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Dec

28

My Favorite Photos of 2016

Political pics, travel snapshots, school photos, sports, wedding and workshop photography highlighted my year in pictures. Here’s a sample of my favorite images from 2016.

Secretary Hillary Clinton waves to a Detroit crowd just days before her stunning loss.

Jul

01

Sting and Peter Gabriel Rock!

Sting and Peter Gabriel rock the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Sting and Peter Gabriel rock the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.

35 years ago, my not-yet roommate was belting a song on our college quad about a guy who died in a South African prison. “Who sings about stuff like that?” I wondered.

Peter Gabriel sings about stuff like that.

On that same quad, someone’s radio was playing a boppin’ song from a British band and to this day I remember my introduction to Sting as he sang with his band The Police.

Sting also sings politically charged songs. Peter Gabriel also sings boppin’ songs. They’re on tour together and I got to witness their synthesis last night at The Palace.

“Buckingham Palace?” my cousin Keith joked via text. No, although they’re both British, this was at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Jun

19

My Seven-Year Itch

My life-partner left me seven years ago this month. It’s been a difficult time since the breakup, to say the least. Severe health issues and two or three jobs later, I still miss our connection.

We were good together. Sure, we had our quarrels. They were understandable given the passion, the love. But we experienced a whole lot together, traveled to incredible places and were invited to witness the entire gamut of the human condition from the slums of Port au Prince, Haiti, to the opulent mansions and castles of the world’s richest elites.

We spent time with presidential candidates, toured prisons and flew in balloons & helicopters together. It was a great relationship.

But then it ended; I got dumped.

Apr

30

The Power of Solar

Talented, funny installers from Strawberry Solar — Will Held, Connor Lark and Joe Nagle — attach panels to our garage roof in rain, sleet and snow.

For about the price of an average used car, we’ve decided to install solar panels on our garage roof.

Apr

24

Celebrating 100 years

In a bucolic early image, my grandmother strikes a heroic pose with a speckled friend in New York’s Catskills.

My grandfather used to say that before 1916, the world was ruthless. My grandmother, Ruth Harris Adams, was born in 1916. If the world was ruthless before that date, I can only guess that afterwards it was ruthmore, ruthful? Ol’ granddad passed on before completing his silly pun. Grandma Ruth lives on.

Mar

15

Panama: A Vivid Vida

This cool gentleman playing an old, beaten up banjo was one of the best sights and sounds from our evening stroll around Panama’s old city.

I’m going to miss the view, sitting on the 10th-floor balcony, looking out over the Pacific and the dozen-and-more ships lined up to enter the Panama Canal.

Mar

12

London, With The Kids

We first took the kids to London in 2006.

Avoiding a Parliament funk when visiting London with your family

These London Travel Tips were initially published in 2006

We heard it from friends, from family and from folks we hardly knew; “You’re so brave,” or “Aren’t you scared?” or even “Your kids won’t remember it.”

When we finally decided we’d saved enough money to take our kids to the British Isles, we heard every excuse not to go. We listened politely and even took some of the warnings to heart. But my wife and I wanted to give our daughters an amazing learning experience and we, ourselves, wanted to have fun in a foreign country.

Instead of gearing our trip towards only what we adults wanted to see and do, (like watching a live session of Parliament with all the jeering), we planned our journey around our kid’s needs.

Dec

22

Happy Holidays!

Dec

05

New Hampshire Primary Memories

Democratic candidate Bill Clinton speaks at the New Hampshire statehouse in 1991.

This photograph hung in the White House, according to then President Clinton’s secretary.

A few years back, The Boston Globe published some of my New Hampshire memories.

Here’s one of my favorites, featuring a much younger Bill Clinton.

Back when my wife and I worked as photographers in New Hampshire, it was always fun photographing presidential candidates who swarmed the state. Bill Clinton was probably the most memorable. We met him many times, but three encounters stick out most in my mind.

Dec

01

How Bob Dole (Almost) Stole Christmas

Here’s my fun Boston Globe story about the time our Christmas card photo went horribly right.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith, R, NH and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, R, KS hold my baby daughter, Skye, for an ill-fated Christmas card photo back in 1994.

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