Douglas Shoop Photography

I posted the nighttime shot of the RT.16 Bridge over the Mystic River, here is the next day shot w/ the snow clinging to the trees.  This is right behind my office and I've posted several variations of this shot at different times of the year.  Enjoy.

Remember the scene in Bruce Almighty where Jim Carey lasoo's the moon and pulls it so close, it looks giant sized on the horizon.  Well here it is.  Taken with my 200 MM lens, 2X extender, on a steady tripod.  Enjoy.

Yep, I almost slipped and fell into the Mystic River (again) on this one.  I didn't see what was below the 16" of snow and took a dive.  It's all worth it in photography right?  Fortunately, no one saw me do it, so I'll never be embarrassed about it.  Another 12" expected tomorrow.  Enjoy..

It looks like we are going to get another 12 - 15" of snow on Thursday.  Another photo opportunity perhaps?  This is a shot of St. Joseph's Church here in Medford shortly after our last blizzard a two weeks ago.   Lots of snow this year.  Enjoy.

My wife bought herself some flowers the other day and I really liked this purple flower? Weed? in the bouquet.  I can't tolerate the smell of flowers but it doesn't stop me from standing on the chair and taking a macro photo of this beautifully colored bouquet.  Enjoy.

I took this photo on my photowalk the night of our recent blizzard.  This is a three stop HDR image taken from the John Hand bridge looking towards Rt. 16.  The heavy snowfall was casually resting on the Mystic River and weighing the tree limbs down.  The sky still had some blue hues from the recent sunset.  Enjoy.

The morning after the Blizzard of 2011 provided some great photo opportunities.  Snow still clinging to everything on Governors Ave. makes for a beautiful sunrise photo.  Enjoy.

This is the original Armory building in Medford, MA taken at night in the aftermath of the 2011 Blizzard.  I thought this would be nice to give it an old fashioned black and white look /w some grain.  Enjoy.

After we had the snowfall last week that was considered a Blizzard, I trudged out that night to capture some post storm photos of Medford Square.  This is a view up Governors Ave. just after the snow plows went by. Enjoy.

Anticipating another 12 - 16" of snow on Wednesday, I thought I'd post something less winter-like in these summer flowers.  You don't see those colors in the winter very often.  Enjoy.

While doing some Rotary work, we were in a local production facility stuffing food baskets, and I found this unique ball bearing rolling cart.  I believe it was used for sliding packages across the top at their shipping facility.  Enjoy.

I took this photo in Costa Maya during a walk to the ruins.  I found the beautiful green leaf and the vines on the tree created a nice contrast of textures and colors.  Enjoy.

I know it's the day of the Rose Bowl, but this flower just hits you with stunning color. So I'm honoring flowers on this New Years Day. Enjoy

Winter Blizzard of 2010.  It was a huge storm, but we only got about 16" here in Medford, MA.  This photo begged to get the old fashioned treatment.  Enjoy.

Christmas tree ornaments backlit.  A sign of the season on the high seas.  These ornaments were neatly arranged in a display I found on the cruise we took this past summer.  One of the shops on the ship was selling these hand blown beauties.  Enjoy.

There are just never enough waterfalls to photograph.  This one is at Castle in the Clouds in NH.  Here is a tip, if you want to capture the waterfalls with that smooth look, remember if you can, use a tripod and slow the shutter speed down to 1/15 of a second minimum.  1 second is even better.  If you don't have a tripod, use the timer and set the camera on something.  Enjoy

No, this is not a close up of a rose bush, but a photo of a type of tree found in Costa Maya.  I saw this next to the Mayan ruins, and thought the spikes on the outside of the tree were pretty awesome.  Nice defense against climbing animals.  Enjoy.

While it's pouring rain and 50 degrees out here in Boston, I know the midwest is preparing for a monster winter storm.  This is a photo of the Mystic River after a snowfall a few years back.  This is the John Hand Bridge, my office is on the ground floor of the red brick building.  Enjoy and stay warm.

Hard to believe this is another spectacular sunset at the upper mystic lake in Medford, MA.  This is looking towards Arlington, MA.  Not sure what this building is, but it's really old.  Enjoy.

These three old dock posts were jutting out of the water on this otherwise pristine beach in Roatan, Honduras.  Must have been an old shipping dock, but the tourists have killed it with their desire to keep the ships away from the beautiful beach.  Enjoy.

This photo is my first black and white image I ever took with a digital camera.  We were taking a family day in New England traveling up the coast near Gloucester, MA, and I saw this beautiful old anchor.  I framed the home in the background under it's massive arch.  Enjoy.

Perhaps it's just me, but I gravitate to the beauty of nature.  I think the extending vines and contrast in color between the plant and the tree are very appealing in this photo.  Enjoy.

This old volcano sure makes a beautiful island.  It's interesting volcanic rock plunges into the ocean and the vegetation grows out of the crevasses. This is Roatan, Honduras, with one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever been on.  More pics from here later.  Enjoy.

I believe this wild Turkey was saved from enjoyment by humans this year.  Actually, he was walking across the road in Rockport, MA, so unless he and his pals got hit by a car, he's safe for another year.  Enjoy!

As fall sets in on the Gervasi Vineyards, the swans get their last feedings in the distance and two empty chairs await their admiring visitors.   Enjoy!

This guy is really aging well.  Looking good after a million years or so I suppose.  Tyrannosaurus Rex looks as menacing as a skeleton as he does with flesh.  Taken in Cozumel, in a museum in a mall.  Enjoy.

I saw this lone, giant leaf resting on the steps of the Mayan temple we visited this summer.  It was out of place, but wonderfully beautiful in its withering colors, juxtaposed on the ancient steps.  Enjoy.

