We are well into warmer weather now, and I'm very thankful! But a few weeks ago as the warm weather made its first appearance, so did the Magnolias. These beautiful flowering trees, one of my favorites, are the first sign of spring for a lot of people. They bloom while other trees are just budding and before the cherry blossoms are in full swing.There is a beautiful old magnolia tree in...
Fall and winter are my seasons for shooting landscapes and seascapes. This means rising before the sun the catch those brilliant sunrises, heading out during storms to see some wicked weather, and timing it just right to catch sunsets and vibrantly illuminated clouds. I've given myself the task of shooting scapes about once a week for the next couple of months. My first stop: Sachuest Point and...
Every summer brings a pleasant little surprise to the residents of North Kingstown. Along Boston Neck Road is a small little pond. I'm not talking about the large pond that runs along Annaquatucket and under the road, but it's neighboring little little pond, about 30 feet or so in diameter. It is full of Lotus flowers and every summer in the high heat they bloom for a very short period of time....
Got some more film back from the lab! More medium format Holga pictures for you all to enjoy! Took it out to the beach one day, and stopped by the side of the road to shoot a magnolia tree as well. Still learning on this simple little plastic camera, but still loving it! I had some trouble with these two rolls, it seemed most of the shots on both rolls have a bit of seeing-double-syndrome going...
I received a plastic camera for Christmas, a Holga 120N. It's beautifully simple to use and takes a lot of the thinking and over-thinking out of photography. It reduces the photographer to pure artist creating art: observe, aim, capture. Of course, because of its lack of bells and whistles, exposures might not quite be what you expected. I'm told to expect light leaks and the "focusing" is really...
