER CLASSIC

Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) and Philadelphia Flyers center Mike Richards (18) chase down a loose puck in the third period of the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on New Years Day, January 1, 2010. The Bruins defeated the Flyers 2-1. UPI/Matthew Healey