Fauxlaroids

A New Profile Picture

You may notice that I have a new profile picture. The old one, while sentimental (it was taken when I was really, really happy - in Croatia with Kate and some friends and miles of coast ahead of us), was getting a little stale. This photo was taken by Emerson College student Rebecca Knell in an alley off the Boston Commons.

Learning is Fun

I designed and implemented a new class at Emerson's Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies called The Literature of Photography. It's a class of 19 freshmen, about half writing majors and half arts majors. We are reading the usual suspects: Sontag, Barthes, Berger, Calvino. We also write poetry, study and critique narrative photography (what photography isn't, somehow, narrative?), and go into back alleys and take pictures of each other.

You can find some of my students' work on our Tumblr site. I will continue to brag about them as the semester goes on, I'm sure.

Jess Getting Ready

I grabbed Kate's camera and became the impromptu photographer for the "getting ready" segment of Jess and Melinda's wedding in Portland, Oregon. I think the camera loves Jess as much as Melinda loves Jess. We had a fun time while Jess got her hair and makeup all settled and got into her dress. Then it was off to the Hoyt Arboretum to meet Mindy and get hitched. It was supposed to rain all day, but it held off completely until the "minister" - our friend Dan, recently ordained with the Universal Church of Life - pronounced Jess and Melinda married. At that very second a light mist dusted the crowd, sparkling like glitter in the still-sunny sky. Try not tearing up when something like THAT happens at a wedding!

Jess & Melinda's Wedding Weekend

Jess and Melinda got married! Here is a "Polaroid" (a la iPhone software) of Jess getting ready (more of those soon). And here is one of Jess and Joe at the wedding site, working hard...