Sidebar Slideshow

The slideshow on the sidebar (which will hopefully still be there as you're reading this) is a feed from one of the galleries on my megpix.smugmug.com site. The gallery is full of viewer-chosen photos.

How do the photos get in the gallery? When you're looking at any photo in any gallery at megpix.smugmug.com, you can give the photo a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down. The thumbs-up photos go to the viewers' choice gallery. The more thumbs-up a photo receives, the higher it rises in the rankings.

The block of photos you see when you visit the megpix.smugmug.com page is the set of 30 top-ranked photos. When you click on any of the photos in that block, you can see the rest of the favorites.

Thank you to all who have marked their favorite photos! It's very gratifying!

Lowell Sun slideshow

A thank-you to Kathleen Pierce at the Lowell Sun, who has engineered production of a slide show of Gov. Patrick's visits around Lowell today.

Here's the link to the online article, plus the slide show at the bottom.
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_12889818

Ashlee at the Loading Dock

While we were waiting for the Governor to arrive, Ashlee was also waiting for her students to arrive for the free summer arts program. One of the loading dock doors was open, and on a cloudy day the sky acts like a giant softbox, casting soft shadows.

I also liked the bright yellow on the door and the old-school metal-cage fan behind her, all identifying the type of place she was in, if not the actual location. Did you recognize it before I gave the location away?

Gov Deval Patrick at Western Ave Studios Lowell

The studios at Western Ave. have seen their share of local political dignitaries, and even Niki Tsongas held a party here pre-election. Today, Governor Deval Patrick visited, along with his dog Toby, who is 9 weeks old and is already a media darling.

Oh, my connection with the event is that I photographed it. More pix here: http://megpix.smugmug.com/Commercial%20&%20Editorial/838724