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2008 Sutton Chain of Lights Photo Gallery

2008 Sutton Chain of Lights Photo Gallery

Here, finally, are the photos from The Chain of Lights in Sutton, Ma last weekend.  They were taken with my Canon A530 5 megapixels, point and shoot.  Some of the photos I took, others were taken my my 9 year old Mackenzie who you can see in many of the shots. I will be going back in tonight to add captions and descriptions to the photos.  These are scaled down, if you want a hi res version, post a comment…

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New Journalism in Action – Using Twitter as a Photoblog with the Iphone

New Journalism in Action – Using Twitter as a Photoblog with the Iphone

The idea: to run a live Tweet stream from the varied events of the Sutton, Ma Chain of Lights, a celebration that happens at many different locations thoughout the town and its villages.  I used my Iphone with the Twitterlator Application that lets me post pictures direct to Twitter with pictures that I take on my phone uploaded right at that moment.  The tweets all contain the hashtag #suttoncol – short for Sutton Chain of Lights which make them searchable…

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Experiments in New Journalism – Live Tweeting the Sutton Chain of Lights Festival

Experiments in New Journalism – Live Tweeting the Sutton Chain of Lights Festival

I’ll be live tweeting today from the various events of the Sutton Chain of Lights celebration, in Sutton, Massachusetts.  You can find my tweets at http://www.twitter.com/mncahill or by searching in Twitter for the #suttoncol hash tag.   My tweets throughout the day will include pictures of the event via my Iphone, and later today I’ll up load a photo gallery of the pictures.  If your out and about in Sutton, I encourage you to tweet using the same hashtag and…

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Sutton Chain of Lights This Saturday

Sutton Chain of Lights This Saturday

There’s nothing like the Christmas season in a traditional New England community, and that is exactly why you should try to get to Sutton this weekend for the Chain of Lights Celebration.  The celebration runs from 10am to 5pm (although some of the churches end a little early for Saturday Mass) followed by a tree lighting and caroling on the common at 5:30 and a roast beef dinner at the Congregational Church next door from 5pm until 7pm.   You…

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