April Showers bring May Flowers never held so true! Well, some of these flowers arrived in April, but there were certainly plenty of rains and plenty of flowers. Light rains, heavy rains, misting rains... and blooms to follow.I have visited the gorgeous old magnolia tree on West Main Street in Wickford every spring the past few years. This time around, it was after a morning rain and there were...
Most people dread snow. Snow means cold weather, shoveling, sloppy roads, and salt stains on your boots. But I've been waiting for it! The couple of snows we've had this winter have been fluffy and coupled with heavy winds. These storms produced wind blistered faces and tall snow drifts, not the gentle sticky stuff that makes the world beautifully quiet and picturesque. But this time, just as we...
The last shots from Block Island and Profundo Journeys... After our Cormorant Cove morning shoot, we had an afternoon hike through Dorry's Cove on the west side of the island. I was trekking for almost an hour across the beach, stopping every now and again to take some high noon long exposures with that B+W #110 heavy duty neutral density filter. The longer daytime exposures certainly amped up the...
Our last morning on Block Island was spent at Cormorant Cove for a sunrise shoot where there were ample shooting opportunities for views towards and away from the rising sun. I chose a location along a dock to capture the morning light, and setting my camera to Daylight White Balance, everything was warmed up rather nicely! We walked the mile or so stretch of dirt road up the hill to a nearby...
Continuing with my recent photography workshop on Block Island as part of Profundo Journeys, after our first sunrise shoot at North Light, we had a few hours of down time and then it was back to business! Shortly after lunch we took a field trip to the Dickens Preserve on the western side of the island. This sprawling landscape provides hiking trails throughout a large portion of preserved land,...
