ABOUT THE DAILY PORTSMOUTH
This website aims to capture the essence of life in Portsmouth, the beautiful and vibrant historic seaport town, through distinctive photography.
Phil Cohen (the site’s featured photographer) lives in Atlantic Heights, a historic WWI Shipbuilders’ neighborhood in Portsmouth, NH.
To read more about Phil and The Daily Portsmouth, read the articles from the Portsmouth Herald here: HERALD and Foster’s Daily Democrat here: FOSTER’S.
ABOUT PHIL
Born and raised in Central Massachusetts, I’m a New Englander at heart. I now work and play in the wonderful seaport town of Portsmouth, NH. I’m a believer in developing and maintaining a sense of community, and am fascinated by architecture and construction.
More of Phil’s work can be found on FLICKR.
Prints are available for purchase at Phil’s Gallery.
EQUIPMENT
CAMERA: I shoot all images viewed on this site with my Canon 5d Mark II
LENSES:
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8
Canon EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon 100-300mm f/4.5
I also rent various lenses from the folks at www.borrowlenses.com and have been very satisfied with the process.
16 Comments
May 7, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Sorry about the blank reply. This site is awesome; totally brings me back to Portsmouth. Love it!
May 7, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Thanks Jon – hope it tides you over until we can get you back out here for a visit
June 5, 2009 at 8:23 am
Very cool work.
June 5, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Many thanks, hope you continue to check back!
June 5, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Great pics! I miss my hometown so much! Maybe I can use your site to convince my hubby we should move there…
June 5, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Thanks! Come back, I think it misses you too! Let me know if there’s something specific you’d like to see a shot of – I always like assignments. Good luck with the convincing process
July 29, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Wow, these photos take me back to the six years I lived on the Seacoast from late ’99 through the fall of ’05. I saw films and “Momix” at The Music Hall; drank local beer at The Portsmouth Brewery and Redhook; enjoyed local music at The Muddy River Smokehouse and The Press Room; and great food at Lindbergh’s Crossing, The GasLight and The Stockpot (r.i.p.).
Thanks for the daily flashbacks! Your talent is amazing.
August 2, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Glad to hear you found the site, and that it’s brought you back to great times! Thanks for sharing some of the adventures…names around town might change, but the vibe still hasn’t….come back and visit!
Thanks for your kind words!
October 23, 2009 at 7:23 am
Very nice work Philip. Being a native of the seacoast area, finding your sight was a pleasant surprise. Looking forward to viewing more of your photography.
Sharon
October 24, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Sharon – thanks for sharing your thoughts and for visiting the site! Glad you stumbled across it and hope to keep you visiting….I look forward to more of your photos as well
Phil
January 22, 2010 at 3:07 am
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October 29, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Hello Phil,
Just found your website and very much enjoyed your images!
Thanks!
Sean
November 22, 2010 at 9:25 pm
My dream is to live in Portsmouth or somewhere near the Seacoast of New Hampshire someday, and this site is a real inspiration. Keep it coming, please
December 9, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Just found your photos on the Digital Photography School site and am just stunned! Gorgeous. I wish I could see them full size. drop dead gorgeous.
One question, what site/url do you use to sell your photos. It’s so professional, and effortless. Well done.
I’m new to HDR and excited to be able to spend more time trying to get it right.
May 17, 2011 at 8:59 am
Hi Philip:
This is Bob Cook, editor of the soon-to-be-launched Portsmouth-NH.patch.com. It is a new community news web site owned by AOL that will cover all things Portsmouth. One of the things we will feature is blogs created by local people. My editor, Marc Fortier, suggested I reach out to you to see if you would like to publish your blog, The Daily Portsmouth, on our new web site free of charge. When the site launches on June 1, my goal is to have at least five city residents do blogs about different subjects and having a blog that features your fantastic photography would be wonderful. If you are interested, please e-mail me sometime this week and we can go from there.
June 5, 2012 at 4:31 pm
LOVE your photos. Have family in New Castle and adore Portsmouth. You are very blessed to live there! Moving to Mass. in July….cant wait to be back EAST!