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My daughter at 2

My daughter, at 2, smelling one of only two oranges we grew the first year on our own dwarf orange tree (in MA nonetheless!) Thank you all for the comments on my balloons. They were much appreciated. I have an entire gallery of balloons if you are interested.

I can't resist the carefree attitude my daughter displayed here. We were on the Cape.

My stepdaughter, Kaitlin. I shopped this a little, but only to bring out the broodiness of today's teens. She turned out to be a very delightful young woman, and I love her dearly. Thanks for all the comments on my tornado shots.

My daughter, ready for the winter. I didn't like the pink in her jacket, so I used Antique in Lightroom. I hope you like the effect. I have been going through my old images, since I now have Lightroom. I love the artistic creativity provided by the software, but I still like realism...

Melissa Etheridge at Look Park in Northampton, MA. I brought out the detail in her face as best I could. I hope you like the effect I chose. Thanks for the comments yesterday!

I loved the original, but I love the feel of this effect so much I couldn't resist. Hope you love the joy...

I was walking by these kids on the new Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Their joy was irresistible.

NYC Subway. Thank you all for your wonderful comments for the last few days!

9/12/11: Chicago in New York Thanks to everyone for your comments on my NYC shot yesterday. I will be sharing some more this week. It was such a solemn day yesterday, and I am honored so many of you appreciated my tribute to NYC.

Before Hurricane Irene hit, my daughter and I went on a mini-vacation to Foxborough and Boston. The wind was so strong she thought she would be blown away. This is SOOC. Thank you for all the comments on my carousel horse close-up yesterday. They were much appreciated. I took that shot at the Frog Pond and Spray Park in Boston Common.

9/24/11: another shot of my daughter. Thank you for all the wonderful comments yesterday. I think the joy you saw on her face was from beating me at ping-pong. :-) This is SOOC.

9/26/11: Took this in Boston Public Garden. At one point, I thought the swan was going to bite the boy. His mother just stood by and watched. I turned this into a watercolor because I liked the artistic effect. If you’d like to see another two versions without the watercolor effect, check out this gallery. http://www.rpckphotos.com/People/People/18277217_J9h5sx#1496277073_Gk6wfhJ

9/27/11: Took this one in Boston Public Garden. I just couldn't resist the idea of outdoor college. I wanted to join them and learn too... Thanks for all of your comments on my artistic shot yesterday. i hope you liked the traditional shots as well.

10/6/11: I took this at the circus at The Big E. Yes, she is hanging in midair by the back of her head. She put on a beautiful show. This is SOOC. Thank you all so much for your comments on my Midway pics. And for keeping me on the Popular board. BTW, what is the 'night fall' contest? The modern world suffered a huge loss yesterday. RIP Steve Jobs.

9/23/11: I decided to post a shot of my daughter today. I still can't get over the joy she always seems to have.

10/19/11: Decided to skip the school portraits and do them myself. She will be 10 on Friday.

11/4/11: Decided to post this in the Daily gallery. It is not my image but I inherited rights to it when the photographer died, and I did the post processing. Her name was Pam Chambers. She was a wonderful person and I miss her very much. Here is a link to some of her shots: http://www.rpckphotos.com/Photography/Pam-Chambers-Photography/ I am still without power, and I haven't had a chance to attempt to recover my hard drive yet. Hoping to get some back, but willing to move forward if I can't. Just having a hard time getting motivated to shoot while I have no power (or heat) in my house. Thank you all for your kind comments. Being without power sucks, but I count myself lucky when I travel through my neighborhood. We were the worst in the city affected by the tornado and now the worst in the city affected by the snow storm. It just doesn't seem to end. It really makes you want to cry. I can't even take pictures this time. It just looks like the sky opened up and dumped leaves and limbs everywhere. Here's a link to my shots from the tornado aftermath: http://www.rpckphotos.com/Weather/Tornado-June-1-2011/

11/7/11: Kali

11/8/11: Macy Thank you for for the comments on my portrait of Kali yesterday. This is another of my daughter's friends.

11/9/11: Regan - My daughter. I am so sorry to hear of the difficulties some people are having with mean comments. I have had issues with the thumber myself, but mean comments are so uncalled for. Good luck. I have sometimes felt like not bothering to post, when my shot gets thumbed off the board, but keep trying. I love to see everyone's work!

11/24/11: Tristin (my grandson) Happy Thanksgiving!

11/27/11: Regan peeling some birch bark for her presentation at school. Our great day hiking was topped of by finding ticks on us. Yuck!

12/26/11: Regan, Bailey, and Paco.

3/19/12: Sue and Regan. This shot is from October 2004. I had 7 rolls of 120 film in my fridge that I never had developed for some reason. This came from one of them. I wish I had developed it before. This is SOOC and scanned from the film (positive) on my Epson Perfection V500. The camera is a Mamiya 645 Pro. I have started to shoot with it again. It is fun, but I have to remember to be diligent about everything and learn again to take only one shot. Digital sure can spoil you. It's good to be back on Smug!

3/23/12: Regan Doodles Thank you for all the comments on the house yesterday. In regards to the comments: It was shot and developed this week, the film expired 15 years ago, the film was black and white (Tri-X Pan) shot on a Mamiya 546 Pro, and my daughter is the one that chose the "spooky" processing as I was working on it. Today's shot came from the same film, also shot this week. I hope you like!

Joyous