Ben Severance Photo

New Location

2010-11-26T13:08:00.001-08:00

My blog has a new home on my newly redesigned website. Come check out what the new fuss is about.

www.benseverance.com

All my new video and photo work will show up there.

Ben

A Maine Media Summer

2010-07-02T08:57:00.000-07:00

Rave

2010-04-30T09:53:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest piece from the Herald Multimedia team. Everyone brought out the guns for this. Dave creating music like Dre on the Reason, Austin nailing stills and Tanner, and B-Sauce taking some of the nicest video anybody has seen yet. Check it out below...

Down Rabbithole

2010-04-23T16:11:00.000-07:00

Tuskeneegee Dreamin

2010-04-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

Summer Friends

2010-04-17T11:04:00.001-07:00

Alabama

2010-04-15T17:52:00.000-07:00

I always loved the Drive-by Truckers.
Then I went to Alabama.
And now I really love them.

Went down south last weekend with some friends on a road trip to Alabama. I had never been before and it was an experience. We went to the Auburn Rodeo and found ourselves surrounded by 12,000 redneck/cowboy dressing college kids. Alabama is a different world for sure. The trip was a great start to summer.

I recommend listening to Never Gonna Change while you look through the pics above. Or maybe Women Without Whiskey or 18 Wheels of Love...

Student Publications Promo

2010-04-13T23:32:00.001-07:00

Student Publications Promo from College Heights Herald on Vimeo.

1 Day, Lots of Sportraits

2010-04-02T20:06:00.000-07:00

Herald Super Heros

2010-04-01T08:30:00.000-07:00

Bosnian Wedding

2010-03-31T19:07:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I had the opportunity to go up to Chicago and shoot video at a Bosnian Muslim wedding. I didn't have any idea what anyone was saying but the homemade baklava was amazing and I had a great time. I shot mostly video but I was able to catch a few things. The video is being compressed now so hopefully some clips will be up soon. The traditional dancing is something to see..Congratulations to the newlyweds it was a great time.

Chicago for the first time

2010-03-31T18:54:00.000-07:00

In the Club

2010-03-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

In the Belly of a Bonneville

2010-03-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

St. Paddys, Not Chiseled from Stone

2010-03-18T22:19:00.000-07:00

New Hampshire Dreaming

2010-03-12T11:01:00.000-08:00

Slices of Beautiful Appalachia

2010-03-08T21:08:00.000-08:00

Appalachian Cultural Project

2010-03-07T20:55:00.000-08:00

Follow along at www.acpworkshop.org

New Hampshire People, New Hampshire Light

2010-03-04T11:43:00.000-08:00

Kiss Kiss

2010-03-03T16:11:00.001-08:00

Prove Yourself

2010-03-02T14:35:00.000-08:00

This is the latest project from our multimedia team at the Herald. Glad to be working with this team. So much fun even through the wee hours. Check it out. Its called Prove Yourself. I worked on producing for a few sleep deprived days. Can't wait to get crackin on the next one..

Prove Yourself from Ben Severance on Vimeo.

On a Plane Home

2010-02-28T09:39:00.000-08:00

Ahhh so refreshing. Real New Hampshire people. Wicked awesome, fo damn shore.

Throwing the mack on the stewardess. . It's our tradition I think.

Looks cold down there. Not in Kentucky anymore.. New Hampshire I may only be here for a day but let me tell you, you look great.

Blood in Blood out

2010-02-24T15:40:00.000-08:00

The Swimmers are Coming..

2010-02-22T16:36:00.000-08:00

Drum and bass.

Yep he's British.

I'm working on going through all the photos from the past week of swimming and diving adventures in Nashville. I'll post some favorites soon. Until then, enjoy the few already up.

I found this guy and he couldn't wait to go up on the web. More to come...

Western Sweeps the Sunbelt

2010-02-21T17:49:00.000-08:00

Sunbelt Championship

2010-02-17T22:44:00.000-08:00

First night shooting the Sunbelt Conference swimming and diving championships in Nashville. These guys and girls are intense about their swimming. Had a blast. Who would have thought swimming would be fun to watch?

Wishing I was in New Orleans

2010-02-16T19:57:00.000-08:00

Picture stories I was wrong about you..(here are some outtakes to prove it)

2010-02-15T22:59:00.000-08:00

Vday

2010-02-14T21:04:00.001-08:00

Which way

2010-02-13T20:17:00.001-08:00

Ski Accidents

2010-02-07T13:37:00.000-08:00

Few More from NH

2010-02-04T16:37:00.001-08:00

Nashville Hidden Gems

2010-02-03T22:23:00.000-08:00

Jared's Cat

2010-01-31T18:35:00.001-08:00

Another Trip to the Gym

2010-01-29T16:17:00.000-08:00

The first multimedia piece to come from the new team at the Herald. Excited for more to come.

