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SLIDE SHOW: Rhode Island's East Bay by Butch Lombardi
by Butch Lombardi
Featured Photographer: August 2011
Butch Lombardi has had a camera in his hand most of his life. He was the kid at Boy Scout camp with a camera; the guy in the platoon with a camera; the guy on his honeymoon with a camera. He bought his first 35mm camera when he started to work for a living, and although he participated in a few juried art shows over the years, time was too scarce to fully commit to the endeavor.
When Butch retired in 1998, he filled his spare time playing golf until his sister, Judy, Yankee's June 2011 Featured Photographer, started sending him cards with pictures she had shot around her home in Vermont. Her photography stirred something in him and he started shooting film again, although he quickly realized that digital was the way to go. Like Judy, he gravitated to landscape, wildlife, and nature photography and started to roam the East Bay area of Rhode Island with his cameras. This part of Rhode Island is unique: a small sliver of the state in which each town borders some part of the bay.
Although Butch has shot photos all over New England, Canada, the Desert Southwest, Ireland, and Portugal, he never tires of photographing the East Bay. His favorite spot is the Warren waterfront, which he feels rivals any waterfront in New England for the quintessential New England seaside scene. His passion for the area comes through in his work, which has been featured in many galleries across Rhode Island and received myriad awards. He's the co-administrator of the New England Photography Guild, and an active contributor to Yankee Magazine's Fall Foliage and New England Photography groups on Facebook.
You can learn more about Butch Lombardi and view his photographs online at: www.eastbayimages.com
Slide Show Instructions:
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Reader Comments
Comment from Linda Baird-White on August 1, 2011
Congratulations Butch. I have long admired your work, the coastal shots and your fantastic shots of birds and of course, can\'t forget to mention your gorgeous twilight and night shots. A well rounded and a highly skilled photographer in my book.
Comment from Jon Winslow on August 1, 2011
Congratrulations Butch, you\'ve assmbled an excellent body of work. I especially like the foggy fence photo , very nice soft feel but still plenty of color in it.
Comment from Barbara Maggiacomo on August 1, 2011
Just excellent.
Comment from John Vose on August 1, 2011
Well deserved Butch, well deserved......
Comment from Suzanne DeGeorge on August 1, 2011
Congrats Butch, all of your photos are amazing! My favorite is the boats and the fog!
Comment from Debra Going on August 1, 2011
Congratulations Butch!! Your the best!!!
Comment from butch lombardi on August 2, 2011
Thanks to all of you for your kind remarks. There have some really good photographers who have come before me here on the Featured Photographer page. It\'s an honor to join them here at the web home of Yankee Magazine which, for 75 years, has brought the best of New England to the rest of the world.
Comment from Russ & Carol Junkins on August 2, 2011
Enjoy looking at each shot, just perfect ! Great job , Butch !
Comment from Susan Cole Kelly on August 2, 2011
Butch, what a beautiful collection of work from Southern New England! Glad to see your part of the world featured here, and so glad to see YOU!
Comment from butch lombardi on August 3, 2011
Russ, Carol- thank you for taking the time to view it. Thanks Sue, you were the inaugural Featured Photographer and set the bar for the rest of us...
Comment from Judith Lombardi on August 3, 2011
Butch....fantastic shots, as always. I really love your selections here for the slide show, especially the waterfront images.....beauties one and all.....
Comment from Rosann Roderick on August 3, 2011
Butch, just saw your slide show-BEAUTIFUL
Comment from butch lombardi on August 4, 2011
JUdy...thanks...it\'s pretty neat that we got to share this unique opportunity. Rosann, thank you, I\'m glad you enjoyed it and I hope more people stop in to check it...
Comment from Pat Dodd on August 4, 2011
Beautiful. I am crazy in love with the sailboats in the midst.
