Photography Journal — morning RSS



Beach Yoga with Alyssa

It's wonderful to bring together things that you love, and for me that meant a morning photoshoot of yoga on the beach.  Alyssais a yoga instructor in Rhode Island, and we collaborated on a morning shoot featuring an all white outfit with the sea for our backdrop. We played with reflections in the water, shapes with the poses, and I was absolutely captivated by the brilliant and strong morning...

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Morning Paddles with Elise

Summer summer summer!  In celebration of summer I rose bright and early to get to the beach for a 5am photoshoot with model Elise.  We wanted some golden hour beachy surf lifestyle shots, and we had the whole place to ourselves to play!  What started on land quickly moved into the water as we both climbed into wetsuits to enjoy the early morning light.   The only thing we were missing were proper...

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Sunrise at East Beach

Sunrise takes some serious motivation for me.  Luckily, in the wintertime the sun rises at 7am instead of 5am, so it's a little easier to crawl out of bed and go for a morning adventure.  I recently took such an adventure, and while I didn't quite make it to the beach in time for the morning pinks and purples, I launched my drone first thing to photograph the golden glow on the water.   The waves...

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Morning Fitness with Evelyn

We finally had a break in the cloudy springtime weather!  Evelyn and I had been trying to get together for a sunny fitness shoot for almost a month since April.  We had some beautiful weather but then clouds and rain moved in for the better part of two weeks – until a few days ago.  It was the perfect time to get together for an early sunrise session at Second Beach in Newport!This shoot was for...

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Horses on the Beach

A couple weeks ago I had the unique opportunity from another photographer to join her and her husband at Narragansett Beach with their dogs and their horses!  Brian and Katleen Reid run Horses Know the Way Home, connecting people with their inner horse power by introducing them to their Shire, Brenda Lee, and their Friesian, Kylian.   We had so much fun on the beach, as the horses romped and swam....

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