Wedding

On the banks of the Genesee River behind Staybridge Suites, Michael and Yaneek exchanged vows on Aug. 4.  A horse-drawn carriage added to the festivities.  I photographed their happy day.

Fourth of July

My wife and I had a very enjoyable Fourth of July vacation in the Wash. DC area.  We toured the White House, the U.S. Capitol Building, and watched fireworks from near the Iwo Jima monument.  Attached is a picture of the fireworks.

DanceWorks Photos

Just over a week ago, I took the annual photographs for the DanceWorks studio.  I took approximately 500 photographs of over 50 students.  Some students were in more than one class and therefore had multiple costumes.  From the resulting pictures I made up different packages according to each family’s order.  A sampling of photos from the photo shoot are attached below.  

More Book Publicity

Recently, I Love Rochester New York has received publicity in several venues.  The Greece Post published an article, which was also picked up by some of the other community newspapers. 

Lani Packard wrote a nice piece for examiner.com.  You can see her article at:  http://www.examiner.com/books-in-rochester/rulon-simmons-tells-the-story-of-rochester-ny.

The Democrat and Chronicle also ran an article about the book last Sunday under the section Spotlight on Authors.

Interview on WHAM

Last Friday, Bob Lonsberry was kind enough to give me about 10 minutes of time on his radio show to tell about my I Love Rochester New York book.  He had some nice words to say about the book.

Below is a photo of the University of Rochester that appears in the book.

Rochester Book now available on Amazon.com

I Love Rochester New York is now available on Amazon.com.  The book can also be obtained from local stores where books are sold, museum gift shops, or directly from me by e-mailing rulon.simmons@gmail.com. 

Below is a photo from the book depicting the 1991 ice storm.

USA Trip

A week ago Rebecca and I returned from a 5 ½ week, 10,000-mile tour of the United States.  We traveled through 25 different states, visiting family and of course taking pictures.  I targeted specific locations where I wanted to get photographs for a new book on the United States.  With this trip, I have been to every state in the Union at least twice—most of them many, many times.  I succeeded in getting the desired pictures.  One of our favorites is from the Seed Saver Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, the Golden Polish Chicken (shown below).