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#ferryshots (with a nod to #ferrytales)

The captain, mates and crew took great care of today’s visitors listening to Ryan Montbleau who was on board the Black dog schooner Alabama,…

Ryan Montbleau on board the Black dog schooner Alabama, performing a benefit set for WMVY. #hashtags: #mvy #blackdog #ryanmontbleau #marthasvineyard #perfectday #forasail

Crooked coast. Unplugged. Grumpy’s  

Ben. Crooked coast. Unplugged. Grumpy’s

John. Crooked coast. Unplugged. Grumpy’s

Luke. Crooked coast. Unplugged. Grumpy’s

charles. Crooked coast. Unplugged. Grumpy’s

you never know when you will bump into someone practicing the french horn in the woods…  

foreground

cotuit center for the arts

Artist and cyclist Jon Goldman

the one and only jimmy d at mashpee commons

the knob

closed today

dirty books of bourbon st

near the port hunter wreck

joe jack talcum

Beach Football kilmoon

near bogg hill

happy 10th birthday to “my best dog ever”, an earnest and sweet whisper into a fuzzy pointed ear received from a lad on a…

expired and x-rayed ilford hp5, shot at 320 with contax t2.  developed in sprint expired chemistry at 68F for 10.5  minutes. rough scan.

Puffy Elvis at grumpy’s, a benefit for the 300 committee.

omb

leaving Baltimore. I think I love you.

when everyone is throwing shade…

It is with equal parts disappointment and excitement that I report to you that I did not follow my usual process when creating yesterday’s…

rocky

diamond guts at grumpy’s  

Mary of the Silent Trees at Grumpys

Merry Christmas from 20 years ago today.  On this day I awoke a stranger to myself, alone in my apartment in Sandymount on the…

i shot this image three weeks ago… the picture probably would have gone unnoticed, perhaps appeared in the archives here. today this location is…

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Damon Gayer with Seaside painters.

the crooked coast as falmouth’s best dive bar, grumpy’s

Wanda Sykes at Comics Come Home 22

professor harp (professor not in image).

sundays with commonwealth

When I think about the opportunity to shoot Comics Come Home Last year and the images, it still seems a little unreal.  I do…

silent trees at grumpys

brooke at her local beach

goodbye america, see you soon

dragonfly (from the wiki page) As a seasonal symbol in Japan, the dragonfly is associated with autumn. More generally, dragonflies are symbols of courage,…

animals of leisure at the parrot. Right now and every other Thursday

The Lumineers at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion #lumineers

@pieinthesky

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Dr Walton. Curing the beats.

Falmouth Road Race 2016

falmouth lacross alumni game

Sam Bush guest appearance with the Old Silver Band at the Landfall Restaurant, presented by Woods Hole Film Festival. #sambush #whff

old silver band with guest sam bush

Old silver band

The Paradise Rock Band

animals of leisure – thursdays nights at falmouth bbc

#chappy

#oneonone tour #fenway

On July 16th 2016 I had the privilege of snapping some shots of the women of Mass Attack Roller Derby competing.  It was a…

feeling spiritual

As things should be, when they shouldn’t be this way.

photo in photo by Steve Marsel

damien

Sting & Peter Gabriel: Rock Paper Scissors Tour

luke vose on the mic at pie in the sky

Bill Kenney calling the shots at Boston Calling 2o16

brady signs – the real cape fest

animals of leisure at the foundation room house of blues.

#bostoncalling

i don’t editorialize much here… and if you are married to a photographer you might expect to be photoed.  i guess this still doesn’t…

jazz day!

happy saint paddy’s day! ~may your sheep scurry out of the lane and into the meadow.

former r/v knorr leaves whoi

bourbon st

From benshotme’s favorite painter, erica m. szuplat: On February 24th 2016  join me in the studio for one last event! After 3 busy &…

from the deep archives, ektar 100, nikon f3hp

ciaran wilde

sound check room 909 aloft hotel tour with will dailey

Will Dailey at Aloft hotel, seaport Boston.

neds

blizzard jonas

happy birthday party, party, sam, sam

video release party for crooked coast’s “no caroline no” is tomorrow night! wednesday, november 25 2015, landfall, after dark. you might see hundreds of…

as a rule i tend to not shoot people with out homes…  another rule is all rules must occasionally be broken.  happy thanksgiving.

frost have you down?  one week from today, crooked coast video release party!   http://crookedcoast.com/

crooked coast halloween costume winner – bob ross!

on october 2 2015, jess phaneuf signed off her regular shift at mvy radio.  thanks for all that you do jess. glad we made…

ryan montbleau playing at the spot!

needle beach at the landfall

last phusion brunch with isel

crooked coast at the landfall is closed for the season…

and another season closes on a friday night at the landfall with crooked coast

rudi cheeks!  maybe my favorite band when i was 10.  hard to say, i know i did cry once when my parents refused to…

Sport

a couple of nice compliments from compliments food truck staff is post worthy on a slow saturday afternoon.  it’s not to late to get…

you hear people say they were not prepared for what they saw despite knowing the story they are entering.  visiting new orleans and the…

the glass onion

brothers rye at grumpy’s pub

in honor of national dog day… benshotme.com’s top two models, doing what they do best.

