Category: Photography

Poet’s Quill

We've received so many nice comments on Ed's "Poet's Quill" photo on the cover of the The Back Bay Sun that we decided to share it with our BostonZest readers. And, we wanted to say, "Thank You," to all our friends and neighbors who stop to say nice things about our photos. We appreciate the encouragement and support.

The caption we wrote for the newspaper was:

Poet’s Quill

At the Boston Women’s Memorial, rain droplets beaded on Phillis Wheatley’s quill pen. Most feathers for quill pens were taken from the wings of geese. After writing a couple of pages, your quill would need resharpening with a penknife. [Ed Cherubino Photo]

Background on this Photo

As is the case for many of our photo assignments, we both took a number of photos of the Boston Women's Memorial right after it had its annual cleaning and waxing by conservators hired by the Friends of the Public Garden and paid for by contribution to the Henry Lee Conservation Fund.

Ed and I have different approaches to photography which makes for a nice selection of varied shots when we put all our photos on a topic into our computers to select the right one for the client. Ed loves his Nikon 35mm 1.8 fixed lens. I love my Nikon 28-300 Zoom. This day, Ed captured the feel of the raindrops on the surface of the quill.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2015 Ed Cherubino

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November 12, 2015
Poet’s Quill

We've received so many nice comments on Ed's "Poet's Quill" photo on the cover of the The Back Bay Sun that we decided to share it with our BostonZest readers. And, we wanted to say, "Thank You," to all our friends and neighbors who stop to say nice things about our photos. We appreciate the encouragement and support.

The caption we wrote for the newspaper was:

Poet’s Quill

At the Boston Women’s Memorial, rain droplets beaded on Phillis Wheatley’s quill pen. Most feathers for quill pens were taken from the wings of geese. After writing a couple of pages, your quill would need resharpening with a penknife. [Ed Cherubino Photo]

Background on this Photo

As is the case for many of our photo assignments, we both took a number of photos of the Boston Women's Memorial right after it had its annual cleaning and waxing by conservators hired by the Friends of the Public Garden and paid for by contribution to the Henry Lee Conservation Fund.

Ed and I have different approaches to photography which makes for a nice selection of varied shots when we put all our photos on a topic into our computers to select the right one for the client. Ed loves his Nikon 35mm 1.8 fixed lens. I love my Nikon 28-300 Zoom. This day, Ed captured the feel of the raindrops on the surface of the quill.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2015 Ed Cherubino

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November 12, 2015
Bottom’s Up on the Esplanade

We were walking the Esplanade photographing fall foliage when we noticed Canada Geese feeding in the canoeway.

At times, most of the flock were bottoms up with just a lone guard keeping watch.

This goose seemed to be conducting a master class in full body, underwater extension.

Sadly, Canada Geese are still a major problem on the Esplanade. Here's hoping more effort is put into programs like GeesePeace to counter this man-made problem and to educate the public about the dangers of feeding waterfowl.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2015 Penny Cherubino

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Bottom’s Up on the Esplanade

We were walking the Esplanade photographing fall foliage when we noticed Canada Geese feeding in the canoeway.

At times, most of the flock were bottoms up with just a lone guard keeping watch.

This goose seemed to be conducting a master class in full body, underwater extension.

Sadly, Canada Geese are still a major problem on the Esplanade. Here's hoping more effort is put into programs like GeesePeace to counter this man-made problem and to educate the public about the dangers of feeding waterfowl.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2015 Penny Cherubino

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Selfies by Photographer Leslie Jones from the Historic BPL Collection

If you think selfies are something new, think again. It's just the word selfie that's newly recognized. Among the approximately 34,000 images in the Leslie Jones Collection at the Boston Public Library (BPL) are hundreds of photos, both serious and fun-loving, that Leslie Jones (1886-1967) took of himself.

This one looks the most like the selfies we see today. His notes only enable curators to date it as between 1934 – 1956 and it is one of his more serious and formal portraits.

He seemed just as likely to set up a spoof like this one from 1938 showing him and his camera in a horse suit.

Here's a photo from 1930 showing him in the darkroom where he must have spent many hours developing, dodging, burning, and cropping his photos. When you think about the catalog of work he produced, remember this was all done on film.

This photo from 1929 is titled, "Prof. Leslie R. Jones with his Graflex camera." I wonder what he would have thought of the mobile phones with built in cameras after years of lugging this monster around. And, remember, his selfie stick was likely a heavy duty tripod.

