Here is Rootbeer, the newest duck at the Medway Community Farm. A sweet little one who loves his stuffy.

With the duck out of the way, I got an announcement.

An Announcement About Middle Ground

If you’ve been following along over the last few months, you may already know about my road trip into the American middle — a 15-day, ~3,900-mile photographic journey departing this Thursday, June 18th, retracing the routes of photographers Todd Webb and Robert Frank, seventy years after their original journeys.

Here’s what I’ve decided: I won’t be posting the dailypic while I’m on the road.

I know. But hear me out. I’ve posted through vacations, trips, and time zones on multiple continents. It is always a source of stress, and this trip deserves my full attention behind the lens. So I came up with a better plan.

Starting Monday, July 5th, I’ll post two dailypics a day until we’re caught up. Earlier in the day, I’ll share what would have been that day’s road trip post — in order, starting with June 18th. Then, at the regular time, the normal daily pic goes out as usual. Two a day until the trip days are fully caught up.

You want to see Middle Trip photos in real time. I will be sharing content on my film Instagram page @trpshootfilm. Join me there.

Two more days until I go.

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My buddy Ally is in the 4th grade, and this week was theme week at her school. The last theme was Future Friday – so she dressed as ‘Tim Rice Photo’. Not sure if she will be a photographer in the future, she has plenty of time to figure it out, but I will always be happy to take her photo. She even took her duck with her, which is the twin of one I have in my studio. I was honored to be represented, I heard there were a ton of ‘Taylor Swifts’ at school today, too, so she had plenty to take photos of. Now I should probably figure out what I want to be in the future.

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Ally turned ten. She has been in front of my camera since she was only hours old – I was lucky enough to be one of the very first to greet her in the world. We did monthly sessions during her first year with photos on this same chair. She is a big fan of my studio duck, which I got her one for her own. Both made it into today’s special 10th Birthday session. Happy birthday a few days late. It took her a year to smile at me, but since then it has been nothing but smiles, and direction, tons of direction, she is always in charge of our shoots, telling how she should pose, where the lights should be, what the action will be, I just document her visions at this point.

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In between sessions at the park, the ducks became the subjects.

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The Hooded Merganser at the pond diving for dinner.

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