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9-February-2008 Vancouver; San Francisco; New York; Old Saybrook; Niantic

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9-February-2008 Vancouver; San Francisco; New York; Old Saybrook; Niantic

Another early morning, but the last leg of my journey home to see my kids!

There is not much I hate more than 3:00am wake up call. I don't care what time zone I am in, I just hate a 3:00am wake up call, but my flight home was at 6:00am and I knew I had to pack up, shower, get to the airport and clear US Immigrations before boarding my flight from Vancouver, BC to San Francisco, CA.

No matter how many times I have flown from Canada to the U.S. I still get a good chuckle from looking up and seeing a big sign reading "Welcome To The USA" while still in Canada.  I understand why there is US Immigrations and Customs in Canadian airport for US/TransBoarder flights, but no matter how you slice it, when you get greeted to the US, you're actually in Canada.

Today will be an attempt edit the few thousand photos I shot on this trip, watch some movies and relax a bit as I travel from Vancouver to San Francisco, San Francisco to New York.....then try and make my Amtrak Train home from New York with only 1 hour between the time I land at JFK Int'l Airport and my train departs New York Penn Station for Old Saybrook, Connecticut. To get from JFK to Penn Station I need to catch the Air Train to Jamaica Station, and the Long Island Rail Road from Jamaica Station to Penn Station..............no pressure here

....................OK.......turns out I made the train home to hang out with my kids and dole out the Hello Kitty and Thomas The Tank Engine toys I picked up for them while in Hong Kong.

Below are the 24 final images from this week's journey  to Hong Kong, Vancouver and Home again. These 24 images are part of a 260 image slide show I am creating for two No Jet Lag Photo Workshops I have coming up in mid-March in Baltimore and New York

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8-February-2008 Vancouver, British Columbia

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8-February-2008 Vancouver, British Columbia

After being back in my home Continent for approximately 30 minutes, I cleared immigrations and headed off to meet the groom from my first wedding of the 2008 season, in early March. Being nicely rested from my seat in Oasis Hong Kong's Business Class cabin and absent of any jet lag I quickly met up with Jeremy outside the terminal at Vancouver Int'l Airport and we drove off to pick up Jasmine at work for their engagement session!

There is are few things as fun as shooting two completely different shoots, in two different countries, on two different continents in the same day!  I often try and use the International Dateline to my advantage when travel east from Asia and today it worked for me!

Facing overcast skies again for the second time, in two days, although on a different continent, I spotted some very colourful and uncluttered areas to shoot around Granville Island, in Vancouver.  The shoot went well once we started and I found Jasmine and Jeremy very relaxed, open to ideas and really quite funny!

Below are 8 photos from Jasmine & Jeremy's engagements session on Granville Island......and thanks for the dinner you two!

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8-February-2008 Hong Kong, China

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8-February-2008 Hong Kong, China

This is it, one last morning in Hong Kong to relax and be pushed at the same time.  With time short we set out early today, shortly before 8:00am to find some street markets, such as the flower market, bird market, goldfish market and other street markets before heading to the airport around 2:00pm!

For me, my day will begin here in Hong Kong at 7:00am, I'll shoot until 2:00pm in Hong Kong, catch a 6:00pm flight to Vancouver, BC, that lands at 1:30pm  this afternoon (isn't crossing the international dateline great for maximizing your work day?)  Upon landing in Vancouver I am off to meet up with a couple around 2:00pm to photograph their engagement session in Vancouver.

Hopefully my participants in the No Jet Lag Photo Workshop have found a new way or traveling and have found a new way to work with whatever is placed in front of them!  Most of all I hope they enjoyed themselves as we head back to North America!

Below are 20 images from this morning in Hong Kong and some from my journey from Hong Kong back to Vancouver, BC.   These images  will be used in a complete slide show of this journey for my two upcoming one day No Jet Lag Workshops.

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7-February-2008 Hong Kong, China

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7-February-2008 Hong Kong, China

Late to bed and early to rise! 

After settling into the hotel with the No Jet Lag Photo Workshop with the workshop's participants at 1:00am we were up at 7:00am and out the door by 8:00am to shoot features on the streets of Hong Kong. 

Despite a heavy overcast sky, we made our way through the city seeking out images.  Much of my work requires me to have a very short period of time to work in the locations I shoot in. I would love to be able to wait for ideal conditions for many of my shoots, but the reality of my work does not allow for that, and a big portion of the No Jet Lag Photo Workshop was designed to have the participants travel light and be forced to deal with whatever was placed in front of them.

