Author: Ben

  • Elias is 3 already?!?!!

    Elias is 3 already?!?!!

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    Well Elias is officially three now.  He’s also officially potty trained, he made it by about a week which has been awesome for us.  I guess no diapers in the house for 2~3 weeks before we start all over again?  Elias got spoiled rotten at his party, then we saved a few gifts for him…

  • Gooseberry 3.5.2011

    Gooseberry 3.5.2011

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    Went back to Gooseberry again this weekend for the second weekend in a row and my third trip out there this year.  It’s a very interesting beach with a nice variety of rocks/sand/boulder, but it’s also somewhat protected from the massive rollers we get in RI (for better or worse).  A few of the guys…

  • Happy Birthday Elias!

    Happy Birthday Elias!

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    Yeah yeah, his birthday is Wednesday, I know, but his PARTY was Sunday!!!  I can’t believe how fast time flies, he’s 3 already?  Wow.  He’s also pooping on the potty pretty much all the time now (since last week, no accidents!) which is awesome.  We also got to meet the Stockwell’s new baby Cody Sunday…

  • Gooseberry 2.26.2011

    Gooseberry 2.26.2011

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    I made it out to gooseberry again this morning.  I’m really starting to like this place as there’s a great mix of sand with small rocks and boulders.  It’s also got beach on both east south and west shores so I’ve found good wave action somewhere each time I’ve been here and I’ve also been…

  • Enders Falls 2.19.2011

    Enders Falls 2.19.2011

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    Andy and I made it out to Enders Falls Saturday AM.  It was fun to see the place covered in snow and ice, but the snow was pretty dirty making clean compositions impossible.  We also couldn’t cross the stream to where the better views are as the snow was hiding where the rocks were making…

  • EAJ Update 134

    EAJ Update 134

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    Well, potty training is coming along a lot better now.  Elias has gone twice in the last week which is a big improvement.  I also got to go skiing at Okemo on Sunday where it was windy and freezing but the snow was quite good.  Great Harvest also opened in town to we got to…

  • Gradual Neutral Density Filters

    Gradual Neutral Density Filters

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    Filters are one of my most used tools in my kit. After the obvious camera, lens and tripod I use for my landscapes, my filters are always the next pieces out of my bag (followed by my remote). I prefer to capture my images as best as possible in camera to avoid as much processing…

  • Not old gerbil, but new hamster!!!

    Not old gerbil, but new hamster!!!

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    Yes that’s a joke!  We got to go to NH this weekend with Katie and Matt which was an awesome getaway.  We didn’t have room in the car for any ski gear really so we just brought a sled for Elias and had a BLAST just sledding around the house.  I also got away to…

  • Franconia Notch 2.12.2011

    Franconia Notch 2.12.2011

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    Went to New Hampshire with some friends this weekend and I was able to get away to shoot a bit Saturday afternoon.  I headed to Franconia notch, specifically the basin to scout and shoot some places I’d been stalking online for quite a while now.  It ended up being a good spot and the light…

  • XLV!!!

    XLV!!!

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    Well, I had a great weekend.  Saturday was a bus trip to Stowe.  They’d recieved 2′ of snow on Thursday so it was pretty epic.  I actually snowboarded because I met up with a friend who also rides which was a nice change of pace.  It snowed on us on the way home though so…

  • EAJ 131 week update.

    EAJ 131 week update.

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    Had a fun weekend this past weekend in big part thanks to Debbie and Andy.  They took Elias overnight Saturday so Nikki and I could get some things done around the house to get ready for kid #2.  I had won some money in a raffle at work a few weeks ago, and we’d been…

  • Elias goes Skiing!!!

    Elias goes Skiing!!!

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    ^^^ that’s a video!!! ^^^ Well, big news this week, we got Elias out skiing for the first time (beyond our backyard) and he had a BLAST!!!!  We started in the sled, then he wanted me to go with him.  I said I had my “sleds” in the car and went and got my skis… …

  • Gooseberry 1.16.2011

    Gooseberry 1.16.2011

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    Made it out to Gooseberry in Massachusetts this weekend for a sunrise.  It was WINDY but fun to explore a new location.  Enjoy

  • EAJ 129 week update!

    EAJ 129 week update!

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    Happy new year?!?! I’ve been trying to get everything caught up around here, but going to Antigua threw a wrench in those plans a bit by adding a ton of more fun new shots to process into the mix…  So this post has everything post Xmas through this past weekend EXCEPT for the Antigua shots. …

  • ThinkTankPhoto Hydrophobia 70-200 video review!

    ThinkTankPhoto Hydrophobia 70-200 video review!

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    I got a chance to put a thinkthankphoto hydrophobia 70-200 through it’s paces in Antigua last week.  It’s a very impressive “technical shell” for your camera, or basically foul weather gear.  I can see a few brilliant uses for it, the obvious on (since it’s a “rain cover”) is for anyone who NEEDS to keep…