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Photos of the Boston Area (1999)

CREDITS:
Photographed 9/24/1999
Photographer: David Arnspiger

Every photographer has that first time. The first photograph they took where they felt like a photographer. This was mine, The Old North Bridge. The place where the shooting in the Revolutionary War began. A fitting place for my photographic ambitions to truly begin.

My first planned photo, The Old North Bridge.

I was packing my first digital camera, a Canon Powershot S40, a 4 megapixel beauty that I loved and a crappy tripod I bought for $20.

This is the first image that I ever thought of conceptually in my head and then executed. I planned the shot and scoped out the area looking for right place to work from.

I am fascinated by American history and I saw this sort of image in my head. I knew I wanted a beautiful shot of this amazing place. I got it.

People who saw this image would compliment me. They told me I would be a great photographer, that it ought to be in a calendar, that I should do more like it.

This picture was the one that set my future as a photographer.

Having said all of that, let's be honest, most of these shots suck. Lack of focus, low pixel count. Just not great images in general. I keep them here to remind me of where I came from. They drive me to do better.

Enjoy the images below.

My first planned photo, The Old North Bridge.
Old North Bridge
Old North Bridge
Old North Bridge
Minuteman Memorial
Minuteman Memorial
Minuteman Visitor Center
Minuteman Visitor Center
USS Constitution, Old Ironsides
USS Constitution, Old Ironsides
USS Constitution, Old Ironsides
A boat under construction in drydock
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall
A colonial graveyard.
Colonel William Prescott memorial statue
A marble statue of a revolutionary war figure
Church of the Covenant
Salem Witch Museum
US Tax Court Building
US Tax Court Building
Downtown Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Massachusetts Gate Memorial
Freedom Trail Medallion in sidewalk
The Old State House and Boston Massacre site
Revolutionary War Medical Tools
Grave of British Soldiers Memorial