After a day in the streets we headed off Hong Kong Island, crossing Victoria Harbour and picked up the media credentials I was able to arrange  to photograph the International Chinese New Years Night Parade.  During the course of the parade I used my experience to seek out new vantage points and "expand the restrictions" placed upon us as corralled photographers.  The Public Relations folks from the Hong Kong Tourist Board were great and as the parade progressed allowed for latitude in our positions as photographers along the route.

So up at 7:00am back in the hotel at 1:00am and ready for another 1:00am wake up call!  The folks who came with me on this journey are really great troopers!  I am impressed!

Below are 30 images that I shot today, from looking for some street images early in the morning, through the evening parade to the arrival of the last ferry boat of the night in Kowloon to ferry us back to Central Hong Kong.  These images  will be used in a complete slide show of this journey for my two upcoming one day No Jet Lag Workshops.

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6-February-2008 Hong Kong, China

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6-February-2008 Hong Kong, China

I love landing in Hong Kong on a clear night.  On a clear night you can look out and peer down at Central Hong Kong (depending on your flight path) and tonight was just clear enough to catch a view of the lights along Victoria Harbour.

Shortly after 11:00pm I deplaned Oasis Hong Kong Airlines flight 901 with the participants in my workshop and we were able to clearing immigrations and get on the Airport Express Train before midnight. I was eager to get us to the hotel as quick as possible for a very early wake up and long day ahead of us!

Below are 12 images of my arrival in Hong Kong that will be used in a complete slide show of this journey for my two upcoming one day No Jet Lag Workshops

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5-February-2008 New York, NY; Dulles, VA; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC

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5-February-2008 New York, NY; Dulles, VA; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC

Today has been a day in transit as I set off to Hong Kong to lead a 1.5 day No Jet Lag Photo Workshop during the Chinese New Year. The goal of this workshop is to force the participants to pack and travel as light as possible, shed the "normal gear" such as tripods and to maximize the amount of shooting time on the ground. No luxuries, you pack it you haul it, with early wake up times and long days.

This is how I usually work, this is what I offer my clients and this is the first workshop I am leading to teach this way of working to others.

My first stop was at New York's Penn Station at 2:00am, then off to a 6:00am flight from JFK Int'l Airport  to Washington's Dulles Int'l Airport, out to Seattle/Tacoma Int'l Airport , and finally up to Vancouver Int'l Airport to catch my 4:00pm flight over to Hong Kong.

I shot most of today's journey for a slide show I'll be putting together, but you can get a sneak peak at 24 of these images below!

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4-February-2008 Niantic & Old Saybrook, Connecticut

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4-February-2008 Niantic & Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Well here we go, I'm off to lead my first No Jet Lag Workshop!

The No Jet Lag Photo Workshop takes off from Vancouver, BC at 4:00pm tomorrow for one-and-a-half days of intensive shooting in the streets of Hong Kong and photographing the Chinese New Year in Hong Kong!

Below are a few images of me catching the late train down to New York to make my early morning flight to Vancouver (via DC and Seattle) from JFK Int'l Airport.

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30-January-2008 Old Saybrook, Connecticut

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30-January-2008 Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Simon Is 1 Today!

Happy Birthday Simon!!!!!   Simon celebrated his first birthday with his brother, sister, some friends (who seem to want to claim Simon as their own) and Mom & Dad at the Pizza Works in Old Saybrook.

I cannot believe it is has been an entire year!  I just can't!

Below are eight photos of Simon enjoying his first ever birthday cake

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28-January-2008 Mystic, Connecticut

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28-January-2008 Mystic, Connecticut

This past Monday  Walter Van Dusen hosted the Third Annual Mystic Get Together, in Mystic Connecticut. It has been a pleasure to have participated and in the first event, of maybe 20 photographers through this years event with 120 photographers. From a small conference table three years ago to a stage, surround-sound, and some funky lighting a huge ballroom this year it has been fantastic to watch this even continue to grow.

For the second year in a row I kicked off the day of learning at 8:00am, discussing the ins-and-outs of travel. This' years' hour presentation was a a nice warm up to my two One Day No Jet Lag Quick Courses.

With a condensed schedule I quickly covered choosing bags, making your bags less attractive to airport thieves, tips on packing, picking your flight routes to maximize your time, choosing seats and how to understand airline fare classes to search for the lowest airfare.