Old silver band.

free brady

crooked coast video shoot!

crooked coast video shoot – sandy dicks bar

another cape cod sunset

Needle beach at grumpy’s

my ears are ringing, i am backing up and uploading photos, i am still processing yesterday on so many levels, i live posted photos…

crooked coast at the beachcomber – “dancing with the dead”

yoyo because yolo at the barnstable county fair

the barnstable county fair

sometimes you are doing laundry in the basement and a single box call outs to you, so you peek inside and there with the…

yesterday shooting the martha’s vineyard sound music festival was such great fun!  tremendous work by phil and jess!  i was experimenting with a new…

ryan montbleau band at martha’s vineyard sound fest

july 12 2015 reaching back into the archives to wish pandora allszplat a happy birthday.  this was her first week with her new home…

phoenix “the worlds best dog”

dee

beach warriors

some of the out takes from a new series of photos i started recently have been too much fun!

will dailey at the beach house.

Will Dailey at the Beach House.

Rush R40 tour at TD Garden Boston   Set 1: The World Is…The World Is The Anarchist The Wreckers Headlong Flight (with “Drumbastica” mini…

tom brady was no where to be seen… someone was definitely adjusting the sandiness of this ball however.

mighty mighty bosstones visited the barnstable county fair grounds with the warped tour. this is dicky barrett’s docs.

rylyn and mom

I bumped into Grampa Phil (pictured above) at the Shiny Party at Grumpy’s back in December.  Shiny party photos featuring Crooked Coast can be…

memorial day

world debut of great peace meadows at brody’s

as is often the case when someone sees me with camera at the beach house last night i was asked if i got any…

ben elder of crooked coast at the beach house in north falmouth

crooked coast video premier party tonight!

savannah boudreaux! posing at the beach house for: http://www.drsketchy.com/branch/capecod

happy birthday lu lu

phoenix, who is still recuperating, isn’t feeling as under the weather as she once was, however she does feel a little bit under the…

sometimes you need to break the routine.  do something that changes the way you are living. these changes can show you new things you…

it is very hard to cause someone you love so much discomfort, especially when you cannot explain to them why!  our little morsel had…

officer macdonald is home.  it was great to see his and his well wishers’ smiles.  welcome home.

ryan montbleau band rocking out the naukabout festival.  the band’s last album “growing light” is now available: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ryanmontbleau-growinglight

if you are like me, this image probably seems a completely natural winter scene… of course new englanders will play hockey amongst sailboats in…

reason number 97 to love new englanders and cape codders, on this night the chappy parking lot was more full than some summer eves!

phoenix

news is old, lying, tired or dead.

anyone else feel like all is well with the world when they see the right people using the coffee shop the right way?

first trip to: http://www.bearinboots.com/

leaving the house, the bsm staff had discussed the possibility that if any crooked coast show was going to be a sleeper, with a…

needle beach at grumpys

at this moment i am editing last nights dr sketchy’s drawing slam at the cotuit center of the arts.  i had to take a…

blizzard juno

blizzard juno

blizzard juno

pandora brown allszplat’s head is often unmanageably heavy…

lenny clark pod casting at the beach house with the cast of the real cape.

the bsm staff enjoyed a night of comedy, especially christine hurley’s performance at beach house.

these feet carry: http://yoavhoresh.com/

photography field trip day, bsm staff stopped in at: http://www.panopticongallery.com/ for Self-Portraits not #Selfies hunts http://www.gallerykayafas.com/ for the exhibits of: Anna Collette   Gathering Ground…

j.r. brody’s

needle beach’s EP release at j.r. brody’s

needle beach at j.r. brodys

dr sketchy’s at the beach house

john beninghof playing grumpys

amy is 30.

jimmy d at the beach house.

a second image of john beninghof from his appearance at grumpys last night, an image that was at risk to being lost in the…

text by Josh Dayton of Brothers Rye Today, I was blissfully strolling to work when a lovely, down to earth, and obviously very intelligent…

liam’s