Video: AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellows

A handful of the photos I took of the AAAS Leshner Fellows appeared in our new promotional video. So fun to get photo credits in a video! Watch it here: AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellowship

Headshot

 My favorite person in the world agreed to model for me!

AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellows

During their orientation in June, I took the "official" group photo of the 2017-18 cohort of AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Fellows. I had several of them sit this year, to change the style from last year's official photo, and although I like the idea, I'm not sure I like the end result as well. Again, I wish I had done some things differently, but it's always fun trying new things and pushing boundaries. Both photos are below.

2017-18 cohort:

2016-17 cohort:

Headshots: AAAS Leshner Fellows

I took headshots of all 15 of our 2017-18 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Fellows in June to accompany their bios on our website. I had a lot of fun doing it and each was terrific to work with. While editing the photos, of course, I realized several things I wish I had done differently, but that's good inspiration for next time!

Dupont Circle Photo Walk (AGU Art Council)

Here are two photos I took during a staff culture event, the 2015 Photo Walk, hosted this spring by the AGU Art Council.

The first is a portrait I took of one of our interns. Doesn't she have the best smile!?

The second is a photo of some buildings in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of D.C. These colors caught my eye -- beautiful shades of cream and purple. 

I feel like there is more I could do with both photos if I had a better command of Photoshop. One of these days...

ArtJamz 2015 (AGU Art Council)

As part of AGU's Art Council, a committee tasked with improving staff culture through appreciation of and interaction with art, I helped organize an ArtJamz painting event for the staff this spring. It was one of our best-attended events, and why wouldn't it be? Two hours to paint, sip on beer and wine, enjoy some snacks, and forget about the pile of things waiting for you on your desk!

AGU Fall Meeting Press Conference

I'll be leaving my work home at AGU soon. Over the past four years, I've been collecting photos of journalists and scientists interacting to use with our Sharing Science materials. My goal has been to show action and for each photo to tell a (short) story. Here are some photos I took at the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting during one of our largest ever press conferences. In these photos, scientists present early results from NASA's Curiosity rover and TV, radio and print journalists interview some of the scientists immediately after the press conference.

AGU Fall Meeting: Scientists interacting with journalists

I'll be leaving my work home at AGU soon. Over the past four years, I've been collecting photos of journalists and scientists interacting to use with our Sharing Science materials. My goal has been to show action and for each photo to tell a (short) story. Here are some photos I took at the 2013 and 2014 AGU Fall Meetings:

 The BBC's Rebecca Morelle interviews a scientist after a 2014 Fall Meeting press conference.

A TV crew interviews (left to right) Rolf Hut, Fedor Baart and Olivier Hoes at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting about their recent findings on whether the Alcatraz escapees could have survived.

Jim Green, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, gives a TV interview after a 2014 Fall Meeting press conference.

U.S. Rosetta Project Scientist Claudia Alexander of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, gives a live radio interview following a press conference about results from the Rosetta mission at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. I was very sad to learn that six months after I took this photograph, Alexander died of breast cancer.

Rebecca Morelle, of the BBC News, gives a live radio broadcast from the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting Press Room.

Colorado

Two years ago, I had the chance to travel to an AGU Chapman conference in Colorado. I took my old Canon AE-1 with me, which I had not used in a long time. Clearly, I still have some practicing to do with this camera but the resulting grainy, black and white photos are still fun!

 

Stew

Our inaugural Dutch oven use produced a delicious beef stew.

Now I bet you're really hungry.

MD-88: WiFi Enabled

How charming are the buttons on this MD-88? I love the old-school square, plastic push buttons. Boy, did I wish I had an excuse to press the flight attendant call button. "What color will it light up?" I wondered. (The answer is orange.)

I also enjoyed the WiFi light, which was new to me.

It's the little things. 

Visit these photos on Twenty20.

From the Airplane Window

Twenty20 is holding a "View from the Plane" contest. This is my entry.

This was the serene scene of the U.S. East Coast greeting us after a trip to Europe for a friend's wedding in 2013. The wing belongs to a brand new (at the time) Lufthansa Boeing 747-800.

 
Are you on Twenty20? I'd love your vote!

Oregano

Fresh oregano > dried oregano

Hungry yet? 

Rosemary

The scent of rosemary stuck with me for an hour after I took these photos. It was lovely.

 

Croatia

Travel dreams...thinking about one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Slippers

October, grey skies, pumpkin-flavored everything...makes me want my slippers!

Toy Aviator

While Scott watched football this weekend, I played with my camera. Where do you think this little toy aviator is going?

For more, check out my Twenty20 Aviation collection.

Aviator - Tampa International Airport

As you can see, I fell in love with this statue in Terminal C (the "Woval") at Tampa International Airport. I took several portraits of this barnstormer during a recent layover there.

I have also added them to my new Twenty20 account. Cheerio!

Sports Photos from The Salem News

Included are sports photos I shot for The Salem News in Beverly, Mass. Sports were, by far, my favorite photos to shoot: the action! The intensity! I especially loved middle school and high school baseball. The kids got so into it. (And they were good!) It was lots of fun. All photos are by Mary Catherine Adams for The Salem News.

Jesse Anthony, winner of the elite men's race in the Witches Cup, rounds the corner onto Route 1A early in the race around Salem Common. Anthony, of Beverly, beat 70 other race finishers for the win. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

An FMX pro athlete performs at trick at the Journeys Backyard BBQ Tour at Northshore Mall on Saturday. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News. Check out the full photo gallery from the tour.

The Masconomet Chieftains celebrate their Division 2 North championship victory over the Reading Rockets at LeLacheur Park in Lowell last night. Masconomet topped Reading, 9-1. Mary Catherine Adams/Staff photos. 

 

Masco's Lee Greeley connects with the ball early in the championship game against Reading. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Amesbury's Rey Miles is called out as he tries to steal home in the first inning. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Visit my page on The Salem News' photo archive for more photos.

Feature Photos from The Salem News

Included are feature and "run of the paper" photos I shot for The Salem News in Beverly, Mass. I really enjoy taking photos of people -- they're just so interesting! It's such a rewarding challenge to earn someone's trust in the few minutes you have with them, get close enough to them to capture a good image without breaking that trust, and to capture just the right moment to tell a story in a single frame. All photos are by Mary Catherine Adams for The Salem News.

Jim Tedford, Jr., left, and Adeline Diehl sing songs whose lyrics are printed on their placemats at the Ipswich Rotary club's annual lunch for senior citizens. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Bobby Ring, 7, at left, and his brother Thomas, 5, jam on their cardboard guitars along with "All Together Now" guitarist Bruce Hilton during the first weekend of the Beverly Homecoming festival in Lynch Park. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Meat cutters trim sirloins at the start of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant meat cut-off competition. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Jack Dixon, 5, plays on a tank at Patton Park in Hamilton on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News. (Run of the paper.)

Dorothea Nixon, 88, laughs after trying on a Victorian-era hat left over from the Girdler House's 125th anniversary celebration. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Visit my page on The Salem News' photo archive for more photos.