Inside the New Preston Center from Ben Severance on Vimeo.

In the Gym for the First Time

2010-01-27T22:15:00.000-08:00

Flying back to the South

2010-01-25T15:07:00.000-08:00

Even got to shoot some celebrities on the way. Cool thing about Nashville airport, there are always bands coming in and out. Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs was on my flight. Sweet.

New Hampshire a little bluer

2010-01-15T10:07:00.000-08:00

Back Home Again

2010-01-09T14:05:00.000-08:00

First Week

2009-06-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

My first week at the Valley News is finished and I survived. The newspaper is small (cir. about 20,000) but what it lacks in size it does make up for in commitment and quality. It is nice to be back in New Hampshire and able to photograph the type of people I grew up around.

There are some really strong photographers here. A few graduates of Ohio and Mizzou and I'm looking forward to absorbing all I can from them. I'm supposed to be interning as a multimedia specialist and so soon I'll be posting video and multimedia pieces. I 'm particularly excited about the video series I'll be working on. So keep checking back. More to come..

Burundi Final Story

2009-05-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

So it has been awhile since the last post, finals have taken up most of my time. But I got to spend a lot of the last week with a refugee family from Burundi for my final photo project. I wish I could stay longer in Bowling Green to shoot them more but I leave for home tonight. They will have to wait until the fall.
Here are a few that I like. There are so many to show, but anyway..

The story behind this family is still hard for me to understand. They all speak Kirundi, a West African language similar to Swahili and mostly spoken in Burundi and Tanzania, and I have only picked up a few words and phrases.

This woman here Erina, the head of the family. She's grandmother to Evangeline, above left, and mother to the focus of the story, Josephine. She is a powerful woman and a bit intimidating to meet for the first time. She speaks the least amount of English out of the family but I try my Kirundi and she usually laughs. I think we're laughing together.

There is a large population of Burundi refugees in Bowling Green. Everyday I see new families and kids coming in and out of the their house. I wonder why so many Burundese are here and not as many people from more distressed countries such as Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

I'm heading back home to New Hampshire soon and there is an immigration office in Manchester. I'm interested to see what they will know about refugee immigration, especially in New Hampshire.

Greek Week

2009-04-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

Greek WEEK! is going on. Which means a visual feast for the photogs who brave the ridiculousness. I know some avoid the events like the plague but I like them. It's a lot of cheering and drinking and doing stupid stuff (which is all great to shoot), and there is something underneath it that says a lot about the Greeks and people in general.

I mean there is nothing like a night of boxing in an old warehouse with victory, defeat and a dirty cheering crowd to make you feel really really human.
If only it were bare knuckle...

So here are a few from the first event, Spring Sing. More Greeks to come..

There was some intensity

Ready to take the stage, eyeing the competition

Each Fraternity and Sorority came up with a song and dance routine to be judged. They all got a different letter in the alphabet to base there music on. One group could do Beatles, Bengals, Betty Boop, you know whatever started with B, and the next group had N and so on.

Around the Park

2009-04-23T19:32:00.000-07:00

After me and Dijana finished shooting some food for The Brickyard Restaurant's website we decided to hang around downtown Franklin for awhile. There was some great evening light and Dijana played model for awhile. She did a pretty good job.

From Farmers to Vegans

2009-04-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

So after finishing my assignment on dairy farmers it was on to an assignment for the Talisman about vegans at Western. Its kinda funny how those two overlapped. I was in a dairy barn working on the farmer story and my vegan contact calls me. I'm surrounded by cows and she starts telling me how I shouldn't eat meat or dairy. But I don't think she convinced me. But she did get me thinking. Especially when I saw how the cows get hooked up to machines and when I noticed just how unnatural a dairy cow looks..
But anyway, Summer Brown and her boyfriend are among some of the nicest people I've met. They let me right into the house, cooked me dinner and let me hang around for a fire afterward.

vegans drink from the carton too

They cooked a great vegan meal. I know it doesn't sound good but take my word for it, dairy-free cheese is delicious

Can't wait to go back and see what they have growing in their community vegetable garden. More vegans sure to come...

Farmer story

2009-04-10T11:49:00.001-07:00

First Post

2009-04-10T10:40:00.000-07:00