If your an Irish politician from Boston, chances are I saw you at the Saint Patrick's Day breakfast yesterday. This South Boston tradition hosted by Senator Jack Hart took place at the new Convention Center, and was broadcast live on television.
Looks the same as it does on tv, huh?
Senator Jack Hart of South Boston.
The Breakfast has a long history in South Boston and has been hosted by some real Southie legends.
Did I mention that there was a lot of singing?
Governor Patrick making a joke, probably at the expense of the Speaker.
Faces from the crowd.
The man of the hour, Speaker Sal DiMasi.
Let's not forget about the actual breakfast part!
At it again.
The tables turned to Manino, one of the only Italians in the room.
Senate President Therese Murray played referee for the day.
Funny-man Steve Sweeney told a few of his own. This was the second time I've seen him live. His is a RIOT!
Sheriff Cabral delivered a few good ones herself. I love to see her at events, she has a way of lighting up the room.
The Dropkick Murphy's performed.
The marine's loved the Dropkicks.
These 22 marines came from North Carolina in honor of fallen marine, Walter O'Haire, who was Irish. Just days from turning 21, O'Haire was killed in Iraq. His mother decided to fly his buddies into Boston to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
What else would you expect them to have on the tables!
A special thanks to Jack and Michele Hart for extending an invitation to me.
**To find more photos from the breakfast, click on the green button below!
I was recently asked to shoot the personal residence of a very talented decorator about to launch a new website. My photos were to depict her most treasured body of work, of which took years of heart and soul to put together. Talk about pressure!
After spending all day in this great home, I started to think it was mine... That's when I knew it was time to pack up & get out!
I love the feel of this photograph. Doesn't it make you want to move in? Check out that lamp... and chair!
Most of the art work in the house had been collected over the years throughout the families travels.
Look at the way the pillows are appointed... These are the little secrets that designers all over the world are not telling us!
This painting was found on a wall in SoHo.
I love how clean this looks.
Great use of mixed media.
This plant required about 20 minutes of TLC, but worked beautifully in the end.
On to the dining room...
I'm so glad I waited till the afternoon to shoot this room... By then the reflection on the wall from outside was perfect!
This one makes me feel like I'm at the MFA. I love the gold frames!
Thank you to Dave Henderson for teaching me everything I know about the lighting and photography of interiors!
I will be heading back to photograph more of this beautiful home in the near future, so be sure to check back for part two!
Tonight I attended a preview party for the 2008 New England Flower Show, held at the Bayside Expo Center. Being able to see everything without a million people crowing around was nice, I have to say. The food, wine & desert was excellent, too.
Flower show details!
Keeping it simple.
Did I mention that my father, Joe Blanchard, was playing the piano at this event?
He caught me spying on him with my telephoto!
He was located right in the center of the expo for the first hour of the show, which was cool.
Dad.
The landscaping was phenomenal. You would never know that you are inside a building...
Mayor Menino came by to say a few words.
The Henri Smith band from New Orleans played after my father. They were great!
We are thinking of getting some of these for the yard...
This surely must have won some kind of award, right?
Cucumber martinis!
I love this one.
The straw exhibit was amazing.
Flower-Show-Go-Ers.
Back around 2001 was the last time I had gone to the Flower Show. At the time I was sporting a 1 megapixel Agfa digital camera... Somehow I captured this shot which we later called "Rise and Shine". It won 2nd place in the show's photo contest.
This was my 2008 attempt at the same shot, now using a 13 megapixel Canon! (It's still not the same though).
My parents and their gift bags, haha. We didn't know there were actual plants in the bags until we got home!
The show is in Boston until the 16th, click Here for more info.
**If you want to find more photos from the preview party, click on the green button below!
If you've never checked out Boston.tv before, it's a really unique place that much like myself, is interested in the who's who of Boston. While perusing their website for the first time tonight, I noticed that they tend to cover a lot of the same events that I do. They were at The Estate with Paris Hilton, one of the Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids parties, the Dress for Success Luncheon, Oscar Night with the Ellie Fund, and even a few get-togethers put on by my friends at the Ad Club.
It should come as no surprise that I also found a good friend of mine, Steve Bowe, featured on Boston.tv along with the other members of Babson's E-Tower. (I seriously had no idea they were on here until just now!) E-Tower is a community within Babson College whose students run their own companies out of their dorm rooms. It is such a riot to find them on Boston.tv because it is just so typical. They are an amazingly talented and driven group of students who have a great future in front of them.
One reason I like this story is because I understand what these guys are going through... Its really tough starting your own venture at such a young age because nobody tells you how much work, money, and innocence its going to take from you. Its always good to have other people with similar goals (if not bigger ones) to look up to. I think the guys at E-Tower would agree with me on that.
Check out the video...
Back in December I actually did my own publicity shoot with these guys... Here are some of my favorites (never before seen).
This one cracks me up! Can you tell that they are entrepreneurs??
Some of the E-Tower girls.
I love this one.
Enrico, Austin & Steve.
Myself, Steve, Sabrina & Enrico.
**Let me know when you guys are in Forbes so I can post that too!!
Two weeks ago I was forunate enough to be invited inside the doors of the Polaroid World Headquarters in Waltham, Mass, for an intimate look at their operation. My intention was to document this iconic company and it's employees before doors close in the Spring of 2008. Having the opportunity to watch the instant film which gave me such joy as a child, be made in front of my own eyes, gave me a great appreciation for Polaroid. There is real heart that goes into the making of each pack. I think everyone should go out and purchase some Polaroid instant film to play around with. It's not going to be here forever!
For the past month I've also been learning to use Final Cut Pro video editing software at school. We were actually required to pick a topic to tell a "photo story" about. After reading about Polaroid in the Boston Globe, I knew it was what I wanted to base my project on. The process involved still photography, audio recording, and a couple weeks of editing!
Click on the video below to play. Enjoy!
Thank you to everyone who made this possible, and if anyone from Polaroid would like a copy, please send me an email.
3/1/08 Update: My video was featured on SavePolaroid.com. I applaud their efforts to keep Polaroid film alive. Check them out!
3/16/08 Update: Mark Feeney over at The Boston Globe wrote a wonderful article about Polaroid which even included a blurb about my video - Instant Karma. In order for Globe readers to find the video without hunting around, I've moved this post to the top of my blog for now. If you are someone who came due to the article in the Globe, be sure to leave a comment below!
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