Author Archives: Michael

Portraits of Irish Poet Micheal O’Siadhail (pronounced Mee-hall Oh Sheel)

 I had the great pleasure in attending a reading by Micheal O’Siadhail, one of Ireland’s greatest living poets in USF last week. A man of great linguistic virtuosity, he has spent his years living fully, listening, thinking  and feeling deeply … Continue reading

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Zatanna! Magic! Lucky Flash misfire!

I posted this image of Zatanna from my Megacon 2014 Orlando shoot. It was well received but begged some questions I am happy to answer here. It was a happy accident. When I arrived at the convention center, other photographers … Continue reading

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Megacon 2014

What an awesome crowd! 81,000 in the Orlando Convention Center on Saturday. This is my third time at Megacon, as I love to make images with the cosplayers and other characters at these events. The folk are so friendly and … Continue reading

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Brigitte at the 600 Block Murals of Central Avenue in St Petersburg

Brigitte Sossou Perenyi was my gracious model at the “600 Block” (of Central Avenue in St Petersburg) murals that I had seen previously and had wanted to shoot for quite some time. I had been compiling a list of places … Continue reading

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Another Piano Recital

Kenji Suganuma has been our music teacher for 20 years on and off with our four children. He was trained by Mr Suzuki in Japan and has been running his own piano school since. He can be found at www.AcademyOfMusicalArts.com … Continue reading

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Chloe is 3 months old

My neighbor Tara needed photos of her new 3 month old daughter, so I visited with my trusty 70-200mm and took some photos inside of her beautiful baby Chloe. Luckily they have a beautiful living room with huge windows on … Continue reading

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Lulu: quick pet portrait

While on a recent trip to visit family in North Carolina, I had to photograph Lulu, a beautiful Coton De Tulear, one of the family dogs, who belongs to my niece Grace Murphy.

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Trip to find backgrounds for composites. Wormsloe

Visited Savannah, and found my way to Wormsloe State Historic Site, on a very changeable day, with intermittent showers and sunny patches. Got there 15 min before closing time, and had the elongating shadows and awesome light. Bracketed 3 files … Continue reading

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Liam

Just got back from a trip to San Francisco to visit my 9 month old Grandson Liam and his parents Genevieve and Troy. Alw ays a pleasure to visit SF and especially now with a welcoming family present. Also took … Continue reading

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Piano Recital: Friday Morning Musicale

  I love going to my children’s Piano Recitals that have occurred a few times a year for the last several years at Tampa’s old Friday Morning Musicale on Horatio St in Tampa. This old theatre was built in 1927 … Continue reading

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