Shooting with Staci

 Here is the first gallery of photos from one of the photography trips my niece Staci Hawkes and I used to make before she passed away in Feb. of 2023. 
We always had fun, laughed a lot, talked a lot and really got to know each other quite well. These shoots between us became some of my best memories of photography. 
These are a few of my photos with Staci from a trip around the Bangor area ending up in downtown Bangor. 
Click on any photo to see a larger size. There are 32 more photos in this post!! 

Staci checking out her shot. (All Photos by Ron Hawkes)

Downtown Bangor Me.

 I was born here and after about 30 years away I moved back home. The best way for me to see how things have changed is to photograph it. I love some street photography, wish I had more people here.

First winter storm of 2017-18 season

December 9 and 10 the first winter storm of the season in Rockland, Me. Took the girls out this morning to see what happened overnight. It is quite beautiful outside right now.

The backyard at 55-57 Oliver St. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Street Photography: Downtown and around Camden, Me.

This was my second venture out to start shooting more photos for me, rather than photos to sell. Taking the time to go out to a town and or city and look for photos to make is fun. Sometimes you will get nothing and sometimes I think I will surprise myself.

Either way, it will be good for my skills to shoot more different things than I have in the past.

Here are some photos from around the downtown area of Camden.

Street Photography: Dogs, flags, buildings and people in Rockland, Me.

Took sometime Friday to sit downtown and see what I could get for photos.  While I came away not overly excited there are some good photos here. They say practice makes perfect so will continue to work on this new area of photography for me. I used the wrong lens for sure, need to get more distance. I will work on that today.

Here are some photos from the shoot.