I've been counting down the days until a trip to warmer climates. That's right, I'm getting out of this polar vortex and heading to the Tropic of Cancer! Destination: Baja California. An almost two week jaunt around the tip of the Baja Sur peninsula will surely erase the winter blues long enough for me to return in time for spring. But until my counting days reach zero, I'm stuck in this New...
I see several students for a variety of private instruction needs, including one student who is located in Niantic. Out of all my visits to see her, I often have driven by the signs for Rocky Neck State Park and wondered if I'd ever have the time to shoot there. Well, one evening with a scheduled appointment with my Niantic student I left a half hour earlier than usual anticipating a stop at...
In an effort to explore some new seascape locations I have been slightly neglecting one of my favorite winter beaches, Green Hill of South Kingstown. But mid-January I found myself driving there about 3 times a week, sometimes for shooting and sometimes just for beach combing. With some finicky weather and a slim opportunity to shoot seascapes with broken clouds instead of a dreary gray overcast...
Well I learned a new term this January, "Polar Vortex." That's right, a vortex of circulating polar air that sat right on top of most of North American for over a week. It was cold. It was windy. It snowed. Did I mention it was cold? While I mostly tried to keep all of my appendages in working order, I did manage to go outside a couple of times to photograph. No, I did not make it out as many...
Just before the new year, some swell arrived. Brought on by a cold storm this time, instead of the warm tropical moisture that had been visiting regularly all November and part of December. It was the weather just before the Polar Vortex decided to sit on most of North America. It wasn't 0° with wind chill around -56° but it was still cold and windy! I was down on the beach at the surf spot known...