Quick Update - Few Recent Frames

Don't have much to say just wanted to share a few photos. Hope you enjoy them.

(Plymouth, MA  10/30/14) Middleweight Mark DeLuca (L) of Whitman connects for a punch on Ryan Davis in the third round at the Monster Brawl at Pilgrim Memorial Hall on Thursday , October 30, 2014.  DeLuca knocked out Davis in the fourth round. Photo by Matthew Healey

(Boston, MA  10/04/14)  Members of the Chaotic Noise Marching Corps of Seattle play during a 'Day of Action' in the campaign to raise the minimum wage in Downtown Crossing on Friday, October 10, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Plymouth, MA  10/30/14) Welterweight Danny O'Connor of Framingham celebrates his fourth round knock out of Andrew Farmer at the Monster Brawl at Pilgrim Memorial Hall on Thursday , October 30, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Boston, MA 11/28/14) Woman protesting Black Friday in response to the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, holds a sign in front of the Prudential Center on Friday, November 28, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Cambridge, MA 11/28/14) Jack Desmond,(R) who plays the part of Santa Claus at the Camridgeside Galleria, poses for a photo with a group of protesters inside the mall protesting Black Friday in response to the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, hon Friday, November 28, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Boston, MA 11/29/14) Harvard junior forward Evan Cummins (33) dunks on UMass senior center Cady Lalanne in the first half at Lavietes Pavilion on Saturday , November 29, 2014. Harvard defeated the Minutemen 75-73. Photo by Matthew Healey

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) turns for a handoff in the first quarter against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on November 23, 2014.  The Patriots defeated the Lions 34-9.  UPI/Matthew Healey

Winter is here, in case you didn't notice

Just put together a slideshow of a few photos I have shot in the past couple months.  Some sports some storm coverage.  Have a look.


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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

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

Scenes from Fenway

Got to photograph the Sox as they took on the Marlins last night. Decided to try and chase the light a bit as the sun started to set across the park. Let me know what you think.

Florida Marlins relief pitcher Matt Lindstrom (22) warms up his arm during batting practice before the game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2009.

Fans watch as the Boston Red Sox take on the Florida Marlins at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2009.

Fans watch as the Boston Red Sox take on the Florida Marlins at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2009.

Boston Red Sox catcher Goerge Kottaras heads to the dugout before the Sox take on the Florida Marlins at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2009.

Minor Leagues

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: Pawtucket Red Sox fans look at the day's line up posted inside McCoy Stadium before the Paw Sox took on the Scranton Yankees.

I recently had the pleasure of shooting a Pawtucket Red Sox game for a feature article for a paper. That meant, I didn't need to focus too much on action and instead had to focus on the experience of attending a game. The best part of the the Paw Sox games is the light. It just streams into the park and just looks fantastic. Thought I would share a few pics now that the story has run. Hope you enjoy, and feel free to leave a comment.

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: John Healy 9-years-old of Seekonk (L) and Shawn Cullen 8-years-old of Turners Falls lower a baseball glove towards the Pawtucket Red Sox dugout in the hopes of having some of the players autograph it before the start of Paw Sox game against the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: Billy Pomfred (L) 17-years-old of Plainville and Sean Coleman also 17 of Plainville take in a Paw Sox game as the team takes on the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.


PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: Pawtucket Red Sox starting pitcher Kris Johnson hurls a pitch against the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009:A group of young Pawtucket Red Sox fans move from their seats during the game against the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.

Two sports photos and one well

Just felt like posting a few pics from the past month. I hope you like them. Captions should explain what is happening. Not much new for me. Trying to work as much as I can, also trying to drum up new clients. Dealing with car problems and camera problems. But reminding myself that I have a real honest to goodness vacation coming up very soon.

(020709 Boston, MA) Lindsey Gallo (L) of the United States celebrates as Mestawot Tadesse of Ethiopia (R) looks on after the two placed first and second respectively in the Woman's Mile at the 2009 Reebok Boston Indoor Games inside the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. Gallo finished with a time of 4:27.90 for a meet record.

(02289 Boston, MA)Northeastern junior guard Matt Janning makes passes the ball off mid air while under pressure from Old Dominion freshman forward Chris Cooper in the first half at Matthews Arena.

