singles

chappy

chappy rock skipping

Crappy

march for our lives

skreetch

bomb cyclone take two

Tate

208

bogg hill

she will push you, she will challenge you, she will engage you, she will check you, she persists

matt good

luke james vose is a bad ass! crooked coast at grumpys

ceci (by request)

Some of these are for me. I’ve almost completed my back up and first glance through of the images from yesterday’s Comics Come Home……

bog treasures

A scavenger hunt by a peanut in cape at the Capes Edward Gorey museum.

bob in the machine shop on his 90th birthday

bravo cane

duck

trunk river cairns

grumpy’s #starwars #pinball

There will be more photos and maybe even more words shortly about today’s Boston Commons’ counter protest, Fight Supremacy! First a quick photo regrets…

super claire vs the toosie pop

claire

P5 making their triumphant and thirsty return to Brody’s in your 02536

ghost elephant

i call this one a struggle with the sunset, she persisted

kenmore square

dragonfly

Daily reflections

#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

100’s of people gathered in the village green to “stand in solidarity and peace”.  Doesn’t really feel like enough. 

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