Photo 365 Project

This week we’ve had quite a heat wave on the east coast.  During my travels, I’ve had the opportunity to photograph a number of people who push through this humidity and insane temperature to keep America going strong.  So while I’m in a nicely air conditioned office most days, drinking an iced latte and whining about how my makeup runs in the heat…some folks are sucking it up and showing us how tough people get it done!

To the road crews, fire crews and everyone else who has a job that requires a mental and physical toughness that I am lacking, thanks for being awesome! I’m in total awe…

The workers tell me the hot mix of asphalt comes out of the truck at around 285 degrees.  Try pairing that up with a 95 degree day…

Firefighters work even harder during high temps to put out nasty flames…

Easy one today…went to a nearby high school to take shots of the footballers practicing!

Devin is incredibly gracious, intelligent and just cool.  Oh…and in case it wasn’t obvious…he’s gorgeous! Devin needed some updated looks for his portfolio and I had so much fun, I pretty much forgot I was working! Here are just a few of my favorites.

Love how we got to play with light…I wanted to give a moody, mysterious and sexy vibe…

And finally, took him in the studio…

For the first time in YEARS, I went to the New York State Fair… Now, I used to go ALL day — every day back when I was a news reporter in Syracuse, NY.  It’s been a long time.  Thankfully, not much has changed.  The crazy midway, free concerts and fried food extravaganza welcomed me with open arms as if I had never left my sweet Syracuse!

Here are some pics…sunset…my favorite time to shoot…

Night falls on the ferris wheel…

Finally, it wouldn’t be a blog post without a photo of food, since eating is a big hobby of mine! THIS is a Gianelli sausage sandwich! It’s kind of a rite of passage if you go to the fair.  You simply HAVE to have one.  And you have to try the fried oreos…and candied nuts…and Dinosaur barbecue.  Yes, I have a food problem… you know this.

It seems teens know how to do everything with computers…including hack into phones and run third party applications.  I teamed up with a reporter to do this story today.  Check out the article here.

My assignment was to photograph one of these tech saavy teens! He’s holding some phones he can easily break into.  (They call it “jail break”.  I had never heard of it before today…which is NOT surprising, I don’t run with the cool kids…)

♥ There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life – reciprocity.  ~Confucius

Did some portraits and photojournalism shots at a women’s boarding house in Connecticut…more photos and the story here.

Assigned to wander around a state park and shoot things that are happening…

My latest photo shoot is also my latest girl crush.  Taina is not only intelligent, hilarious, adorable and gorgeous…but she just came back from Iraq after a tour of duty…which means she’s done more in one year than I will probably ever do in my life.

A huge thank you to all our service members, I bow humbly before you…you will find no greater cheerleader than me.  You all are amazing.

Check out Taina’s story here.

This little ball of cuteness is turning 1!! Jacob’s family and I met up in Central Park last weekend and I swear those big brown eyes could melt statues.  When he smiles and laughs, his eyes just sparkle… when they all  showed up in “Team Jacob” shirts… awesome! A few of my favorites…

Love when parents bring props! These are minibags of M and M’s with his face on it! Fantastic party favors for his birthday!

Had never been to this Connecticut state park before so I took a look around.  Beautiful.

♥ “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.”