From 1927-1928, here is "Leslie Jones and "Smut" showing some tricks, New London, N.H." He was clearly a dog person with lots of photos of his canine family members and many more of himself with family, friends, and fellow photographers.

As they have time and resources, the BPL keeps adding to their digitized collection from throughout the library. The Leslie Jones Collection, in particular, has fascinated me for years and, in part, inspired my work photographing the architecture of Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods to document the way they look in our time.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

October 29, 2015
Open the Hatches: Our Storm Adventure in Provincetown

We recently returned from a nice, long vacation in Provincetown. We had a bit of an adventure on September 29th when we weathered a storm in a house and deck surrounded on three sides by water.

We were renting the condominium apartment you see here sitting on a seawall with a deck on pilings. This photo was taken at low tide.

At high tide, the area next to the house fills with water. This is wonderful for sleeping to the sound of lapping waves …

… but it's not ideal when a major storm is brewing. One of the staff members came by to warn us that our deck would not be available during the storm because he would have to open the hatches.

Here's the view of the open deck from the condo at low tide.

Slowly the water rose.

A few hours later the waves were breaking through the open hatches. We believe this is done to protect the seawall. It really seemed to work well and it was fun to watch as the water rose. Since we were told they have been doing this for 30 years, we figured it must be a great system.

Here's the area along the seawall during the storm.

This bay window on the other side of the building took a direct hit from a big wave and the large deck on this side was well decorated with seaweed.

Fortunately, the wind changed direction and calmed substantially before high tide. The sun breaking through was a very welcome sight.

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Photography: © 2015 Penny & Ed Cherubino

October 22, 2015
We Love Pears!

This family has a long running love of pears. Once I gave Ed a loaf of bread and a bag of pears for Valentine’s Day. One of his co-workers found that so odd that he mentioned it every time I saw him. Ed, however, was a happy valentine. He loves bread and pears.

But, why not? What’s not to love about pears? They are available year-round and come in varieties that are both delicious and beautiful. The ones in the photo above are Forelle, which means trout in German. They were named for their spots.

Bosc are crisp and a great pears for cooking or baking.

Pears also come in various sizes. Here’s a tiny Seckel next to an unripe Bartlett.

They also come in different colors, green and red and yellow when ripe.

Then, there are Asian pears with their tawny, greenish-yellow to caramel coloring.

We love eating pears and we love photographing them. And this is the best time of year for local pear lovers. So stop by a farmers market or orchard and see what pears local growers have to offer.

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October 14, 2015
We Love Pears!

This family has a long running love of pears. Once I gave Ed a loaf of bread and a bag of pears for Valentine’s Day. One of his co-workers found that so odd that he mentioned it every time I saw him. Ed, however, was a happy valentine. He loves bread and pears.

But, why not? What’s not to love about pears? They are available year-round and come in varieties that are both delicious and beautiful. The ones in the photo above are Forelle, which means trout in German. They were named for their spots.

Bosc are crisp and a great pears for cooking or baking.

Pears also come in various sizes. Here’s a tiny Seckel next to an unripe Bartlett.

They also come in different colors, green and red and yellow when ripe.

Then, there are Asian pears with their tawny, greenish-yellow to caramel coloring.

We love eating pears and we love photographing them. And this is the best time of year for local pear lovers. So stop by a farmers market or orchard and see what pears local growers have to offer.

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Photography: © 2008- 2015 Penny & Ed Cherubino

October 14, 2015
Sailing onto the Mooring

The man at the tiller of this lovely little catboat did a picture perfect job of sailing onto his mooring in Provincetown Harbor.

This was one of our team photos. Ed spotted the picture and I had my camera at the ready. This was taken a few days after a storm and those streaks you see floating in the water are seaweed that was washed ashore.

We've just returned from a period of rest and relaxation in this town on the tip of Cape Cod. We highly recommend visiting in the slower months when the quiet is deep and the light is a photographer's dream.

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Sailing onto the Mooring

The man at the tiller of this lovely little catboat did a picture perfect job of sailing onto his mooring in Provincetown Harbor.

This was one of our team photos. Ed spotted the picture and I had my camera at the ready. This was taken a few days after a storm and those streaks you see floating in the water are seaweed that was washed ashore.

We've just returned from a period of rest and relaxation in this town on the tip of Cape Cod. We highly recommend visiting in the slower months when the quiet is deep and the light is a photographer's dream.

Prints and merchandise with this photo are available from our gallery.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2015 Penny & Ed Cherubino

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