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,...
So I love shooting moonrises now, I've been bit by the twilight bug. I love those soft dusk colors and gentle light, with a bright near full moon coming up over the horizon. You may remember my shots from Qeba over the winter, and although this first one was taken in much warmer weather with a very different color palette, I really enjoyed shooting. It's about capturing the very critical few...
With all this talk about the Supermoon in late June, I thought I would take the opportunity to break from the sailing photography and shoot a seascape. I hadn't been out to shoot a seascape in over a month and it was time to go somewhere quiet and soak in the scene! I decided to head over to Beavertail which I had been sorely neglecting, and catch the rising moon as the sun set behind me. I did...
Week 3 of competition at Wickford Wednesday Night Racing was a much lighter air race. A beautiful evening on the water and our usual but still stupendous golden dusk light... But light air is not a friend for Papa, our heavy water/fuel/amenities laden Nonsuch 30. We didn't have the prettiest start, which forced us to a side of the course we tried to do our best with, but we finished second to...
I've been on the hunt for some new areas for seascape photography, particularly textural scenes or tidepools. After hearing about King's Beach over by Brenton Point in Newport, I decided to give it a try! On a last minute decision just in time for sunset I headed over the bridge to find these intensely green covered rocks sitting in a sea of brown seaweed. Yes, they were actually this color! I...
