Jeff Newcum Photography – Boston and Metrowest Wedding Photographer » Engagement, Bridal, Weddings, and more….

Here’s a quick slide show of some images that I love from weddings and engagement sessions. I hope you enjoy them and I hope to have the chance to shoot your wedding day or engagement photos.

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How do you ring in your 200th post? With the Bad Ass Maidens of Metal, Jaded!

I was introduced to Hillary the drummer of Jaded from a co-worker at the MathWorks. He asked me last Friday if I’ve ever shot band pictures. I answered, well no not yet but, I’m game. What’s the gig? He said that his cousin was in a metal band and was performing at the Hard Rock in Boston on Saturday night. I paused…. He said, they dress up in leather and chains. I replied, yeah, sounds like fun! Hillary and I connected squared away the 411 and I arrived Saturday night with some ambition and excitement. I was introduced to the rest of the band and I immediately scoped a location to shoot a group shot. I had like 5 minutes to pick my spot and make it work. I shot the group portrait and decided to stay to catch the show. They were opening up for LA Guns, a 80’s rock band as in a big hair band. I was stoked to see the ladies really knew how to bring the power of metal. Oh and did they! I shot some images while they were performing with the my rockin 5d. I used no flash and relied on the trusty 6400iso for all my shoots. I even captured a quick clip of video with the 5d and posted it to youtube. Here’s some of my favorite shots. Additionally, we setup a time to shoot next week to have a bit more time for a group portrait that will bring my creativity together with some seriously smokin performers. Stay tuned for the results!

Also, I shot some images of LA Guns. This was the first time I’ve seen them and though I remember them from high school, I can’t really say I knew a hell of a lot about them but, seriously, these guys rocked! I’ll post their images in the next week or so.

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Today was the 2nd time I shot the Boston Marathon from Natick, Massachusetts. The marathon experience in Natick is really exciting, emotional, and quite frankly, an life changing event. This year I woke up at 7am, packed my gear in my Smart Car, drove to Natick center, and started out my day with some Dunks! I walked around Natick center shooting images of the setup of the water stations, spectator lines, and support personnel. The first racers blazed through Natick shortly before 10am. The wheel chairs were first which to me is a one of the best highlights of the day. To even race in a wheel chair is a feat in itself. It only proves that people can overcome many things and succeed. The elite woman’s racers were next followed by the elite men’s racers. Both of these gr0ups are harder to shoot due to the enormous support vehicles surrounding them but, I managed to capture some images that I enjoy. The rest of the runners followed. I captured the Hoyt’s as they came through town and a few runners that had partial leg prosthetic. Amazing and inspiring! Here’s a few of the images that I processed so far and I’ll be posting more throughout the week. I’ll finish off with a gallery of all the images as I did last year. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

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[/caption] [caption id="attachment_442" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Poland Springs provides a staggering amount of water"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_446" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="The underground bike ride prior to the start of the race"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_452" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Let the race begin! A fly over by the 104th Fighter Wing"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_455" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="W2 Krige Schabort fourth place finisher with W3 Masazumi Soejima 2nd place finisher hot on his wheels"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="W22 David Swope"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_459" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="W103 Amanda McGrory 22nd finisher WC3"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_427" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="W6 Kota Hokinoue"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_457" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="W14 Ryan Chalmers 15th finisher WC4 "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_428" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Dick and Rick Hoyt"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_456" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="F121 Lisa Veneziano from Fenton, Michigan"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_429" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="10660 Kathi Seifert PhD with Baby on Board!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_430" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="24158 Neil Bernstein - Pesky Pole Marathon (www.peskypolemarathon.org)"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_431" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="MathWorks Superstar Doug Hull "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_432" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="The Elite Men runners FLYING through Natick - Check out our very own Ryan Hall!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_433" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="The Elite Women runners "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_434" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="There's our 3rd place finisher Kara Goucher! Go Kara!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_439" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Runner 8858 Richard Whitehead from the UK - Pure Inspiration!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_435" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Runner 13253 Danielle Rohm from Greenville, South Carolina"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_437" align="alignnone" width="900" caption="My favorite comedy actor Will Ferrell came out for a lil'Beantown Loooovin."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_438" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Semper Fi!"][/caption]

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I have many more to add so please come back later this week and check out some more Boston Marathon pictures!