Stanley Cup: What Leafs and Canucks fans can only dream about 31/52

From top left clockwise: Walking down Boylston St. towards the parade, helicopters covering the parade, BPD pushing the crowd back, crowd swells as duck boats arrive.

Lord Stanley arriving on Boston's famous duck boats

From top left clockwise: Big Z (Zdeno Chara) with the Stanley Cup, GM Peter Chiarelli with the Prince of Wales Trophy, Johnny Boychuck and Dennis Seidenberg, BC boy Looch (Milan Lucic).

Amateur Sports Photography 30/52

Group huddle before face-off (L)
Sara getting ready to start the game (R)

Goalie watches on as her team rushes downfield

Sara defending her net

KL and I attended a friend's daughter's final lacrosse game. It was a great photo-op to practice some sports photography. After reading about it ahead of time, many pros recommend using high ISO to allow you to increase shutter speed. In this case however, because we were outdoors, a high ISO was not needed. I was able to shoot most of Sara's game with a shutter speed between 1/1000 - 1/4000 s.

Most of the time for sports photography you would want fast shutter speed; however, there are instances where you may want to use a slow shutter speed and a technique known as panning. It gives a feeling of movement in the photos with a sharp subject, but blurry background. Eg. racing, cycling

KL's Graduation 29/52

MIT Museum 28/52

Bottom photo is an exhibit of a piano dropped from Baker House on the MIT campus. A piano was first dropped to signify the last day to drop classes at MIT. Since then, there have been a few occasions where students have dropped a piano to commemorate the first event.

Last Throes of Winter in the Common 27/52

After a 2.5 month hiatus from photography, I've decided to get back to posting some photos that I've taken over that time period. This set is from one of the last few storms to pass through Boston. My brother had come to visit and we were walking along the Freedom Trail (first time for me as well) and Boston Common. We passed by the site where Samuel Adams was buried. He is one of the founding fathers of the US and also the name a famous local beer. The Frog Pond is converted into an outdoor skating rink during the winter.