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IBMA 2011

Mike — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:04:33 +0000

We had the pleasure of attending the 2011 International Bluegrass Music Association convention this fall, in association with our partner, Thomas Point Beach of Brunswick, Maine. We had a great weekend in Nashville, Tenn, and met lots of great bands. The 2012 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival is going to be one great event, and we are really excited to see what is in store.

Update: As an added perk to the trip, CoverThis Photography had some photographs featured on the Bluegrass Today website, check them out HERE, and even more photos of the weekend below!

“Pulse Performs”

Mike — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:45:14 +0000

This weekend CoverThis Photography had the opportunity to be a part of “Pulse Performs,” a presentation of the Studio for the Living Arts DanceCenter of Yarmouth, Maine. The performance was held at the Yarmouth High School on March 12th, and was a collection of over Thirty performances by what seemed like hundreds of very talented young adult dancers from the Southern Maine area. It was a delight to watch and a pleasure to cover

Photographs are available for purchase, perusal and sharing at the gallery below:

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About Pulse (from their flyer): Pulse Dance Company (originally named “Full-FX”) was established in 1992 through Studio for the Living Arts DanceCenter, located in Gray, Maine. Pulse is a 68 member youth performing group of serious, passionate, and energetic dancers between the ages 9 and 18. The “Pulse” training program combines superior instruction, performance opportunities, and a strong connection to community service.

2011 Miss America Pageant, “Hello old Friend.”

Mike — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:38:22 +0000

A number of years ago, when I first started shooting for the Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant, I had the pleasure of attending the Miss America Scholarship Pageant in Las Vegas. It was a different time, a time when I had more time to do such things.

A lot has changed since then, I have developed my skills as a photographer, I am a sharper business man, and my goals have become more focused. Not to mention my equipment has changed quite drastically (you try shooting in the Aladdin Theater [Theater for the Performing Arts] with a $300 camera).

Suffice it to say, Vegas and CoverThis Photography go way back, and this year I had the pleasure of revisiting the City of Lights to cover the 2011 Miss America Scholarship Pageant on behalf of the Miss Maine Scholarship Program, once again. Just like old times.

This time, however, CoverThis was accompanied by the talented Jennifer Wolfe, who took care of Press Releases and a very nice exclusive for the Topsham Cryer (to be dual-released in March and June) on behalf of the Miss Maine Scholarship Program. “Know you’re strengths” they say, and CoverThis does not write Copy.

Unlike years past, CoverThis will not be offering photos of the complete Miss America Scholarship Pageant for sale this year. If you are interested in purchasing images of the 2011 Miss America Scholarship Pageant, you are encouraged to visit the Official Miss America Photo Store (when I shot the pageant last, the store was located here, this may have changed this year, I do not know).

This year CoverThis covered the Pageant for the Miss Maine program exclusively. This lowers our workload, and allows us, in addition to being able to enjoy our time in Glitter Gulch, to provide a better product to the people we are serving (nifty, huh?).

Photographs of the 2006, 2007, and 2011 Miss America Pageants are available to view and download below:

2010 World Cup Bull Riders Championships

Mike — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:34:35 +0000

CoverThis Photography is pleased to present the full event gallery of the 2010 World Cup Bull Riders Championship Finals. It was a great weekend, with an amazing turnout, great food, awesome music, and some of the best Bull Riding a person could ever hope to see. Deja Vu even came in all the way from Brazil! Just incredible.

Thanks to everyone who attended and stopped by the CoverThis Photography booth. We hope to see you at another Rodeo very soon. If you ordered photographs, they are now in, and will be shipping out on Tuesday.

Click “Read the rest of this entry” for a few more teaser photos and a link to the Full Gallery.

2010 Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race

Mike — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:18:02 +0000

I had the pleasure of shooting the Annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe race yet again this year. I have had the luck of having a number of my friends in the race over the past few years, and while I am not the “official” Photographer for the race (is there one?), if I am going to take photographs for friends, I might as well share the wealth.

I was camped at Six-Mile Falls, for the majority of the day (made a jump to Washing Machine around 12 o’clock) and got quite a few boats, and a majority of the action. I was unable to get each and every boat, but if you finished before 2pm, chances are I got you.

“How’s the water?” Album – on Facebook
“Standout Boats.” Album – on Facebook

Speaking of Facebook, don’t forget to find CoverThis Photography on Facebook, click the Like button below this post, and all of that other fun stuff. More on CoverThis Photography and Facebook, Social Networking and all that later.

In addition to getting this years photos up, I am working on getting the previous years posts live as well. The posts about them (not the photos themselves) disappeared with the server hick-up last spring (see this post for details).