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"Sometimes its nice to stand back at a distance and watch as things unfold. This family--Tim and Csilla Clark and their three children, Forrester, Kata and Natalia--was enjoying an early November afternoon together on the shore of Chebacco Lake, in Essex."
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"Children are interesting to photograph because of their ingenuousness and vitality. In this situation, second graders Brian Kelly, Jr. and Kaitlin Harding were singing a sea shanty during a Holiday concert at Essex Elementary School. Certain Popeye-like arm gestures were called for, and Brian and Kaitlin were up to the task."
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"I like trying to convey what an experience feels like, rather than simply what it looks like. In this situation, two students from Plum Cove Elementary School, Connor Vittands and Emily Ross, were on a field trip aboard the schooner Thomas E. Lannon in late September. With a light breeze and brilliant sunshine, it was a beautiful day to be out on the water."
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"At low tide one late November afternoon on Lighthouse Beach in Annisquam, the sand had an interesting ripple pattern. The sun had just gone down. A local woman, Lida Bernard, stood watching as a neighbor's dog chased her dog across the wet sand."
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
"When Hurricane Sandy hit the area in late October, I was surprised to see so many surfers in the water. This man jumped off the end of Magnolia pier so he could swim farther out into the waves. Talk about fearless."
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
"When people are singing (or talking) it's often best to photograph them just before or after, so their faces aren't contorted and you get a sense of an interior life. This girl, Sara Ruda, looked radiant as "Christine" from the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical, Phantom of the Opera, during a talent show in early November at Manchester Essex Regional High School."
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From left, fifth grader Sofia Gillespie, Fourth grader Pieter Breuker and fourth grader Grace Swanciger strike poses while playing a game in the Manchester Parks and Recreation Department "Yoga for Kids" program recently at Manchester Memorial Elementary School. The program, which incorporated games, music, stories and crafts to help children learn yoga poses and breathing techniques, was taught by Suzanne Otterbein of Manchester. According to the Parks and Recreation brochure, "Yoga will help your child to increase flexibility and strength, enhance concentration skills, improve general well-being, feel physicall and mentally rejuvenated, boost confidence, relax the mind and reduce stress."
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Local residents Kurt and Mary Wilhelm row their wooden boat on the Essex River at dusk Tuesday in Essex. The Wilhelms enjoy the quiet that settles over the river in the fall, when the busy boating season is finished.
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
Michael Smith, right, and Mohammad Malik take a close-up look at Paisley the pig during a special visit Thursday at the pre-school at Fuller Elementary School in Gloucester. Paisley is a five-month-old "micro-mini" pig who was brought in by its owner, Karin O'Donnell of Gloucester, as part of the "Farm Week" festivities at the pre-school.
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
"Sometimes its nice to stand back at a distance and watch as things unfold. This family--Tim and Csilla Clark and their three children, Forrester, Kata and Natalia--was enjoying an early November afternoon together on the shore of Chebacco Lake, in Essex."
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
"Sometimes its nice to stand back at a distance and watch as things unfold. This family--Tim and Csilla Clark and their three children, Forrester, Kata and Natalia--was enjoying an early November afternoon together on the shore of Chebacco Lake, in Essex."
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
"Sometimes its nice to stand back at a distance and watch as things unfold. This family--Tim and Csilla Clark and their three children, Forrester, Kata and Natalia--was enjoying an early November afternoon together on the shore of Chebacco Lake, in Essex."
See photo in original gallery.