After feeling like we were running every weekend and experiencing hectic weeks since November 1st we finally came to the end of our race last weekend with the Help-Portrait event, where we and 68 other volunteers provided family portraits for 236 families in less than 10 hours. Quite satisfying and the thank you’s we received made it all worth it. This weekend however is ours, and what better way to spend it than in Vermont with the...

It’s no secret I love waterfalls, the beach and moving water. It soothes and centers me, the percolation of water stealthily traveling beneath rocks, the rhythmic raspy friction of receding waves grating over sand on its return journey to the sea or the steady trickle that eases my mind when I allow it to enter my consciousness. It literally washes away the dis-ease that tugs at my mind after a long week or a particularly stressful day...

Took a trip to Granby Ct over the Labor Day Weekend and went to Enders State Forest to check out Ender’s Falls. Enders Falls is comprised of a series of 6 waterfalls that are easily accessible from the parking lot and although a bit steep in places it is not daunting. So we, my girlfriend and her 12 year old daughter, headed out from our base in Middletown CT and arrived around 11ish in the morning. The parking lot already had 2 or 3 cars...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching two of my photographs be transformed into paintings at a charity event hosted and organized by The Main Avenue Galleria in Ocean Grove NJ for the benefit of The Bradley Beach Food Pantry. Which by the way raised $1150 in 3 hours.So it is called a Paint Around, what is it you ask. paint around is where several artists, in this case 7, work/paint for 30 minutes on a canvas recreating their impression...

SO I have been a bit busy lately with work and getting ready for my first solo show. Yeah, a solo show….WOW, very excited and a bit nervous.  40-45 of my best images will hang for the month of April at The Gallery 13 in Asbury Park NJ, very cool! A great Gallery dedicated to emerging photographers, John Vigg and a team of very talented Resident Photographers have this eclectic and positive vibe  just oozing from the walls and...

In this episode both Scott and Dave are otherwise entertained; however Corey Barker joins Matt. Matt (3:50) Matt attempts shows and interesting way to show a product. He starts off with a simple image of a bottle of wine. The image of the bottle is already selected out and on a transparent layer. He click Ctrl + J twice to create two duplicate layers. He selects the original image of the bottle and clicks Ctrl + T to free transform the...