Richard Marshall Opera and Photography

It has been a while since I posted on my site, well I have been busy creating new photography books so please have a look and enjoy. They are posted on Blurb where you can preview the books or even... Read More

I need help with this photo. Maybe someone can explain how it could be the way it is. There was a 50 mph wind blowing snow across highways and over my garden. I thought it a great time to try... Read More

After a year and a half of work, 26 interviews and 256 photos, I have finally sent my 12th book to be printed: A Ramble Through Small-Town New England: Volume 2 – Massachusetts. It is about the towns in Massachusetts... Read More

I’ve set up a photo studio in my garage to learn how to take photos where I control the light. This is a new experience for me and it’s lots of fun. I thought if Andy Warhol can paint Campbell... Read More

No matter how many photos I have taken there is always more to learn. I purchased a new wide angle lens. For photographers, it was a Canon 11 mm to 20 mm wide angle lens. This is useful particularly in... Read More

Trees have always been interesting to photographers, particularly birch trees their tall, narrow trunks with white bark shining in the sun. Recently I saw a whole wall in The Clark Museum showing undulating birch trees.   In East Dover, Vermont,... Read More

New York City was my home for 30 years. It is an inexhaustible source for photos and some of the most interesting are of its people. Go to Union Square early in the morning and sit quietly or amble along... Read More

While preparing a photographic show about Eastern Europe I came across a photo I took in 1987 during my first trip to Budapest, a city that had been a battle ground between the Germans and the Russians during the Second... Read More

I am writing a book about the towns in Massachusetts that are along the southern Vermont border. This includes North Adams and its main attraction, MASS MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art where I was interviewing two of the... Read More

Going through the portraits in my website I noticed that some of my favorites are not there.   While doing research and interviewing people in North Adams for my book about Massachusetts towns, I was able to photograph three interesting... Read More