graphics of the season

merry christmas

a labyrinth

a little billie holiday

plein sud

amazing restaurant in the smyth hotel - tribeca...loved the chicken paillard with basil pesto and the black angus stuffed cheeseburger with black truffle aioli.

dog friendly

sockerbit ny

clean swedish candy in the west village

man at work

scribble

halloween kitty

the rodeo comes to town

all images shot with iphone

my office corner

max at the studio

window shopping

isabella

a pause

Lovely Lily

shot with iphone

didgeridoo

the sounds soaring through the streets of paris

harbor wharf

there's nothing like a lobster pound

ben

an amazing banjo player i encountered on the streets of portland

brooklyn bridge

out of a cab window

Coastal

beachside locker room

The simplicity of an old beachside locker room...after 40 years of winding my way through this one, it's amazing that it still feels and smells exactly the same.  Nichole has wanted to shoot in here for years...she said it had just the right feel to create something  beautiful and intimate.   ~ michael

the faces

It's always amazing that how you surround yourself for a shoot creates the ease of the day no matter how grueling.  As with most, this was early, long and intense with many looks, but it also seemed so easy since everyone helped make it flow like i hoped it would ~ michael

waiting for the train

jardin de luxembourg

in passing

this reminded me of a modern day marlon brando

boules

teaching the next generation the game of boules

ah...the carousel

within jardin de luxembourg, this carousel is the oldest in paris.  children still mount an animal, are handed a stick, and try to spear a ring as they fly by the carousel man

handmade lollies

the ultimate storage

free to wander

the bounty

can't say enough about the markets in france.  these were the perfect saute over a bed of linguine

farmland

impressive

a moment within a moment

self portrait

who doesn't love the "long and lean" carnival mirror!

jardin d'acclimatation