Goodbye 2013

Time to say goodbye to another year. 2013 was a photogenic year, perhaps the most photogenic year to date. I offer my heartfelt thank you to everyone who has visited my blog (or Official Photography Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, etc.) and helped support me with "likes" or kind comments. And an extra thanks to any person or organization that supported me by purchasing my photos or calendar over the past year.

Here are some of my highlights from the year from a commercial perspective:

And as I do at the end of each year, I like to bring back a photo from each month to share as a way of reminding everyone that the archives of this blog are available at anytime (and full of lots of photos that I am proud of).

January 2013

February 2013

March 2013

April 2013

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

August 2013

September 2013

October 2013

November 2013

December 2013

Westin Portland Harborview Hotel

The old Eastland Hotel re-opened earlier this month as the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel. Here are a few photos of the interior and exterior after it's $50 million renovation. I have yet to get to the renovated "Top of the East" lounge but will have to sneak up there for photos someday. 

Crustacean Frustration

A boat (a lobster boat perhaps?) name Crustacean Frustration being stored for the winter on Berlin Mills Wharf:

Wreath Report

Another picturesque wreath on a Park Street door: 

A Happy Holiday

Portland's Time & Temperature Building wishes you a Happy Holiday, four letters at a time.

The Lights on Fore Street

Holiday decorations light up a quiet Old Port night:

'Tis the Season

A petite Christmas Tree on Exchange Street:

Also, Merry Christmas!

Put a Wreath on It

A classy looking wreath on a classy looking door on Park Street:

Before the Ice

Another view from the weekend before last, which featured snow instead of ice:

Seaworthy

A ship docked at the end of Berlin Mills Wharf, one of the homes of Portland Yacht Services. 

 Alternate view with Casco Bay Bridge in the background:

Tommy's Park Lights

Tommy's Park with it usual wintertime decorations:

Christmas in the Square

Monument Square tends to look it's best this time of year:

The City That Often Sleeps

A pre-snow view of Fore Street from earlier this month:

Pier to Pier

A nighttime view from Portland Pier to Custom House Wharf:

Congress Street, Featuring Snow

A quiet and snow-covered view of Congress Street from Sunday:

The Old Man and His Square

The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow statue in Longfellow Square on a snowy Sunday:

First Snow

Portland received just over a foot of snow today according to my sources (local meteorologists). As it was not a weekday today I was able to wander around during the the day and get photos of the fresh snow and the quiet streets. Here are two shots from Exchange Street. 

Road Salt

Looks like the city's supply of salt is ready for the first big snowstorm of the season, due to start any minute now:

Stay tuned for some snow-themed photos tomorrow. I still have a lot of photos from the last few months that need to be shared also, so expect a mix of snowy and non-snowy photos over the next few weeks.

The Copper Beech Tree

The seasonally-decorated copper beech tree at the Portland Museum of Art:

Festive Fence

A simply-decorated fence in the West End with just a dusting of snow in the yard behind:

The First Parish

The First Parish Church, built in 1825, stands at 425 Congress Street:

Holiday Art Walked

A few more frames from the First Friday Holiday Art Walk last week:

57

Above the entrance to 57 Exchange Street:

Put a Bird On It

A bird perched on some barbed wire with the Portland City Hall in the background:

Art Walk Storefronts

This first storefront belongs to Rose Contemporary, a gallery at 492 Congress Street:

And this one belongs to the Maine College of Art:

Holiday Art Walk 2013

A view of this evening's popular First Friday / Holiday Art Walk event in which a portion of Congress Street was closed off for pedestrians only. It was great to see so many people out and about enjoying the city on what turned out to be a relatively warm and rain-free evening.