I photographed Harvard Professor and Department of History Chair James T. Kloppenberg author of the book “Reading Obama” on campus in Cambridge, MA last fall for a story in the New York Times. Mr. Kloppenberg was a great person to photograph as he was very friendly and accommodating. I really enjoyed our discussing during the session.
When I am shooting a portrait I always try to engage the subject as an attempt to produce emotion or gesture from them. Emotion and gesture are in my mind probably more important in a good photo than composition, light or any technique. The first photo above was my favorite image. We were joking around as I was taking photos when Mr. Kloppenberg pulled out a tissue. The photo was made when he went to put the tissue back in his pocket. An unexpected moment that made the best image. I said to him that I thought that was going to be the photo that runs and it was even though we spent another 30min. shooting. I love the photo editors at the NY Times as they almost always pick my favorite images to go with the story. The images are all natural light aided by a large Calumet silver reflector mounted on a light stand and boom.
I photographed Robert Darnton, the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian, in the Loker Reading room at Harvard University’s Widener Library in Cambridge last month for 
This is a follow-up to my 11/15/10 post 
While we were waiting I took a stroll around the facility and noticed a semi truck in the parking lot without a trailer on it. Upon closer inspection I realized it is Shaquille O’Neal’s ride. The Shaqliner!
I was the Boston commercial photographer who was selected by 
Lacrosse Magazine cover shoot of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and Team USA Under 19 training team member Maddy Acton.
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