Harvard University freshman dressed in drag Ryan Halprin (R) stands off to the side as some of his colleagues pose for a photo at left before the parade honoring actress Renee Zellweger as the 2009 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 5, 2009.

Big Up....date

Well nothing really new here. Have today off and have a little down time so here are some pictures from the past couple weeks.

I did have a story up here, but I realized it sounded whiny so it is gone. Summary, guy upset I was taking his photo, wouldn't let me explain, he walked away in a huff blah blah blah. Just another Sunday afternoon.

Tom "TD" Dougherty serves up a pint while tending bar at the Corrib Pub on Thursday February 28, 2008 during a fundraiser for West Roxbury Main Streets.

The Prudential Tower which was sporting a new blue light color scheme looms over the Massachusetts Turnpike on Wednesday March 5, 2008
I put this one in here cause it's all artsy and moody and stuff. And because I used to love taking shots like this before I was getting paid to do it, and now, I am getting paid to do it. Good stuff.

BOURNE, MA - March 6, 2008: Pembroke senior Nick Healey (R) watches the action while classmate Jim Hutchinson (L) cheers as their hockey team plays against Scituate in the Division 3 South semi final game at Gallo Arena.

Itai Stein, left, of Sharon sorts peanut butter by the date at the Jewish Family and Children's Services 'Family Table' food pantry on Sunday March 9, 2008.

Veronika Shulman (R) playing the part of 'Little Red Ridinghood' and string bass player Philip Dirske both rehearse for the Franklin Olin Players performance of Into the Woods on Thursday February 28, 2008 at Babson College.

George Parelli takes a phone call from former Pleasant Cafe waitress Charlotte Welch while at his retirement party at the Cafe on Washington Street on Sunday February 17, 2008. George worked at the Pleasant Cafe for seventy years.

Feeling inspired

Well I am up looking at blogs from other photographers and I was inspired to change mine a bit. Okay, all I did was change the name of the thing. The old name just annoyed me, but in my defense I was trying to be clever. I am also just considering what I should be writing on here. I would like to include some more stories about work and maybe some helpful tips or something about photography.

I am including a bunch of pics from the past year or so that I dug up while searching for photos to enter for an upcoming contest. So have a look and I hope you enjoy. To make up for the lack of names in the captions I will try and write about the photo a bit.

Skateboarder
This was for an article in the Allston Brighton Tab. The story was about a large group of early teenagers that skated in and around Allston Brighton. They were interested in getting a skatepark built in their area because the places they do skate are technically off limits and they always get kicked out. The kids were showing off for me jumping this little gap. I was having a blast, I love shooting non-traditional sports. I went for the sillouhette as you can see. Its an easy shot but I am still a sucker for them. And yes the photo is straight from my camera so that is dust that you see in the sky.

Tennis Feature
Feature, Found Art, Enterprise photo they all mean the same thing. Its when your editor calls you up and says 'Go find me something in (insert town name).' In the above case it was Newton. I and many others, struggle with feature photos. If you are smart (sometimes I am) then you will keep a notebook of ideas for features that you can use when you are called upon to find one. I did not have ideas and had to rely on my trusty map book. I pulled it out, found a big park and drove there. I think I got a shot of some kids playing soccer, and then I walked down to the tennis courts and found this boy playing with his dad. I scaled the fence and started shooting.

Hockey
One of my better hockey photos. CM player on the right just snuck one past the Malden Catholic Goalie and raised his stick right in front of me.

Ice Menorah
A girl admires a giant ice Menorah on Needham Town Common.

Dancing
Same event as above. They had one work light lighting the whole event. You can just work it out in the background there. This family was dancing under the light. I was standing on a bench.

Manger Scene
Another feature photo. This time in West Roxbury. Found this guy taking down his large Manger scene from his front lawn and getting many hands from his children. After I photographed him I asked for him and his children's names. Turns out he had been in the media a lot because someone stole baby Jesus from his lawn. He was even on the Today Show. My editor was annoyed by it because we had already covered him I guess, but they still ran the shot.

Hero.
Former fire chief in Watertown. Happened to be in Boston during the infamous Coconut Grove fire. He personally pulled six people from the inferno.