Whale on OC Beach

Early Monday afternoon (Jan 23rd) a 60 ft female Finback Whale washed up on the 7th Street Beach in Ocean City NJ. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine performed a necropsy (autopsy) on the whale on Tuesday and their findings were that the whale had been struck by a boat and had been dead for about a week. With the help on the Ocean City Public Works crews, the whale was cut up and buried near the Ocean City/Longport bridge. 

Hockey Action

January has been a very exciting month for me. This month I have covered 5 hockey games for Inside Hockey and am very much looking forward to covering the AHL All-Star Classic which takes place on Jan 29th and 30th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. On Jan 19th I shot the Flyers - New York Islanders game which was won by the Islander 4-1. 

Here is the link from the game.  http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-islanders-flyers-11912

Than Sunday afternoon I covered the Flyers/Bruins game for Inside Hockey. This was one of the most exciting games that I have ever been to, it was like a game from the 70's between the Big Bad Bruins and the Broad Street Bullies. The Bruins won 6-5 in a shootout. There were 3 fights and 60 plus hits, now this was some old-time hockey. 

Here is the link. http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-bruins-flyers-12212

A Weekend in Philly

So the first week of 2012 was a very exciting week for me. Friday night I covered the Hershey Bears vs Adirondack Phantoms hockey game played at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. This game also known as the 2012 Outdoor Classic was played in front of a record breaking crowd of 45,653.

Here is the link of my photos on Inside Hockey:

http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-bears-vs-phantoms-1612 

On Saturday, I was back in Philadelphia again covering another game for Inside Hockey. The Ottawa Senators were in town to play the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center.  The Flyers would win in overtime 3-2. 

Here is the link for that game: 

http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-ottawa-philadelphia-1712

Goodbye 2011 - Hello 2012

So yesterday was January 1st, it was like a beautiful Spring day, not a Winter day. Alicia and I decided to take a ride over to Ocean City for a stroll on the beach. There were a lot of people out, a few fishing and others just out and about enjoying the 1st day of Spring...lol.

Hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.

First Assignment

Hello, would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year.

For my final blog of 2011 I wanted to share a highlight of 2011 which just happened earlier this month. On December 10th I had my first NHL assignment for Inside Hockey. I covered the game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The Flyers won the game 5-2, here is the link so that you can see the photos. http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-tampa-bay-philadelphia OK, that's all for now folks.

Photography Workshop

This weekend Alicia and I were off to another photography workshop. Sandy Puc brought in another incredible workshop, which was entitled "Pin Up Alooza with Mike Long". Mike Long is a well noted Pin-Up photographer originally from England, currently based out of Portland Oregon. His sessions are all about bringing the cool, classy and sexy feel of the original 50's pin-ups into the 21st century. If you would like to see some of his Amazing work checkout his site at portlandpinups.com

CM County Zoo

The other day Alicia and I went to the Cape May County Zoo. The Zoo is located on Route 9 in the Cape May County Park in Cape May Court House. We wanted to see the new baby Snow Leopards and the Albino American Alligator and were not disappointed. It was a beautiful day and the zoo was packed!

The albino alligator is only going to be at the zoo until the middle of September. If your in Cape May County looking for something to do make sure you visit the Cape May County Park and Zoo. The Zoo is open 10 am to 4:45 pm daily.

Hurricane Irene

So the big storm is here! Hurricane Irene is being billed as one of the biggest storms of all-time. At this point the best thing to do is stay inside. Make sure that you have your phones, laptops and anything else that you can charge, charged up!

These photos are from earlier this afternoon in Somers Point, not many people were out. As you can see many businesses are boarded up and or have their windows taped up. I'll be out and about once Irene passes by. Hopefully, the power won't go out or not be out for too long.

OK everyone be smart and be safe,

Bill