Exterior of the Pompidou Center modern art museum in Paris, France -- Fernans Ivaldi/Getty Images ©

Akita Railway traveling over an iron bridge, Tohoku, Japan -- Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary ©

Walkway at sunset on the Anhinga trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida -- SIME/eStock ©atio

Baboon at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina -- Joseph Conway ©

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Congratulations to Crystal and Phil Gill, (Phil is the publisher of the Business Card book http://www.gillsbcb.com/ and knows everyone) they had a wonderful ceremony at St. Clare's on Nelson Ave in S.I.  We all were treated to a phenomenal experience at the Westwood Catering Hall in Garwood N.J. The staff there did a fabulous job which exceeded my expectations and as a photographer looking back I must say that the Maitre'D Joe was among the best I worked with in years.  He offered to help me in every way possible and if he was so concerned with an outside photographer from New York it does not surprise me at all that they were voted one of the top ten caterers by http://www.njbiz.com/ 

Bamboo lined path at Adashino Nembutsu-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan -- Rudy Sulgan/Corbis ©

The Scenic Skyway over Orphan Rock in the Blue Mountains, Katoomba, NSW, Australia -- Geoff Higgins/Photolibrary ©

Mature & young Musk-ox bulls and cows in a defensive lineup during winter on the Seward Peninsula near Nome, Alaska -- Milo Burcharm/Photolibrary ©

City of Arts and Sciences education and entertainment complex in Valencia, Spain -- Oleg Bulanyy ©

Spotted Lake in the Okanagan Region of British Columbia, Canada -- Chris Harris/Corbis ©

Baby seal lying on ice -- MIXA Co. Ltd./Photolibrary ©

A red squirrel balancing on a tree in Nord-Trondelag County, Norway -- Niall Benvie/Corbis ©

Moulton Barn on Mormon Row, Grand Tetons, Wyoming -- Larry Golden ©

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Pine Marten peeking from an ice hole -- James Urbach/Photolibrary ©

Radar image of the northern hemisphere of the planet Venus, made up of images taken by the Magellan space probe -- NASA/Corbis ©

Half-timbered houses in Colmar, Alsace, France -- Sigfrid López/Getty Images ©

Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming -- Panoramic Images/Getty Images ©

Two Japanese Snow Monkeys play with snowballs in Nagano, Japan – Keren Su/Corbis ©

The town of Kotor on the Adriatic Coast of Montenegro – Bertrand Gardel/Corbis ©

Lindau Harbor, with lighthouse and lion statue, on Lake Constance, Bavaria, Germany -- Charles Mahaux/Photolibrary ©

Beautiful sunrise over Oregon's Mount Hood after a fresh snowfall on the meadows below -- Marc Adamus/Aurora Photos ©

Anemonefish swimming in a pink anemone off the coast of the Republic of Palau -- Robinson Ed/Photolibrary ©

Goulet's Part 2

Fun with the Goulet's Part 1

We had the pleasure of photographing two amazing people/friends in our lives. Dan and Sue Goulet were expecting their first child (baby girl) and I just couldn't wait to see to see who she would look like. She was due December 18th but like any other girl she was very stubborn and decided to enter into this world on December 31st. Here are a few pictures of the Goulet's pre baby. Enjoy!!!!

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WHEN FILM WAS KING...
My first cameras were a Instamatic, (around the forth grade) Polaroid swinger (around the fifth and sixth grade) and my fathers Exacta w/ a waist level viewer when ever I could borrow it. In 1973 a friend sold me his Minolta 101 with 3 lenses and when that broke my Dad brought me a Nikomat EL w/ 50 mm 1.4 lens. ( That started my long love affair with Nikon Cameras )  April 1, 1977 I brought myself a Lecia CL (the year they discontinued that model ) and I started my 10 year self assignment " The Etching Room"

For events and professional portraits I worked with Hasselblads and when I finally turned to digital toyed with Nikons but eventually went Canon all the way.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

From all of us at Fine Art Fotos

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