Cape Ann Coffees Winter Show is up

I finished hanging the new winter show at Cape Ann Coffees yesterday. There are nine images up and two more have been printed and will be hung tomorrow or Sat. afternoon. Two of the images are a stunning 16" x 24" and six are a wonderful size of 14" x 20". The interest has been high according to the owner and everyone that has seen it has been impressed.

Storm Clouds

These images of the approaching storm over Ipswich Bay and headed for Sandy Bay in Rockport were taken from Granite Pier in Rockport. I converted them to B&W because they look some much better than the mono tone blue and brown of the color images. They were taken with my Canon G11 which has a relatively small sensor with 12 megapixels. These blow up to about 13x19 before the grain starts to appear. The ISO was at 80 which I thought would eliminate the grain but not so.

Cape Ann Coffees Show is Up

I have finished hanging my show at Cape Ann Coffees on Bass Ave. in Gloucester. The show includes 12 photographs printed on canvas and gallery wrapped. Here are some preview photos of the canvas images hanging in the coffee shop. There will be an opening on May 2 from 2 PM - 3:30 PM to visit with the artist, ya that's me.

Dreaming of Summer Racing on Sandy Bay

This is a video of the Founder's Series racing on Sandy Bay in June of last year. This horrid rain is making me think of sailing in the sun.

Exciting News

Cape Ann Coffee's in Gloucester will be showing eight or nine pieces of my work from the book Cape Ann in the Off Season. The dates are not firm yet but it will be from the middle of April through May. Follow here for more news in the following weeks for dates and times. There will be an opening probably the first week in May on a Sunday afternoon so come back and check for more details.

Beverly Dive Team Ice Training

This was a fun one to do. I slipped out onto the ice at Wenham Lake to watch these guys and quickly realized I needed my pull on crampons to navigate. As I was putting them on I thought ... hey maybe this would make a cool audio slideshow. I thought it came out pretty good. Let me know what you think.

In Memorium - Sen. Edward Kennedy

For the past 30 years I have been covering Sen. Kennedy. Even though politically I stand in the right isle as opposed to the left I feel his contributions to the State of Massachusetts and the country are undeniable. I was present when he announced for the presidency at Faneuil Hall in Boston in 1979 with his wife Joan at his side. At the time I felt it was part of history that I needed to cover and went in to shoot for the Salem News and my picture agency "The Picture Group". The files sold over and over again for a few years but eventually they ended up in my file where they have been for about 20 years.

I present just three of them here for you.







Sen. Kennedy running for the Senate in Salem, MA

All photographs are copyright Kirk R. Williamson

A Day of Baseball

North Andover players celebrate their North Sectional trophy.

Georgetown players celebrate their North victory.

Gloucester's Ryan Cusick jumps into the crowd after his game winning hit.

One of the joys of community based journalism is the opportunity to photograph high school sports in various forms. This past Saturday I spent 11 hours shooting three games in the North Sectional Championships in Lowell, MA. All three teams won their games and are moving on to the state semi-final in Brockton and Lowell on Wednesday. With some difficulty we were able to post photos from all three games onto our Wicked Local web sites along with stories within about 30 min. of the end of each game.  

Table Tennis with Flair -

Santa's Helper

I did this slide show in Dec. of 07'. Great fun enjoy!