Tuesday, February 12th I spoke at the Hallmark Institute of Photography for the 4th year in a row! Here are some photos of the event!

I had a great time (as I always do) speaking to the class, and telling them my story.

I was thrilled to be mentioned in Professional Photographer this month in an article called The Goods. Wes Welker might as well run for Governor around here. I know he would have my vote!
-KB

I had the opportunity to present my program Kerry Brett Lifestyle Portraits to the Professional Photographers of Maine on Saturday February 26th in Freeport. Everyone seemed to enjoy my presentation, I had a lot of laughs and a lot of Red Bull!

On Sunday February 27th I judged the annual print competition with fellow photographers Jim Churchill, Don Chick, Gene, Rene and Joan Genest. I learned so much from all of the affiliated judges. I hope they are kind to me when they in their reviews of how I did. I think they will - I stapled a twenty dollar bill to each of their forms! ;)




Thanks to Tim Byrne for images 1 and 3.

I was honored to be asked to speak and judge the print competition for the Professional Photographers Association of Maine! It's going to be fun!

I was delighted to see the Dropkick Murphys perform on David Letterman last night with their new CD! I was so excited to see Dave holding the cover that I shot! Congratulations to the Dropkicks!

I had a great time photographing singer and song writer Casey Desmond for the cover of The Improper Bostonian. We had a lot of fun creating this cover!

Here is the cover and some other portraits of Wes Welker of the New England Patriots. Which one do you like best? Would you have chosen a different one for the cover? Post a comment and let us know!

I had a blast this past weekend at ImagingUSA in Tampa, Florida! The weather felt like I walked into paradise! Now back to the snow!

This guy is tall! At 6' 9" he towered over me as I stood there with my camera! We didn't have very much time at all to photograph him, and because they were practicing on the ice before he was available, we had to setup the shoot in no time flat! We worked very quickly and came away with some great shots! which one is your favorite? Post and let me know!

Merry Christmas everyone! See you after the Holidays!

I haven't had an image give me a rush like this in a while. The only problem with it is that I didn't create it my father did...haha. Good for you dad! I really can't think of a better gift for a guy for the holidays.

Matted 9x20's with a white matte can be purchased for $149 by calling the studio (781) 749-8205.

-KB

Lord of the Dance! This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. This is why I love being a Sox fan. The images from the game are a preview from my dad's book 366 Days of Boston. Go Sox! Papelbon, I can't wait for you to take us to the promise land!!!

Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen & Paul Pierce get ready to rock the NBA. I must say this was one of the best shoots I have ever participated in. The moment I walked into the gym where the Celts practice I was so proud because I used to sit on the sidelines with my dad when he spent most of his career photographing Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Kevin McHale, & Robert Parish. To be the one to photograph the new dream team was exhilarating to say the least. I got to photograph them right after they were shot for the cover of Sports Illustrated and had only had 5 minutes. No pressure! Forty frames later here are some of my favorite images.

Loved being featured in Professional Photographer in the October Issue. Renovating the studio was a major undertaking but well worth it. On July 2005 I opened for business and as I ring in my two-year anniversary in the new digs, I am truly grateful to be here. All of my days of wearing a hard hat and begging workers to get the job done faster seems a distant memory. Certainly, I won’t forget the life lessons it taught me, and the inner strength I discovered through the process. End result; if you believe you can achieve and if you build it they will come. With a little luck and a lot of hard work you CAN have the studio of your dreams. It all starts with knowing what you want and what you are willing to risk to get it. -KB

Here is the release of the DropKick Murphy's new album, "The Meanest Of Times". The Album is already in the top 20! I had the honor of photographing the cover of the album in Boston. The Dropkicks are well known for their hit song "Tesse" which was the theme song for the Boston Red Sox's when they won the World Series and other hit "Shipping Up To Boston" from the movie the "Departed". Thanks guys for the opportunity. What a blast!


One highlight of the album is a guest appearance from my daughter Morgan who participated in the schoolyard sounds. She is age 4 and hopes to have a singing career! ox Kerry

Click on book to order! Get your holiday shopping done early. I have a feeling I'll be getting this book in my stocking this year! If you want a signed book or it personalized you can purchase it at Social Graces in the Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham. (781) 749-7555




The Boston Globe

By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist | September 10, 2007

Inside one of the high-ceiling rooms at the Boston Public Library, Herb Reed of the Platters was sitting in an easy chair, talking about the music that will outlive the drivel, as Ed Davis, the police commissioner, was on his cellphone, making sure all hell didn't break loose while he swanned away an hour in a corner of town more salubrious than most corners he finds himself peopling.

The PC and R&B, side by side, two of 1,500 people who showed up on a sultry Friday evening, ostensibly to celebrate Bill Brett's new book, "Boston: An Extended Family," but really to celebrate Bill Brett, who since his so-called retirement from the Globe six years ago has become as much of an institution as the ones he photographs.

This, no doubt, will be seen by some as one Globe guy stroking a former Globe guy who still contributes to this newspaper. But this could be written by someone at the Herald or any of the TV and radio stations in town, and that's the point.

There will be some who say the crowd that spilled out into the BPL's grand Italianate courtyard consisted mostly of those who have been or want to be subjects of Brett's flattering portraits.

If that's what you think, you don't know Bill Brett, and you certainly wouldn't understand what makes him appreciated like no other photographer in town.

His second act as the coffee table book chronicler of Boston follows 38 years on the street, shooting news. He learned at the foot of a master, the late, great Dan Sheehan, who taught him, "Be nice, but always get the picture."

He treats everybody the same, without regard to their zip code. He is polite but not obsequious. He believes that if he photographs people at charitable events who have good intentions, good things happen. He's real.

One day, after photographing Justin Timberlake, Brett asked him to spell his name. "Timberland?" Brett asked.

The singer spelled his name aloud, and the caption was accurate.

"It isn't what he does," said Bob Scannell, president of the Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club in Dorchester, "it's how he does it."

At some point, while the rest of us were figuring out whom we could step on to get ahead, Bill Brett figured out something so outrageously obvious that it was pure genius: If you're nice to people, they're nice back.

"In this town, we love to hate," said Chuck Campion, who having worked on more than one political campaign knows of what he speaks. "That's what makes Billy unique. There's no one in this town that bears him ill will. How many people can you say that about?"

The crowd at the BPL was as diverse in age, race, and socio-economics as you'll find anywhere in this city. There were some who valeted their BMWs, and others who took the Green Line. Red Sox great Johnny Pesky was there, but so, too, were the Fenway Park clubhouse attendants. It looked like Boston. It talked like Boston. Politicians would kill for those demographics, and Brett's favorability ratings.

In the library foyer, 7-year-old Kai Leigh Harriott signed copies of the book, in which her portrait is included. She drew a heart with every autograph. She was dressed in a black evening dress and was in a wheelchair because a man fired a bullet that paralyzed her when she was 3. After night fell, she wheeled herself to the curb on Dartmouth Street as her mother, Tonya David, helped her into a Ford Explorer, the SUV that philanthropist David Mugar bought them after Brett put the arm on him.

Kai Leigh was not surprised that so many people had showed up for Bill Brett. "He's a nice man," she said.

Bernie Margolis, the BPL president, and Brett were the last to leave Friday night. They shook hands and Margolis told him he thought it was the biggest party at the library since it was founded in 1848.

Bill Brett climbed into his car, exhausted, and flipped on his police scanner.

Somewhere, somehow, Danny Sheehan was smiling.

Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at cullen@globe.com
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