selected albums
phoenix allszplat 2007-2023
“You’re my best dog ever…” This— gently whispered into Phoenix’s ear by a boy named Leopold— was the general consensus of those lucky enough…
Read Moreslava ukraine
On February 24 erica and I walked to Bar Gate in the city centre and joined a peace vigil. The next day she wrote…
Read Morecoast fest 2020
crooked coast’s coast fest moved to the falmouth drive-in at the barnstable county fairgrounds for an all age covid-19 safe event… and it was…
Read MoreGNL XPRS: NYE 2020 dance party
December 31 2019 at the Landfall
Read Morecrooked coast summer release
December 23 2019: Cape Cod’s hardest working band, Crooked Coast, presented the world premier to the video Summer at the Falmouth Cinema Pub and…
Read Moredevour
cch25 behind the stage
comics come home 25 was spectacular, however that is not what i am here to post about. for me one of the great pleasures…
Read Moreknights vs jp ryan at lakeville athletic
crooked coast halloween bash at the coonamessett ballroom
it takes a hole village
celebrating 100 years of the woods hole community association block party pot luck
Read More2019 anything but a boat race
isnt woods hole weird
Read Morebig head
big head todd and the monsters at the coonamessett ballroom
Read MoreRyan Montbleau Band at The Comba
The second of two nights of Ryan and the Band at the Beachcomber in Wellfleet, Ma.
Read Morebest of coast fest
my favorite images… a second edit. best of the fest!
Read Moreknee windows
knee windows at the elks
Read Moredon and ron
On June 25 2019, The Coonamessett Ballroom with WMVY and The Blackdog presented Don McCloskey and Ron Artis ii. Photo set and videos below!
Read Morebrooklyn19
dreams
this morning helen messaged the benshotme staff about a dream she had. this put most of the staff in motion and soon the team…
Read Morelittle richie rogers
it cuts deepest
stills from “it cuts deep” a feature film in production by nicholas santos
Read Moreit cuts deeper
stills from “it cuts deep” a feature film in production by nicholas santos
Read Moreit cuts deep
a feature film by nicholas santos, principal photography, day 5.
Read Morebenshotcapecod
Gone Golfing
After running the Dek and Roller Leagues at Lakeville Athletic Club since 2003, Jeff Almeida oversaw his last games today. Here are a couple…
Read Morebenshot #cch24
Here are 30 of my favorite images from Comics Come Home 24.
Read Morefallax
Cape Cod Roller Derby – Salty Dolls vs Beat City BedRockers
A couple of my favorites from yesterdays match at 4c’s between Salty Dolls and Beat City BedRockers. Bedrockers prevail 168 to 142. Next home…
Read Moretime stand still, hold your fire
early summer and steve and amy and friends and time and space and lake taghkanic state park, ny
Read MoreSheep Return to Peterson Farm
Today sheep have returned to Peterson Farm. If you can help, please do: https://www.gofundme.com/petersonfarm
Read Moreb and e turn 18
on this day 18 years ago i asked e to marry me. i was nervous. unexpectedly so. she perfectly broke the awkward moment by…
Read More287 (g) or The 2018 Cape and Islands Womens March
photographs by ben allsup words by erica m. szuplat “What’s two hundred eighty seven grams?” ben asked me just after I finished painting…
Read MoreFake news #cch23
Two young women tried to follow me past security into the backstage area. They were intercepted by the security men in blue. Why are…
Read Moretriathlon di lerici 2017
I’ve never shot a triathlon before…. so when the opportunity to watch and snap off a couple shots in Lerici Italy was presented itself…
Read Morefight supremacy
I had asked Erica to post here, however she is nervous that an internet full of trolls will ruin what turned out to be…
Read MoreConvergence
Essay by Brian Engles Photos by Ben Allsup My father spent half a century working as a commercial fisherman and tugboat captain, so I’d…
Read MoreMarch 24 2017, Falmouth, ma
Puffy Elvis at grumpy’s, a benefit for the 300 committee.
Read MoreThe Women’s March on Washington
I may be too tired to editorialize lucidly… Here you will find some of the photos I am proud of from this past weekend’s…
Read Moreuk 2016
Falmouth, Cornwall September 2016
2016 Falmouth Road Race
It was with a little pleasure that I saw the Cape Cod Times photographers wrapping it up and heading home…. as I arrived on…
Read MoreFalmouth Lacrosse Alumni Game
August 20 2016, Trotting Park Fields, East Falmouth, MA “Gilly’s Cup”
Read MorePutts and Punches
Today, while greeting the media, Shawn Thornton said; “20 years straight, I’ve been the worst player on every team I’ve played on and I…
Read MoreSteven Wright on the line
It was paradoxically fun— in that it’s hard not to think a comedian is not constantly setting you up for a joke— to talk…
Read Moreireland 2016
mallorca 2016
2nd Annual LM5K
Hug your loved ones. Support each other and your community. I am pretty sure Lee would approve. LM5k
Read MoreSlocum Glider Ru29 South Atlantic crossing recovery
Three simple rules. Work hard, have fun, change the world. -Doug Webb Occasionally my day job and my passion for photography blissfully converge. At…
Read Morewill dailey @aloft hotel tour
In the beginning of February we won a contest! We never win contests! The benshotme staff bundled up and went to Boston’s newest hotel…
Read More2015 falmouth christmas parade
December 6 2015, 52nd Annual Falmouth Christmas Parade.
