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May 30, 2012 by dholmes
Memorial Day 2012
After three assignments, in three towns, and nearly 1000 frames, I had ample opportunity this Memorial Day to think about those who gave everything for our country. I feel fortunate to have been able to witness, document, and experience the celebration of those brave men and women; and I still shed tears when role call [...]Archive
May 7, 2012 by dholmes
Season Opener
Holliston kicked off its Little League season with a parade through downtown this past weekend. You could tell the kids were pumped to be in a parade and they were are all jacked-up on sugar from the candy they were “handing out.” . And lastly a photo of me gettin’ a little leaguers perspective during [...]Archive
April 5, 2012 by dholmes
High ISO, Low Noise
Yesterday was a press conference at the National Guard headquarters where Major General L. Scott Rice was introduced as the interim head of the Massachusetts National Guard. I won’t get into the details of the story, but if you’re interested, you can read more about it here. The press conference room was dark, with fluorescent lighting [...]Archive
March 26, 2012 by dholmes
The Advantages of Working Tight
Have you heard the old adage “If Your Pictures Aren’t Good Enough, You’re Not Close Enough?” Shooting in close to your subjects can give the viewer the sense that they are IN the picture, a feeling you usually don’t get when you’re on the fringes and using a long lens. The trade-off of working tight [...]Archive
December 31, 2011 by dholmes
One of my 2011 favorites
My archive tells me that I have 3,545 images from 2011 (I delete 99% of my photos so I’m guessing I shot around 10,000 images, give or take a few thousand). I’m not sure I can single out one frame from the past twelve months as my single most-est, favorite-est, but the shot below ranks pretty [...]Archive
December 20, 2011 by dholmes
Shooting Stars…Literally
The Holliston Public Library recently brought the Museum of Science’s “Star lab” planetarium to the Town Hall. The Star lab is a giant inflatable dome which acts as a portable planetarium once inside. Long exposure was the key in this scenario as flash was not allowed and their was virtually no light. In this photo [...]Archive
November 30, 2011 by dholmes
The Daily Grind
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November 12, 2011 by dholmes
Veterans Day
I photographed some of our veterans today during a ceremony at the Holliston Town Hall. A few of the old Navy fellas remembered serving with my grandfather which was particularly nice.Archive
October 2, 2011 by dholmes
