Blessing of the Pets at St. Paul's in Palmer MA

Bring your pets to St. Paul's church on 60 Central St., Palmer,  Massachusetts and get a free photograph in the reception hall after the service on Sunday, October 11th at 10 AM.

Valley Photo Center Free Meeting

Big E Photos

I had three images selected for display for the 2026 Creative Arts at the Eastern States Exposition September 18 - October 4, 2026:

Blessing of the Pets

Sun, Oct 27, Palmer, Massachusetts

Blessing of the Animals 2024

Time & Location

Oct 27, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Palmer, 1060 Central St, Palmer, MA 01069, USA

About the event

Bring your Pet (or pet's photo) to church for a special blessing and a 'Pet Oriented' worship service & Fellowship.  Free Pet Photos by Long Leash Photography

https://www.stpaulspalmer.org/event-details/blessing-of-the-animals-2024-2


Flowers Gardens

My wife Mary loves gardening and you can see some photographs of her own gardens as well as trips we made to visit gardens to inspire her at her website, https://maryemccarthy.yolasite.com/. She hopes to start working on some new gardens at our new home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. We still own the Wilbraham property and my studio is located there.
Recovering

I had some surgery at Mass General Brigham on July 10, 2024 and I won't be able to book any sessions for now, but I'll extend the Christmas in July special through the rest of the summer. I hope I can start photographing again in August.
Wilbraham Cultural Commission Grant 

I am happy to announce that I received a small grant from the Wilbraham Cultural Commission to subsidize my self project of photographing Wilbraham to record and preserve the way it looks in 2024. While I love photographing pets and horses I also like to do other kinds of work. I have lived in town for 28 years before taking up residence in Longmeadow and have watched it change, sometimes for the better, but at other times for the worse. I wish I had documented the way the town looked when we first moved here, but decided to make a formal project this year so that in the future I and others can look back at 2024 and remember the way we were. The project included a web site where I posted the photos. I had a print exhibit at the Wilbraham Library in January and will have an other exhibit at the Valley Photo Center gallery in the future. Check my website from time to time to see the photos at:    https://wilbraham2024.yolasite.com/
Big E Photos

I had three images selected for display for the 2023 Creative Arts at the Eastern States Exposition September 15 - October 1, 2023:

We are now open for business and we are offering a great specials: 

Pet Sitting

Gift Certificate Special

Puppy Subscription

Adopt a Dog

Halloween Special 

New Equipment:

We just upgraded our medium format camera to a new Fuji GFX-50sII to give you even higher quality photographs that can be enlarged to any size. We also upgraded our studio lights to new battery powered ones that eliminates cords on the floor that your pet could trip on and they are very portable for location work too.