Read Moreno caroline no, cc on devil’s foot
or, the best day of my entire summer (or maybe all summers). from the boys of summer? presenting your crooked coast. listen and watch…
Read Moredc soccer
shots from soccer in dc, from two fields, shot on october 17 2015, featuring two of benshotme’s favorite players.
Read Morecomics come home 21 #cch21
On November 7, 2015 the TD Garden in Boston hosted the 21st Comics Come Home, a benefit for the Cam Neely Foundation. A week…
Read Moremonday league lakeville dek hockey
this album of photos are games from november 2 2015. to my hockey friends… please share this link with your friends and family and…
Read Morecrooked hallow
october 31st 2015 saw grumpy’s pub in falmouth host three super groups (scary good)! the line up was diamond guts, followed by grant park…
Read Moreif all your friends jumped off a bridge?
it was the dead of summer. maybe a perfect night. the bars had just just shut. this is woods hole.
Read Morethe beach house – remembered
news officially started circulating this morning that the beach house has shut its doors. to say i am disappointed would be an understatement. as…
Read Moremo cheeks
time to look around you
“It’s not our fault you love the wrong season,” so said I on social media. With this, I closed the book on summer, as…
Read Morecrooked coast at the beachcomber
july 29 2015 = bus+good people+crooked coast (with build a machine)+beachcomber = that feels pretty good.
Read Morerush r40
the rush r40 tour came through the north east and the benshotme staff and friends caught shows in boston and newark
Read Morewill dailey
will dailey (and trio plus one) opened his summer tour at the beach house in north falmouth on june 26 2015
Read Morelm5k may 10 2015, hyannnis, ma
may 10 2015 was the first lm5k. i am sure lee would be proud of her friends, family and community.
Read Morean unexpected day in paris
an unexpected day in Paris “an unexpected day in Paris,” a series of images from April 21, 2010, not only captures a day in…
Read Morea couple days in cape town
Capetown, South Africa
Read Moreneedle beach
“this was the first time we played and no one wanted us to it turned down!” this recently came from the stage between songs…
Read Moredr sketchy at cotuit center of the arts
on january 30 2015 arts and burlesque united at dr sketchy’s drawing slam at the cotuit center of the arts featuring the brazen belles.
Read Moreantarctica
if i learned a single thing from this experience, it was, if anyone ever asks you if you want to go to antarctica…just say…
Read Moreeast falmouth cardio boxing and fitness featuring sarah click
on january 21 2015, real cape staff beset on east falmouth cardio boxing and fitness to interview sarah click in advance of her next…
Read Moredr sketchy’s cape cod with brazen belles at the beach house
sketchy’s says: Dr. Sketchy’s is what happens when cabaret meets art school! Draw outrageously gorgeous burlesque models (with BIG personalities!) in a lively atmosphere….
Read Moreshiny party!
BSM staff peeled themselves from the couch and away from Pineapple Express for this awesome creature double feature: Brother’s Rye & Crooked Coast at…
Read Morecape cod’s crooked coast
what do you need to know about crooked coast… everything and this:
Read MoreReal Cape Rolling Magical Mystery Christmas
i have never been in a parade before. i almost always have a camera with me. i am pretty certain these two facts conspired…
Read MoreThe whale
the wailers came to cape cod to play the full legend album in december. it was a little chilly for a reggae band so there…
Read Morethe best of the fest 2014
on august 2 2014 the real cape brought the upper cape a music festival. it rained. it rained a lot. those that attended became…
Read Morethe naukabout festivals
each august, from 2008 to 2013, the barnstable county fairgrounds in east falmouth, ma was the site of the naukabout festival. i believe benshotme…
Read Morebelles
in fall of 2012, benshotme staff and the newly formed brazen belles collaborated to create images for the belles 2013 calendar.
Read Moreryan montbleau band in the studio
on march 24, 2010, the benshotme staff visited ryan montbleau band during the recording of heavy on the vine at camp st studios. produced…
Read Moreaugust 21 1991, falmouth, ma or what about bob
part of a roll of tri-x shot after hurricane bob’s visit to falmouth, ma.
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