When I took this photo, I was thinking black and white would be the best way of showing the texture and depth of the roots, leading up to the Mayan temple ruins in the background.  I'm not sure what kind of tree this is.  Taken in Costa Maya, Mexico next to the Mayan ruins at Chacchoben.  Enjoy.

How's this for irony.  I realized that this photo reveals the ship we sailed to the western Caribbean on this past August, was docked beside the infamous Carnival Cruise ship, as seen here in Costa Maya.  We heard bad things from the passengers on land about this ship months ago.  Today they finally got towed from peril at sea.  So glad we didn't go on Carnival.  We were on the Royal Caribbean's Celebrity Solstice, a truly remarkable ship.  Highly recommended.  Enjoy.

Well, the water was pretty cold, so I don't think she's going to jump in the lake in late October.  My daughter pondering life while looking out across Lake Winnipesaukee in NH.  Enjoy!

I saw a story on the news tonight of this mysterious orange vertical smoke plume in, of course California.  The military doesn't know what it was, nor does NORAD, nor does our defense department.  It looked like a rocket trail, but the mystery remains.  This photo I took off the deck of the Celebrity Solstice while heading into the western Caribbean looks eerily like that photo on the TV.  I think this is more like a weird cloud thing or jet contrails.  Definitely not a rocket.  Enjoy.

While vising my parents this past weekend, I was in amazement how in November, the roses were still in bloom in the front of their house.  On a cloudy day, they were grabbing their last day of live before the frost that would come the next night.  Enjoy.

"Fall Leaves Fall"  That was the name of a song we did in HS choir.  Well this is a real "Fall" photo, lots of colors.  Taken at Gervasi Vineyards in North Canton, OH.  What a place.  Fantastic restaurant, incredible grounds, gazebo, pond, swans, a gem in the middle of middle America.  I've got some more pics from here to share later.  Enjoy.

I won't be posting for several days so I'll leave you with this photo I took from the beautiful beach on Roatan, Honduras.  Enjoy.

While waiting in line for dinner one night in Ft. Lauderdale, the sunset in the west lit up these clouds on the eastern seaboard nicely.  It's unusual to get such a colorful sunset from the opposite side of the pond.  Enjoy.

Here I go again with lines and patterns.  You can see I'm fascinated with repetitive lines, perspectives, and beautiful details.  This is another photo of one of the restaurant details on the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship.  You just can't put down the Architect in me.  Enjoy.

I can guarantee you won't know what this is.  I thought it was very cool so I just had to take a photo.  Give up?  The circles look like the tops of batteries, but they are actually lighting devices.  This is a ground mounted exterior tree lighting device.  I believe this may be LED technology, but the array of lenses, capacitors, wires, circuit boards, and chipsets make it very techie.  Enjoy.

OK, so this wasn't a planned photo sunrise shoot.  We woke up from our cruise after docking in Ft. Lauderdale and bam, this was waiting for me.  I grabbed the camera, ran to the side of the boat, and after waiting for the lens to un-fog, started firing away.  Spectacular sunrise.  All I had to do was wait for the birds.  Enjoy.

I literally crawled in the sand for this photo.  I think the topless sunbather next to me was wondering if I was trying to get a shot of her "no tan lines" body.  It was all about framing the photograph.  In order to appreciate the beauty of the sand flowers ??, I wanted to get the sand crab perspective.  Taken on Roatan Island, Honduras.  Enjoy.

More patterns and rhythms here.  Can you guess what this is?  Making it black and white enhances the focus in my mind.  Here's a clue, it was taken at sea.  Still can't figure it out.  It's a photo of the sunlight patterns cast on a bench seat in the Bistro on Five on the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship.  The restaurant has these horizontal slats running everywhere, sort of a Japanese motif, but they made for some very interesting shots.  More to come later.  Enjoy.

I took this shot of Lake Winnipesaukee this past Columbus Day from the road to Castle in the Clouds. We didn't actually go see the castle, but did see the waterfalls (photo in later post) and got these great views of the lake from the road.  Enjoy.

I have always been fascinated with curves, rhythm, lines and repetitive things.  Perhaps that's the Architect in me, but when observed with a photographers eye, things take on a different perspective.  Pun intended.  I took this with a Kodak Playsport video camera, using it's 5MP built in camera.  OK quality, but your best camera is the one you have with you.  Enjoy.

I'm not sure exactly where I was on the Atlantic when I took this photo, but it was somewhere just south of the Florida Keys while we were heading towards Grand Cayman.  I didn't do anything to this photo, the sky was this vibrant.  Enjoy.

I should know more about flowers, I take so many photos of them.  When I see one that I like, I try and capture the beauty of it.  I have many more to post.  If you know what kind this is, please comment.  Enjoy.

I realize the Grand Tetons look more spectacular with a beautiful snowcap on them, but this is how they look in late August.  Relatively bare, but still quite beautiful.  I found this photo taking location by asking some of the locals.  The calm water is part of the snake river, but as an offshoot, it's perfect for reflections.  This is one of my favorite shots.  Enjoy.

Yellowstone National Park's Lower Falls.  One of the most photographed waterfalls in the world.  It's still spectacular, from any view.  You can see why the park is called Yellowstone from here.  The limestone is a beautiful hue of orange and yellow. Enjoy

I love classic cars.  Mostly 60's and 70's with a preference to muscle cars.  But who can deny the beauty of the 1950's tailfins.  Anyone who knows me is aware that my favorite classic car is a 1963-67 Corvette.  One of these days I'll own one.  Enjoy.