Summer's gone and the cold weather is moving in. But while the weather was pleasant enough to venture outside without a third coat, I made a trip through South County to shoot my first seascapes of the season. First up was Matunuck beach on a cold and windy day. Even though sunset was a couple hours away, the cloudy conditions reduced the sunlight enough to allow me to shoot some long exposures....
Spent the last week down in Matunuck as friends were moving out of their rentals and the summer residents began moving back in. It was mostly to give myself a bit of a break from the number of projects I've taken on recently, sit out on the front lawn with my boyfriend, get some sun, and prepare for the summer months. I still brought my camera (of course), and went to sit on the beach one late...
The results are in! And both of my entries were accepted!I try to submit regularly to art exhibitions and calls for entry. It keeps me on point and gives me an outlet for my fine art work. I received notification from the Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly that both of my entries, "Foam Edge" and "Galilee Panoramic #1" were accepted into their upcoming Regional Art Exhibit, which is held...
Breezy conditions this week meant for some windsurfing and kitesurfing activity out on the water, which I hadn't seen for some time. Of course the warm 65 degrees didn't hurt at all! I headed to East Matunuck State Beach for the first time since I was about 10 years old, with memories of waves full of seaweed and ruthless rip currents. There was a group of about 5 or 6 windsurfers out of Deep Hole...
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...
