Bienvenue, Kalos orisate, Baruch haba, Fáilte, Benvenuto, Irashaimasu, Bienvenidos, Willkommen.
I am a New Haven, Connecticut based photographer specializing in wedding, portrait, travel and editorial photography. I have had the pleasure of being part of weddings in Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Northern Ireland, UK.
I have been taking pictures, in one way or another, for over 15 years. I started in college, working for The Pitt News. After graduation, I spent 8 years documenting life in Berks County, PA for the Reading Eagle. It was a great experience, covering sports, spot news, features, and everything in between. I left in 2004 to sail around the world with Semester at Sea as the staff photographer.
from 2006 to 2009 I lived in Washington, DC where I was the staff photographer for The Catholic University of America. I am currently welcoming new clients documenting all of life's milestones, weddings, births, anniversaries or any other event to have a memory of. I am also available for editorial freelance anywhere on the East Coast. I am fully digital and able to transmit on location.
I shot very few images this Christmas, maybe a result of all the traveling we did. San Francisco -> New Haven -> Chelmsford, MA -> South Berwick, ME -> Chelmsford -> New Haven -> South Williamsport, PA and back to New Haven. It is good to be home. Hope your 2010 is all you hope for!
Maeve getting excited for Christmas!
I didn’t wear the antlers all night.
Connor.
Connor and Audrey.
Steven and Ryan.
Steven and Ryan again.
January 2, 2010 - 12:42 am - the antlers---you're killing me!
January 16, 2010 - 8:56 am - Thanks as always for the great pictures.
My wife goes to San Francisco for a week right before Christmas every year for the American Geophysical Union conference. I have never been to San Francisco before, so I went out at the end of the week and we had a nice weekend together. I had to ride a cable car, and see Alcatraz, we also went to Golden Gate Park, and the bridge. Here are a few images form the weekend, my favorites are from the rock.
You have to be there to understand how steep the hills really are.
Glad the brakes were working.
Almost to the top.
Irish Coffee was introduced to the US here. It was really crowded, so we will have to visit again sometime.
Fisherman’s Wharf and Alcatraz.
Prison uniforms await new inmates.
The famous bridge shrouded in fog.
January 14, 2010 - 7:33 pm - Tony, I would like to congratulate you on your recent awards at the PA Farm Show. When I saw best of show posted on the web I decided to "google" you and see if I could see any more of your photography. It is wonderful. I really enjoyed your pics of Sanfransisco; especially Alcatrez. PLease visit my photo blog at denise.aminus3.com. CAn you please tell me where I can see your Best of Show photo, I missed at at the show, only saw the results on the web. Thanks! Denise
January 20, 2010 - 12:50 pm - Hi Denise, Thanks for the kind words, but that was not me that won the award. It is not a very common name, but there are more than one of us out there. Funny thing is I worked at the Reading Eagle 10 years ago, and have been to the farm show, so it was strange to read your post. Good luck finding the other Tony.
I drive to and from New Haven from Hamden on Dixwell Ave all the time. The abandoned buildings are everywhere. There was an unseasonably nice day last week and I stopped at a few buildings. There are more to come, just look around these places are everywhere.
December 21, 2009 - 9:36 am - i love how you always manage to capture these shots on days with the creepiest, most ominous looking clouds possible :) i love the pontiac-buick one with the hubcap. gorgeous.
January 11, 2010 - 10:35 pm - Love the pics. I'm in the process of doing a similar project in the town I live. It's very sad to see all these businesses closing up shop.
I had the joy of welcoming Connor Thomas Long into this crazy world yesterday. He was just under 12 hours old, a brand new nephew. Danielle did a great job, and the kid is very healthy. Here are a few images of the newest Long:
C.T.L.
Proud Grandma
He was a little guy.
Still sleeping.
Grandma can’t stop looking, neither can daddy.
Aunt Maureen.
Aunt Betsy.
Grandpa arrived as we were leaving.
