Wayne E. Chinnock Photography

Monday April 19, 2010

Well it was a very windy day for the Boston Marathon but very exciting and the weather held up beautifully for the elite runners if not a little chilly for the 8+minute mile runners. I stayed in the Heartbreak Hill area for all of my photographing and really enjoyed getting to see every group of runners.

This is a very small sample of images from today. I will be uploading all of the images to my SmugMug site as I go through post-production.

And a smattering will be available to view on both my Facebook and Flickr pages.

 

Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya chasing Deriba Merga of Ethiopia. Cheruiyot went on to win with Merga coming in 3rd.

Mebrahtom Keflezighi of USA climbing Heartbreak Hill, finishing in 5th.

Ryan Hall picking up the pace towards the top of Heartbreak Hill, behind Mebrahtom here, but able to finish in 4th.

Teyba Erkesso leading the Women's Elite up Heartbreak Hill and all the way to the finish line in first place.

Diane Roy of Canada climbing Heartbreak Hill, came in second in the women's wheelchair devision.

Catherine Clark getting ready to climb Heartbreak Hill

Motivational sign

The throngs of runners

Signs of a big clean-up ahead.

Saturday April 17, 2010

I’ll be covering the 114^th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 19^th from Heartbreak Hill in Newton. This will be my third year in a row shooting the world’s oldest annual marathon. This year I will be keeping my eyes and shutters peeled for the front runners initially and later on for a few friends that are participating.  I am especially looking to get some good shots of Catherine Clark as she tops Heartbreak Hill.

I will be posting some of the photos to this blog on Tuesday and all the finished images to my WECPhotosSmugMug site for viewing and buying, as I complete post-production. I will also upload a good chunk of my favorites to my Facebook & Flickr pages.

Here’s a few fun images from last year.

 

Thursday April 15, 2010

Just a few images I created while capturing a wedding overlooking Narragansett Bay. The sunset was obviously beautiful but I really loved the reflection off of the windows of the venue. I feel that the small amount of visibility of what is beyond the window adds mystery to the images along with the distortion of the landscape in the reflection.

 

Sunday April 4, 2010

If you live in the Boston area and have always wanted to learn to sail, go boating, kayaking, etc. and have viewed all those boats out on the Charles River so often with great envy, then you need to utilize CBI, Community Boating Inc. They’ve been around since 1936 and are an amazing organization.

Anyway, I joined last year and started getting my hands and feet wet sailing their smaller beginner Cape Cod Mercurys. Soon after I joined, I discovered that they also have superbly organized excursions into Boston Harbor on some of their Rhodes 19 boats that fit up to six people. I sadly didn’t have the time in my hectic summer shooting schedule to go out on any of these, but made a point of joining their last trip of the 2009 season on October 25^th. With six boats total we sailed out to Georges Island for lunch and returned just in time for sunset.

These images are from that beautiful fall day out on the water. If you would like to view more images and or buy some of these photographs, click this link to see the full set of images at my SmugMug portfolio.

 

Boston Harbor from atop Fort Warren on Georges Island

Fall leaves and Fort Warren on Georges Island

Long Island Road Bridge, Boston Harbor

 

Coming into the Charles River locks area under the Zakim suspension bridge.

Community Boating's Mercury boats at rest during sunset on the Charles River

CBI

If you ever need some beautiful sailing photographs created of one of your trips, I am always a willing participant.