To learn an in-depth knowledge of how to travel more effectively as a photographer check out The No Jet Lag Photo Quick Course, March 15th in Baltimore and March 16th in New York.   http://comeflywithfish.com/oneday.html

Thanks again Walter for another great Mystic GTG!

Below are a few photos shot by Jamie Wexler and Earl Christie during my presentation.

Happy Flying!

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21-January-2008 Niantic, Connecticut

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21-January-2008 Niantic, Connecticut

Today is Max's first day of school!!!  He was so excited when he woke up.........and so was I!!!!

Max woke up at 6:00am and wanted to get dressed to go to school, he still won't put on a jacket despite the freezing temperatures.  After he "napped" again at 6:30am we got him up at 8:30am and off to school he went.

Max is getting so big, I can't believe he is 3 and in school.

Below is a series of photos of him leaving for school

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20-January-2008 Foxboro, Massachusetts

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20-January-2008 Foxboro, Massachusetts

Life is funny sometimes. I spent six years covering the NFL, primarily shooting the New England Patriots. From the transition to the new Gillette Stadium from the older Foxboro Stadium and through three Super Bowl seasons, I was on the sidelines from the sweltering heat in August to the sub-zero temperatures in January.

I spent the last two seasons getting away from news and sports and focusing on editorial/corporate and documentary wedding photography, so I was a bit surprised to get a phone call a few days ago asking if I could go shoot the NFL's AFC Championship Game.   Gillette Stadium is one I am very familiar with , I know the light, the corners, the off-field places to shoot so with some prompting I agreed and off to cover the Patriots vs Chargers I went.

The AFC Championship, like previous AFC Championship games I have shot, was not surprisingly cold!  The game ended as many had predicted, with the Patriots walking away with a win and a trip to a fourth Super Bowl in the past six years.

Below are a few images I shot while covering the Pats vs Chargers in the AFC Championship Game

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13-January-2008 Niantic, Connecticut

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13-January-2008 Niantic, Connecticut

Just a photo of some simple pleasures in life..............Max and Lauren enjoying their Hello Kitty lollipops 

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5-January-2008 New York, New York

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5-January-2008 New York, New York

I may be biased, but I love New York City in the winter.  Wandering the streets of New York in the winter is one of my favourite things.

Today, as The City was covered in an overcast sky I took Elizabeth & Jesse out into the streets for their engagement session in Midtown. Finding places to shoot personal and relaxed photos throughout a busting and crowded Midtown is almost to easy at times, from the steps of a Brownstone to the Subway and strolling through Central Park and  Rockefeller Center, I was able to produce a wonderful series of images  of Elizabeth and Jesse using The City as an integral part of their engagement images.

Below are a few of my favourite images from this shoot.

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25-December-2007 Freeport, Maine

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25-December-2007 Freeport, Maine

As a kid I remember standing against the wall and being measured with a pencil against a door frame.  I have seen these marks on a lot of walls in a lot of people's homes.  In my family we do a slightly different variation on this.........we sit our kids on the big L.L. Bean boot in front of the L.L. Bean store in Freeport, Maine.   Every year as our kids get bigger we have photos of them against the boot. It is not scientific, or accurate, but it is a fun way to watch them grow up.

Below are some photos of Simon, Max and Lauren on the boot, as well as a photo of Lauren coming face to face with some fish and a photo of my whole family (aren't remote triggers great?)

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24-December-2007 Freeport, Maine

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24-December-2007 Freeport, Maine

Most families seem to have their own holiday traditions. Over the years we have found our own tradition to escape the Christmas holiday rush, we load up the car and head up to Freeport Maine.

While most families have their kids asleep to listen for Santa we wander through the L.L. Bean store long after most people have gone to bed.  The L.L. Bean store never closes, in fact the store has no locks on their doors!

This trip was Simon's first trip up to Maine and L.L. Bean, since our last trip was just before he was born this past January 30th

Below the kids sleep on the floor of the Comfort Inn in their newly purchased L.L. Bean sleeping bags,  beside a tree on the hotel's desk

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11-December-2007 Niantic, Connecticut

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11-December-2007 Niantic, Connecticut

Another year seems to have passed as quickly as it arrived. While not officially the end of the year I know the feeling my kids have.......once you light the last Hanukkah Candle of the year you're just counting off the days until the first night of next year's Hanukkah!

In the photo below Max, Simon and Lauren watch the the lights flicker on their Menorah

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