New England Patriot's Superbowl 51 Victory Parade ~ Boston, MA

Superbowl LI was already hyped up to be an amazing game between the best scoring offense and best scoring defense in the NFL, but no one expected what actually happened.  The New England Patriots came back from trailing by 25 points by the middle of the third quarter to not only be one of the best [if not the best] comebacks in NFL history, but no team had ever come back in a Superbowl from more than a 10 point trail.  They broke records for the comeback, for being the first Superbowl game to go to overtime, for being the team with the most Superbowl championships and Tom Brady and Bill Belichick officially became the best coach and quarterback in the history of the NFL.

My favorite shot of the day!

All that being said, they had every reason for having an amazing parade with an estimated 1 million fans showing up to downtown Boston to celebrate with the New England Patriots!  For the full series of photos, click here.

 

The weather was a New England cliché, it would change every 15 minutes!  From light snow, to heavy snow, hail, rain to finally a light drizzle when the Pats finally came on by.  I was in the crowd waiting for about 2.5 hours but I had a great view from about 5 people back from the barriers.

My Sony a77 camera body is weather-sealed so I didn't have to worry about the water hitting the camera but my lenses are not, so I had my camera in my smaller bag, the LowePro Slingshot 202 AW and I hide the lens in my jacket when I would take it out and was not actively shooting.  Almost all entry level to mid-level DSLRs or compact cameras are not weather-sealed, but you can get rain sleeves for a few bucks for your camera like this one here.

My bag on the left that has an All Weather Sleeve that goes around it and stores at the bottom in a hidden pouch.  A rain sleeve on the right and below shows how you can use the camera like normal while it is around your set up.

The weather couldn't stop the excitement in this crowd!  These guys were cheering and chanting with the crowd the whole time we waited.

Jonathan Kraft 

Tom Brady!

The crowd was chanting his name all day!  The GOAT [Greatest Of All Time]!

Gronk!

Pumping up the crowd!

Julian Edelman

5 Superbowls baby!

Look at those rings!  I was hand holding my 70-200mm lens @200mm while the parade was moving, but still got a great close up of that 4 Superbowl ring!

The masses heading home [or to lunch] after the long hours of waiting.

Go Pats!

Lauren and Josh Engagements ~ New Bedford, MA ~ Library ~ Engagement Photographer

Personally, I don't like to read, so being inside of a library is normally kind of a boring time for me.  This time was different because I got to do something that I really like, make some great pictures with these two book loving readers.  My wife was there to help out with the posing and lighting [as usual], and since she also loves to read, she felt right at home inside this awesome, big library.

We were really excited for how these came out and we can't wait to shoot their wedding in September!  Check it out!

It didn't seem to matter what they were reading, they found a way to laugh, find interesting quotes and even flirt a bit.  In the shot above and below, they were reading a book on historical taxes for the area...and look how happy they are finding cool facts and figures!

There was gorgeous marble throughout the inside of the library and some of it was just beautiful.

This is one of our favorites from the shoot.

I am partial to the black and white version myself.

Can it get any cuter than this shot below?!  Props to Katrina for setting this one up.

They found these books and had a little fun.  It was great to see their personalities come through despite getting their pictures taken.  Some people freeze up or get nervous in front of a camera, but not these two.  Towards the end of this part of our shoot, they were coming up with these picture ideas!

Josh was so respectful of the books that we had Lauren stand on a stool for this shot and just made it look like she was standing on the books; came out pretty convincing.

Can you just tell how much she loves him here?

Thanks guys for an awesome shoot and we are looking forward to September!