Comment from butch lombardi on August 6, 2011
Pat: Thank you...That shot has won 2 awards in juried shows and continues to be one of my all time favorites among all the shots I have taken. It was a rare opportunity and it was gone so quickly that on only got to take about 6 shots before it disappeared.
Comment from Peggy Cordeiro on August 6, 2011
Congratulations Butch. Bruce and I are long-time fans of your photography and still enjoy the 4 framed photos of the Warren area we acquired while we were back there a few years ago. Your work is a sweet reminder of Bruce\'s growing-up years as well as the years that we lived in Warren with our children. One word sums up your work for us.....AWESOME!!!!!
Comment from Hali Sowle on August 6, 2011
Congratulations Butch, your photography is an inspiration and I\'m always impressed and amazed at your images. Those were fabulous and beautiful images you have featured here.
Comment from butch lombardi on August 7, 2011
Thanks Bruce, Peggy, and Hali. I\'ve met so many wonderful people since I started doing this including you 3. I love the joy it brings to former East Bay residents who get to take home a reminder of the great place we live in. Hali-I had the great pleasure of meeting you on a cold, blustery February afternoon. You praise of my work is a high and cherished compliment because I\'ve seen what great images you produce and the conditions you\'ll work under to capture those beautiful raptor shots....thanks...
Comment from janice drew on August 12, 2011
Congratulations to you, Butch! I always enjoy looking at your photographs and reading the stories that go with each shot. You\'re a very talented photographer, and you deserve this recognition.
Comment from Stephen Belancik on August 13, 2011
Hey Butch! Great world class stuff as usual. You have a professional eye for New England and deserve to be part of the Yankee tradition. Thanks for the spectacular reminders of home.
Comment from butch lombardi on August 13, 2011
Steve, always great to hear form old friends and know that what I do has an impact on those far away. Jan, thanks, we\'ve been part of this since Jeff started the foliage page and it\'s become a community which is a great way to share what we do...
Comment from Joseph Ferreira on August 16, 2011
These are spectacular photos. I was born & raised in Newport, lived in Middletown and am currently living in Providence and I can honestly say I\'ve never had the privilege of seeing coastal RI with as much beauty as you have capured here. Thank you for reminding us that not everything in RI is about economic downturns or corrupt politicians!
Comment from JUDITH DEMERS on August 16, 2011
thank you. is bristol in the east bay?
Comment from butch lombardi on August 17, 2011
Joe...thanks very much for that wonderful compliment. I know that sometimes it\'s easy to get caught up in all the distractions going on in the state. That\'s why we need to be reminded that it is a beautiful place and worth preserving.
Comment from butch lombardi on August 17, 2011
Judy...thanks, yes Bristol is in the East Bay. The East Bay consists of East Providence, Riverside, Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Portsmouth, Middletown, Newport, Tiverton and Little Compton.
Comment from Nicolas Lombardi on August 30, 2011
Spectacular pictures, as we have come to expect from you! I saw an osprey on the hunt when we were on the Cape earlier this month, I definitely got my appreciation for the natural beauty of New England in general, and the East Bay in particular, from you. :-)
Comment from butch lombardi on August 30, 2011
Thanks Nick...don\'t tell anybody we\'re related...:)
Comment from butch lombardi on August 31, 2011
I\'d like to thank Yankee and Brenda Daroch for the opportunity to be featured as Yankee\'s Featured Photographer. I have been a fan of Yankee sincd my parents subscribed in the 60\'s. It was an honor to have my work associated with the magazine that brings the best of New England to the world...Thanks again, Butch Lombardi
Comment from Renee Deaton on September 18, 2011
Incredible photography! Give me a heads up when you tour Northern CA. Can?t wait to see what you could capture with Donner Lake, Lake Tahoe, or even Rollins Lake. Good Job.
Comment from butch lombardi on November 17, 2011
Renee...thank you. Maybe someday I\'ll get to northern CA. From what I\'ve seen in pictures it\'s a photographer\'s paradise.
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