Killing it over here on Instagram!

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Ben Zabin use!

Stoked to see my photo in use!

https://www.benzabin.com/

Still Out There Crushing It With Real Estate Photos!

Are you a realtor? Do you need pictures for your listing? Hit Me Up!

#ASMP #RealEsate #Photography #Boston #photographershelpingphotographers

Ben Zabin portrait

One of my recent portraits of magician Ben Zabin. Super fun shoot. Got to do a lot of lighting tricks!

You can check him out at https://www.benzabin.com/

#asmpne#photographer #bostonphotographer#portraitphotography

Nolan Boxing from 2017

This post is inspired by Kelly Davidson. Kelly also made some photographs recently at Nolan Brothers Boxing Gym. You can see here picture here. These are some images I made at Nolan Brothers Boxing Gym in 2017. Who knew violence could be so beautiful!?

#photography #bostonphotographer #boxing #asmp #asmpne #kellydavidson #kdstudio #nolanbrosboxing #strongertogether #photographershelpingphotographers

Portraits!

It’s been a while since I did a proper blog post. In one way that’s a good thing; it means I’ve been busy!

Here’s some portraits I made for a tech start-up in Boston.

Blue Monarch - Monarch Mask

Here is another video I made for Blue Monarch. This video highlights their Monarch Mask. Everything in here was shot and edited by yours truly, with the exception of the photography, which was shot by the company’s owner, Mojgan Anvari-Brumby.

Happy to be working with a company who has a commitment to health and being free of man-made chemicals.

Blue Monarch

Blue Monarch is a skin care company with a mission to make the world healthy. They use all natural, vegan, and cruelty-free ingredients to make the best concoctions for your body.

I’m in the process of creating a series of 20 videos for this company. This first installment gives an overview of their company and their mission.

Tony Savarino Kickstarter

It’s here! It’s here! Tony Savarino’s Kickstarter!

For those who don’t know, Tony is my buddy and guitar teacher and we hang out on Friday mornings.

I shot this last month and have been creating with Tony on the edits. More videos are on the way!

Tony is asking for your support to master his record with a top level mastering engineer (as in the guys that do the major label stuff). So help him out!

Lot’s of laughs and gags through these videos, so buckle up and kick in a few shekels.

fundtony.com

iPhone Video vs. Pro Video

Can you make your own video using your iPhone and editing it on your laptop with iMovie?

Absolutely!

Will said video look professional and awesome?

Probably not.

When you hire a professional videographer, you pay for their experience, their expertise, and their gear. A professional knows how to set up certain shots to tell the story in the best light. A professional has already animated other logos and knows how to animate your logo so your company is well represented. A professional has already dealt with that technical snafu and knows the solution.

I made this video because a potential client said something to the effect of, “Why should we hire you, when Jan from accounting made this for us and it cost us nothing?”

I then viewed a video made on an iPhone. There was a lot of camera shake and I got dizzy watching it. Some of the footage was dark and flat. Then some black animated text popped up. Between the camera shake and the text being black on a dark background, I couldn’t watch the video and just turned it off.

That’s the last thing you want when a potential customer is taking a look at using your business.

Thanks for checking this out.

-Duncan

Friendship Commanders at O'Briens

I saw Friendship Commanders last night at O’Briens in Allston, MA. THEY WERE RIPPING! TIGHT! Here’s a panorama from last night. Check out their new record, Bill.

Awesome Saturday

Had an awesome day on Saturday. First, I shot up to Portsmouth to be the second photographer for a wedding. I didn’t recognize the name of the guy who hired me. I just saw an opportunity on Facebook and took it. Then, while we’re shooting portraits of the bridal party, it suddenly dawned on me that I went to Mass Art with the lead photographer. I remembered his night pictures and crazily lit portraits that he made. I remembered he was from Marshfield, and I remembered his review board! It was Erik Waddell! I hadn’t seen him in 20 years! 

Then, during some downtime I looked at Facebook and realized my friends were playing a metal show 25 minutes away! So when Erik cut me loose, I boogied on down to the Dover Brick House and watched Swarm of Eyes and Death Ray Vision (now with Jeff Gard on vocals and this dude Chris on second guitar). 

Mike was like, “Why are you dressed up? You look like you’re trying out to be the dancer of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.” (Don’t worry Ben, I’ll never try to steal your gig.) So, Mike bought me a beer and we chatted and I saw Pete and he laughed that I wore a suit and bow tie to a rock show. 

Then, Swarm of Eyes played and in the middle of their set, Randy called me up to sing “Skulls” originally by the Misfits. While Randy growled, I did my best Danzig impression and rearranged the last chorus in an almost “singing in the round” kind of way. When the song ended the guitar player (sorry dude I don’t know your name) grabbed me and said, “We’re doing it that way from now on.” Meanwhile people were going, “the dude in the suit and bow tie just killed it? Huh?” 

Death Ray Vision played and it was cool to hear Jeff sing the old songs and cool to hear the new stuff.

Their record drops on November 23, and I’m stoked to hear it. 

So, a rad day. Thanks to Erik for the photo gig and thanks to Swarm of Eyes, and the Death Ray Vision for the metal gig.#bowtiesarethenewblack

Rock For A Reason Full Video

Hi everyone,

This is a follow up to a post I made about 5 weeks ago regarding the benefit show for I shot for Kiva. Kiva’s sister Dawn tracked me down and we created a really cool video for Kiva.

Kiva’s favorite band is In The Pink from Boston. They played a lot in the late 1980’s and got signed to Epic Records. Kiva ran their fan club.

Kiva is currently beating the crap out of cancer. In The Pink’s music is one of her weapons, her medicine. She listens to their music during chemo treatments. She’s a bad ass.

This video is for Kiva, for her to watch and keep up the fight.

Now y’all can rock out 80’s Boston hair metal! AAAAALLLLLLLRIGHT!

Seascape

Here’s another image from my neighborhood. I like this picture because it gives me a feeling of peace and mystery.

Second SCISSORFIGHT photo for and from ONCE BALLROOM

Word up Party people! This is the second of two images I am showing this weekend at ONCE Ballroom in Somerville. The images will be sold off as a benefit for the club. A lot of other awesome rock photographers will be showing work including Coleman Rogers, JJ Gonson, Josh Pickering, Kelly Davison, and Nicole Tammaro.