Well, congratulations Pat and Danielle, he is perfect in every way. See you soon, Connor, your Uncle Tony!
November 11, 2009 - 8:54 pm - You captured little Connor Thomas so sweetly, Tony. Thank you for being our family photographer!
November 11, 2009 - 9:19 pm - Woohoo!
November 13, 2009 - 2:54 pm - What a handsome boy :) your pictures came out great, thank you so much for making the trip up to see us. We got home about 24 hours ago and everything is great so far. Happy Birthday again, and hopefully we'll see you tomorrow! -P&D
November 13, 2009 - 5:13 pm - Hey Pat and Danielle - we wouldn't have missed it! Looking forward to seeing you too!
November 13, 2009 - 9:14 pm - Isn't he adorable!! Of course, we are not at all prejudiced! Pat and Danielle make beautiful babies together!
November 13, 2009 - 10:11 pm - I'm so happy for all of you. Connor is absolutely perfect. What beautiful pictures Tony took!!
November 14, 2009 - 12:03 pm - Way to go you two. Making the family bigger is a good thing. Someone to take care of you when you get old. It will be pretty hard to top this with #2, #3, #4,...... Remember your Meme Auger had 8, none of her kids came close. I know you have in you Danielle, not sure about Pat ha ha.. Congrats on being a new Mommy and enjoy him while he stays where you put him.
November 16, 2009 - 1:03 pm - 8 kids??? No way. Pass. I couldn't do it.
Maureen began working on the High Lava Plains (HLP) Geophysical and Geological Project while a post-doc at the Carnegie Institution of Washington back in 2007. She spent three weeks in Eastern Oregon and came back with great stories of cattle, flat tires and barbed wire fences. I was most interested in The Meat Hook, a restaurant featuring local, free-range, grass fed cattle. She went out several more times servicing the 100+ seismic stations and each time upon returning said “you should come out sometime”. Well, my former work schedule made that tough, but I am now footloose and fancy-free. The project ended earlier this month and they needed help in the demobilization of the stations and I was glad to provide some labor.
Here are some images, with detailed captions underneath, hopefully explaining what was going on in the photo.
I also have a full gallery of images , here is the link:
http://tonyfiorini.zenfolio.com/hlp
Along the main road in Jordan Valley OR.
The J-V Club Cafe where a few breakfasts and a dinner were had in Jordan Valley and desert.
The motel in Jordan Valley all the trucks belonged to the HLP crew, notice how clean and shiny, this was the morning of our first day in the field.
Getting geared up and loading supplies.
It was flat and everything was tan. I am not sure what I was expecting, but the lack of trees was the most striking. Sagebrush was everywhere.
More sagebrush and some sort of shack.
Our crew on a lunch break. Maureen brought her class out to work, we had Hobart and Brad on our team.
More Sagebrush.
Here Brad is getting the seismometer out of the vault. The vault is a big blue barrel buried in the ground with concrete at the bottom. After the instrument was out and packed away, we had to get the vault out too. That was usually the hardest part.
View from near the top of Steens Mountain. Very cool to drive up to the top and see this.
Self portrait at the top of Steens.
The only thing alive up there was some lichen on the rocks.
Back in Burns, OR is where all the equipment was being staged for shipping. Here solar panels are lined up waiting to be boxed. Each station had 1 panel, so this is about 60 stations worth.
Here are the actual seismometers that record the ground movement. There are about 100 in this photo.
This is some of the assorted electronics that go along with the seismometers. Each station had a seismometer, GPS system, power system and data logger, among other electronics.
Maureen and her class. I was lucky to have a great group of grad students (and their professor) along for the ride to the HLP.
Wednesday, 09-09-09 was the wedding of my sister-in-law Kate and her partner – now wife! – Sanden. It was a lovely ceremony on the Lexington in Boston Harbor. My first wedding on a boat! Family and friends had a great time celebrating with them, and we even got to see a few planes land at Logan!
