Most people dread snow. Snow means cold weather, shoveling, sloppy roads, and salt stains on your boots. But I've been waiting for it! The couple of snows we've had this winter have been fluffy and coupled with heavy winds. These storms produced wind blistered faces and tall snow drifts, not the gentle sticky stuff that makes the world beautifully quiet and picturesque. But this time, just as we...
4:15 in the afternoon: It was a spur of the moment decision. The sun was going down and the sky was clearing out. Blue was finally poking through but there were still some white and fluffy clouds overhead. I looked up the time for sunset: 5:05pm. Would I have enough time to get to the shore? The location I wanted to visit was 40 minutes away. It was worth a try! Within moments I grabbed my bag,...
Another forgotten beach: Moonstone. It's situated between Matunuck and Green Hill along the southern coat of Rhode Island. It isn't as populated or developed as many of those other beaches because it's surrounded by Trustom Pond Wildlife Refuge and Card's Pond to either side. The beach is littered with stones of all shapes and sizes and most of the dunes are protected as part of the wildlife...
Gray and cold, gray and cold... will there be no relief? Some more snow might help spice things up! I don't mind snow when it's bitterly cold outside. We did get an entire week of unseasonal 50 degree weather, though, and I found myself heading down to Green Hill (again) to catch some of the winter storm surf that was rolling up the coast. It was incredibly foggy, more-so on this day in...
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...
