Here's a Recipe

Sunset, clouds, a breezy evening and long exposures are good ingredients for a photo! 

Danforth Bay on Ossipee Lake

Freedom, NH

The Gate City Marathon

I had such a great time photographing the first ever Gate City Marathon in Nashua, NH last week!  The organizers did a fantastic job of putting this event together.   There were so organized and designed a really cool course that looped through the City.  Thanks to Michael Wade for recruiting me to photograph the race.  I was so glad to be able to document it!  Congratulations to Kevin McIntyre and Yuki Chorney on their individual wins and the Fleet Feet Sports Junior Elite team on taking first in the relay!

As always, you can find more images at www.joeviger.com.  The direct link to the race gallery is here.   Without further adieu... here are a few highlights!

HDR. In Lightroom!?

Yes indeed!  Lightroom CC (aka Lightroom 6) was released this week with some cool new features including photomerge functionality for both HDR and panoramas.  Here's a test drive HDR and it looks pretty good!

Center Harbor, NH

It's almost waterfall season!

Do you know where this one is?  If not, click through to my website and see the photo caption for directions to this beauty.



Thompson Falls
Pinkham Notch, NH

Springtime in New England

Nothing says spring in New England like sap buckets and dirty snowbanks!
Freedom, NH

The 54th Northeast Delta Dental Mt. Washington Road Race

7.6 miles in length.  An average grade of 12%.  Extended sections of the course have an 18% grade.   The last 50 yards steepens what is affectionately called "the wall" with a 22% grade. The Mt. Washington Road Race is a New England running tradition and a rite of passage for mountain runners everywhere.  I photographed the race for the fourth time last week and it's more fun and more remarkable every time.  The 2014 men's champion was Joe Gray.  After a string of strong showings, I was excited for Joe to take the win.  Last year's winner, Eric Blake was second with 2012 champ Sage Canaday, Zach Miller and Ryan Bak rounding out the top five.  Shannon Payne of Colorado took the women's race in her first try at Mt. Washington followed by Italian World Champion Valentina Belotti, stand out Brandy Erholtz, former US and World Champion Kasie Enman and NH favorite Denise Sandahl.  What a day!  Here are a few of my favorite images. 

Zach Miller and Ryan Bak

Sage Canaday

Eric Blake at the hair pin

Joe Gray

Joe Gray sees the win

Joe Gray breaks the tape

Joe Gray contemplates the hard work

Eric Blake

Ryan Bak

Justin Freeman, Nordic Olympian and top NH Men's finisher

Brandon Newbould

Kasie Enman

Shannon Payne, Women's Champion

Denise Sandahl, 5th woman overall and top NH women's finisher

Darrin Dia Blo

Ashley Krause of Western Mass Distance Project

Paul Bazanchuk, Central Mass Striders

Peter Maksimow and Simon Gutierrez of Team Colorado

Waiting for the Green

I love beech leaves. I found these in Freedom, NH when I stopped for a late day walk in the woods on my way home. It's not the spring flowers y'all are dying to see, but it's beautiful to me anyway. I made the photo with the Fuji x100s at 1/80th of a second and f/2.

Snow Makes Everything Better

There was a good coating of snow on everything in Freedom this morning.  The kids were excited thinking there'd be a snow day and anticipating ski season.  All of a sudden it's looking like the holidays!

The First Christian Church of Freedom
Freedom Village, NH

Keeping it Hip

The lunch time walk on a fall day is a beautiful thing and with an iPhone that is often a lunch hour making photographs. My addiction to Hipstamatic continues... it's an awesome way to experiment with images. I chose the Loftus lens here for a blurred vignette and Claunch 72 Monochrome film for it's soft tones and black frame. Now I'm anxious to return to this spot with a DSLR and tripod and see what can happen!

Dahl Sanctuary Audubon Preserve
North Conway, NH

Changing Landscapes

Whiteface Intervale in North Sandwich, NH is still beautiful, but it was sad to discover last weekend that one of my favorite birch glades is gone. Another reason I love photography... to remember the places we love and to point out the value of protecting those places.