Congrats Kate and Sanden, so happy for you, and so glad Massachusetts recognizes the love of two people with marriage.
Here is the link to the full gallery:
http://tonyfiorini.zenfolio.com/kateandsanden
Here are just a few images:
Boston skyline.
The wedding party, including 3 cute kids!
The happy couple.
September 12, 2009 - 11:33 pm - Hey Tony, Well, your Boston Skyline pics put mine to shame! It was great meeting you and, wow, you did a great job on the photos. I can't wait to see more! On that note, I should find out if you do destination weddings... :) Cheers, Lilly
September 14, 2009 - 4:56 pm - Bravo, Tony! What a teaser posting just a few pictures, but I know how busy you are right now. I can't wait for more to help relive one of the happiest days of my life. You're the best! Nancy
September 15, 2009 - 8:20 am - Tony, Amazing work as usual - thanks again! Joe
September 20, 2009 - 9:26 am - Sweet Sassy Molassy! Beautiful pictures.
December 23, 2009 - 2:39 pm - darnit, wish i could see the rest of these. its awesome seeing same sex couples have sweet weddings.
Maeve Yan Shi came home last week. She was abandoned the day she was born more than a year ago. The orphanage took very good care of her, and now she is with her new mom and dad in Maine. I am so happy for Joe and Jessica. Maeve’s big sister is very proud. We went up for a very short visit to meet Maeve and welcome her into the family. I am looking forward to watching my sister-in-law grow up.
Here is a link to the full gallery:
http://tonyfiorini.zenfolio.com/maeve-01
Yale class of 2030
Almost walking
Fiona is new to the family too!
Already reading about her homeland.
Fun on wheels
September 15, 2009 - 8:16 am - Tony, Fantastic! Thanks so much for putting these up on the blog. I'm sure she's going to love having you watch her grow up as well :-). Joe
October 29, 2009 - 7:53 pm - MAEVERS!!!!!
As many of you know, I spent last week helping my wife install seismometers in Virginia and North Carolina. She and her colleage Maggie Benoit of The College of New Jersey have begun a project called The Test Experiment for Eastern North America (TEENA). It is a pilot project designed to probe the structure and dynamics of the eastern US passive continental margin and to understand the connections between the surface geology and deep crustal and mantle structure. The instruments are being deployed during the summer of 2009 from the coast in North Carolina to eastern Ohio and will remain in the field for approximately 8 months.
These seismometers detect earthquakes all over the world and record them, then the data is collected and analyzed to learn more about the structure of the earth where the instrument is located. I really don’t understand much of how that happens, so don’t ask. What I do know is how to construct solar panel frames form PVC and steel rebar, dig holes, glue PVC, thread cables and drive 1800 miles. Because that is really all I did. She did all the hard stuff like drawing a very exact north-south line on the concrete pad using a compass. Not just any compass, but a Brunton, the camera of a equivalent of a D3 or 1Ds Mark III. Placing the instrument on that line, EXACTLY, and leveling it. All this in the bottom of a barrel 4 feet in the ground. We also had to run all the wires through PVC and into a waterproof box. Inside the box are the battery, which is recharged by the solar panel and data logger, which collects and stores the data from the seismometer. Oddly enough, the data is stored on compact flash cards, just like the ones I use in my cameras. The 4GB cards can hold about 3 months of data.
Here are some photos of the installation, I will try to explain each photo in a caption underneath it.
Here you see the blue barrel buried in the ground, the concrete has been poured into it and PVC is being fitted to the barrel lid.
That north-south line I was talking about.
Here the seismometer is in place and lined up.
My expertly constructed solar panel frame.
The battery and data logger in the electronics box.
Electronics box on the left, instrument vault (aka blue barrel) and PVC piping.
Another view of my solar panel frame, isn’t it pretty?
Maggie’s husband and son joined us on the last day, he is a cute kid.
And he knows how to act!
by Tony
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